Unit 1. Module Introduction
Steven Burian, University of Utah; Marshall Shepherd, University of Georgia; Manoj Jha, North Carolina A & T State University; Gigi Richard, Fort Lewis College
Unit 1 introduces the Water Sustainability in Cities Module. The content establishes the foundational definitions of sustainability, sustainable development, and water sustainability in cities. Key sustainability ...

Unit 3: Sensory Data Collection
Michael Phillips, Illinois Valley Community College; Kate Darby, Western Washington University; Lisa Phillips, Texas Tech University
In this unit, students will develop protocols for the collection of sensory data (scents and/or sounds), plan and execute the field collection of sensory data using developed protocols, analyze collected data, and ...

Get Climate Data for Your Area and Make Temperature and Precipitation Charts

This lab, created by Salish Kootenai College faculty, steps undergraduate students through ordering, accessing, and graphing local precipitation and temperature data.

Module Overview for Instructors
Measuring Depth to Bedrock Using Seismic Refraction This module is designed to introduce students to geophysical concepts and related earth science principles to illustrate how geophysics can be used to inform ...

Instructor Story: Sarah Kruse
Using the Measuring Depth to Bedrock Using Seismic Refraction IGUaNA module at the University of South Florida I used these materials in my Dynamic Earth: Introduction to Physical Geology course at the University ...

Measuring Depth to Bedrock Using Seismic Refraction
Measuring Depth to Bedrock Using Seismic Refraction Andy Parsekian, University of Wyoming [end rawhtml]
This module introduces students to using the active seismic method and illustrates how geophysics can inform engineering projects in an urban environment. Students are first introduced to seismic data as individual ...

Locating Subsurface Features using Gravity and Magnetics
Locating Subsurface Features using Gravity and Magnetics Sarah Kruse, University of South Florida Andy Parsekian, University of Wyoming Lee Slater, Rutgers University - Newark
This module introduces students to the fundamentals of exploring the subsurface with gravity and magnetism. Unit 1 provides a scaffolded introduction to locating buried objects with gravity. Unit 2 explores the ...

Urban Wildlife Garden as a Pedagogical Tool for Environmental Studies
Charu Sharma, Arden University
The Natural History Museum's Wildlife Garden showcasing its eight habitats is used as a primary source for baseline environmental data collection, analysis and discussion. Basic concepts of biodiversity, ...

FutureEarthCast: Voicemails from 50 years in the future
Laura Guertin, Penn State Brandywine
Students are challenged to write a script and record a voicemail that is left 50 years in the future, describing changes that have taken place in the local environment based upon scientifically-accurate information ...

Unit 2: Mapping Patterns
Kathryn Baldwin, Eastern Washington University; Jennifer Dechaine, Central Washington University; Rodger Hauge, American Geophysical Union; Gary Varrella, Washington State University-Spokane
In this unit, students work in small groups to examine and analyze spatial data relevant to soils to identify patterns. They use their analyses to add detail to their Earth systems concept maps and describe how ...