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    Magma Viscosity Demos part of Pedagogy in Action:Library:Interactive Lectures:Examples
    Barry Bickmore, Brigham Young University
    This is an interactive lecture where students answer questions about demonstrations shown in several movie files. They learn to connect what they have learned about molecules, phases of matter, silicate crystal structures, and igneous rock classification with magma viscosity, and to connect magma viscosity with volcano explosiveness and morphology.

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Introductory, High School (9-12), Middle (6-8)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities, Audio/Visual:Animations/Video, Activities:Classroom Activity:Short Activity:Demonstration
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics, Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Igneous Rocks, Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Volcanology, Igneous Associations and Tectonic Settings, Igneous Processes, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Volcanism, Geoscience
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    Yellowstone! A National Park on a Hot Spot part of Pedagogy in Action:Partners:Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum:Geology of National Parks:Examples
    Module by: Judy McIlrath, University of South Florida Cover Page by: Len Vacher and Denise Davis, University of South Florida
    Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum module/Geology of National Parks course. Students use foundational math to study the velocity of the North American Plate over the hot spot, the volume of eruptive materials from it, and the recurrence interval of the cataclysmic eruptions.

    Grade Level: Middle (6-8)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics, Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Volcanology
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    Salmon Use of Geomorphically Restored Streams at Point Reyes National Seashore part of Pedagogy in Action:Partners:Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum:Geology of National Parks:Examples
    Module by: Mark Rains, University of South Florida Cover Page by: Len Vacher and Denise Davis, University of South Florida
    Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum module/Geology of National Parks course. Students work with salmon-trace streambed data to study whether removal of a spawning run barrier was effective

    Grade Level: Middle (6-8)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities
    Subject: Geoscience:Hydrology, Geology:Geomorphology, Biology:Ecology, Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Restoration/Reclamation
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review