Building the Critical Zone part of Teaching Activities
Lily Eligator, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ
Students construct their own model Critical Zones using mason jars and layered materials representing bedrock, saprolite, soil, and vegetation. As each layer is added, facilitators explain its function and ...

High-Frequency Sensor Data Quality Control part of Project EDDIE:Teaching Materials:Activities
Jonathan Stetler, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
There has been a substantial increase in the availability of high-frequency environmental data in recent years. The rapidly increasing amount of data generated by high-frequency sensors requires that ecologists ...

Rocky the Raccoon explores the Niagara Escarpment part of Teaching Activities
Katie Maloney, Michigan State University
Join Rocky the Raccoon as he learns about rocks, minerals and fossils along the Niagara Escarpment. Rocky is searching for a new home and meets Lily the crinoid fossil. Together they discover that parts of Ontario, ...

Petrified National Forest, Geology & Paleontology, A Virtual Tour part of Teaching Activities
Catherine Rooney, Arizona Western College
Late Triassic Geology and Paleontology in what is now Arizona.This is a virtual field trip that leads the student through the Petrified Forest national Park, with explanations of the: geology; topography; ...

Virtual Field Trip: The Colorado River, its Usage & Crisis in Arizona part of Teaching Activities
Catherine Rooney, Arizona Western College
The Colorado River is over-allocated and the SW U.S. is experiencing the worst drought in 800 years. The 40 million people who depend on the Colorado River for electricity and water should be aware of the basic ...

PIE-Phase Diagram Experiments part of Teaching Activities
Sarah Lambart, University of Utah
Three types of activities are proposed: (1) One short (15-20 min) in-class demonstration to introduce the concept of Eutectic. At this point, the students have no prior knowledge about phase diagram. (2) One full ...

CLASS Question Collection part of Teaching Activities
David McConnell, North Carolina State University
We created more than 1200 questions to support a quizzing tool (CLASS) that we used in a Physical Geology course at NC State University for several years. I am submitting the question collection that includes the ...

Lane's Stable Balance Demo and Activity part of Teaching Activities
Sharon Bywater-Reyes, University of Northern Colorado
This activity links to a 3D model of Lane's Balance that can be printed on a 3D printer and used in a demonstration and hands-on activity considering how channels respond to changes in driving and resisting ...

Interactive Anti-Harassment/Discrimination Training part of Teaching Activities
Michael Hubenthal, EarthScope
An interactive workshop designed to encourage a more inclusive geoscience culture that is resistant to harassment and discrimination by educating and empowering undergraduate students. The curriculum is targeted ...

Exploring Tradeoffs in Water Quality Management Using Environmental Data part of Project EDDIE:Teaching Materials:Modules
This module was developed by Lofton, M.E., Cooke, R.L., and Carey, C.C. 20 September 2025. Macrosystems EDDIE: Exploring Tradeoffs in Water Quality Management Using Environmental Data. Macrosystems EDDIE Module 10, Version 1. https://serc.carleton.edu/eddie/teaching_materials/modules/module10.html. Module development was supported by NSF grants EF-2318861 and RISE-2438447.
Many water management decisions come with tradeoffs. One important example of such a decision is the use of chlorine in the drinking water treatment process. Chlorination is an important disinfection step in water ...