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 ...

Time Series Modeling and Prediction of Environmental Data part of Project EDDIE:Teaching Materials:Modules
Mary Lofton, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Cayelan Carey, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Advances in environmental sensor technology in recent decades are enabling the collection of environmental data at high temporal frequencies (e.g., every 10 minutes) across many ecosystems. These time series of ...

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 ...

Using Causal Loop Diagrams to depict feedback loops part of Teaching Activities
Kim Kastens, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Causal loop diagrams (CLDs) are a form of graphic model used for depicting systems – especially systems involving feedback loops – by means of arrows and text nodes. This student activity provides introductory ...

Shoreline Stability part of Teaching Activities
Shelley Whitmeyer, James Madison University
In this activity, students will evaluate the stability of multiple coastal sites. The framework for the evaluation will be based on the USGS Coastal Vulnerability Index. The criteria include- sea level rise, wave ...

Find the Feedback Loop part of Teaching Activities
Kim Kastens, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
This activity is designed build students' capacity to spot and analyze feedback loops that they encounter in real life, outside of school. Students read an instructor-provided article from the popular media ...

Subduction Metamorphism part of Teaching Activities
Donna L Whitney, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
This activity uses images of rocks and thin sections, including photomicrographs (still images, videos), thin section scans, element maps, BSE images, and hand sample photos, to guide students in an examination of ...

Is this feedback loop positive or negative? part of Teaching Activities
Tim Shipley, Temple University; Kim Kastens, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory; Courtney Sheckler, Temple University; Alexandra Davatzes, Temple University
The Feedback Loop Sorting activity is designed to capture student understanding of feedback loops as a general causal pattern that can occur in various contexts throughout nature and in human-made systems. Students ...

PANNING FOR "GOLD": HELPING STUDENTS EVALUATE WEB PAGES FOR CLASS USE part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2024:Program:Teaching Demos:Tuesday
Fred Marton, Bergen Community College; Lynn Schott, Bergen Community College
It is not unusual for students to search the web for sources to use for their classes. It is also not unusual for some of those sources to be unacceptable for a variety of reasons. To help students recognize which ...

Connecting Climate Change and Environmental (Un)Justice: Food Security, Water Quality, and Air Pollution Case Studies in Environmental Science part of Curriculum for the Bioregion:Activities
Brian Saunders, South Seattle College
In a series of discussion-based assignments, students learn about environmental and climate justice through case studies conveyed mostly through online videos and documentaries. Students explore connections between climate change and fossil fuel extraction and processing activities and social injustices affecting people living in different parts of the world, through case studies on food insecurity, degraded water quality, and poor air quality that highlight the systemic nature of these problems. This activity also helps students recognize examples of civic engagement for climate justice and supports students' own actions and understandings of types of civic engagement that are effective.