Teaching Activities

Yes Sir, That's My Baby Glacier! part of Teaching Activities
Christopher Roemmele, West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Students will create their own glacier, and explore their effect on the land, modeling how they melt, how they move, and erode and deposit sediment. Students will be able to determine and describe isostatic ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, High School (9-12), Middle (6-8)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Glacial/Periglacial
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Surface Feature Identification part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching About Earth Online Workshop:Activities
Katherine Ocker Stone, Walters State Community College
Students are provided the latitude and longitude of various locations and asked to identify the river stage or surface water deposition/erosional feature.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Activities, Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Fluvial
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Modeling River Long Profiles part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2016:Teaching Activities
Andrew Darling, Colorado State University
This project or multi-lab activity is designed to teach students about modeling landscape change caused by rivers over large time and spatial scales (e.g., the incision of Grand Canyon). Basic working knowledge of ...

Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Project, Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience, Geology, Geology:Geomorphology
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary, Passed Peer Review

Identifying Tsunami Sand in Salt Marsh Stratigraphy part of Teaching Activities
Erin Peck, Oregon State University
Through a hands-on activity using salt marsh sediment cores from Pacific Northwest estuaries, students will learn how these environments record the history of earthquakes and tsunami. Students will analyze the ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), Middle (6-8), High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
Subject: Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Coastal Hazards:Tsunami, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Coastal-zone, Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Hazards, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Earthquakes, Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Stratigraphy
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

The Pleistocene Ice Age part of Introductory Courses:Activities
Eileen Herrstrom, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
This activity takes place in a laboratory setting and requires ~1.5-2 hours to complete. Students work with data about glacial materials, Milankovitch cycles, and stable isotopes from ice cores and deep-sea ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Glacial/Periglacial
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Google Earth Investigation of Pleistocene Flood Deposits Across the Pacific Northwest part of Teaching Activities
Elizabeth Cassel, University of Idaho
In this activity, students use Google Earth Pro to examine and measure sedimentary and geomorphic structures related to the late Pleistocene draining of glacial Lake Missoula and Lake Bonneville.

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes, Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Sediment Transport and Deposition
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Life and Death of Hawaiian Volcanoes: A Jigsaw Activity on the Hawaiian Ridge part of Hawaiian Volcanoes
Andrew Greene, Hawaii Pacific University; Michael Garcia, University of Hawaii at Hilo
This activity immerses students in the discovery and appreciation of the Hawaiian hotspot, and the growth and evolution of Hawaiian volcanoes. This engaging, interactive group activity uses a beautiful 25 foot long ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14), Graduate/Professional
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Mass Wasting, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Volcanoes, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Subsidence, Volcanism
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Interpreting the surficial deposits of Glacier National Park, Montana part of Introductory Courses:Activities
Carol Ormand Ph.D., Carleton College
Students interpret a GIS map of surficial deposits in Glacier National Park to unravel a bit of the glacial history of the park.

Erosion of the Grand Canyon part of Introductory Courses:Activities
Carol Ormand Ph.D., Carleton College
Students estimate the volume of the Grand Canyon to calculate the average rate of erosion of the canyon, assuming the canyon began to form approximately 6 million years ago. They then find out how much sediment the ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
Resource Type: Activities: Activities, Lab Activity, Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Fluvial
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Geology of the Grand Canyon part of Introductory Courses:Activities
Carol Ormand Ph.D., Carleton College
Students analyze topographic and geologic maps, through a set of guiding questions, to decipher the geologic history recorded in the rocks of the Grand Canyon.