Making Interdisciplinary Connections in Oceanography part of Teaching Activities
Joceline Boucher, Maine Maritime Academy
Students work alone or in groups to draw "cross plots" and make connections between ocean biology, chemistry, geology, and physics. This simple graphical tool helps students understand the ...

Unit 3: How to see an earthquake from space (InSAR) part of Imaging Active Tectonics
Bruce Douglas, Indiana University-Bloomington; Gareth Funning, University of California-Riverside
How can we tell what style of faulting was responsible for a particular earthquake? Especially in cases where there is limited instrumentation in a region, or where geologists have difficulty accessing the affected ...

Unit 2: Identifying faulting styles, rates and histories through analysis of geomorphic characteristics (Lidar) part of Imaging Active Tectonics
Bruce Douglas, Indiana University-Bloomington; Gareth Funning, University of California-Riverside
Can active faults be identified remotely, based upon their appearance in the landscape? How can the geomorphic features associated with active faults be used to classify and quantify fault movement? In this unit, ...

Unit 1: "If an earthquake happens in the desert and no one lives there, should we care about it?" [How are human-made infrastructure lifelines affected by earthquakes?] part of Imaging Active Tectonics
Bruce Douglas, Indiana University-Bloomington; Gareth Funning, University of California-Riverside
This unit initiates a discussion about the importance of recognizing faults in relation to modern societal infrastructure. Students consider the types of infrastructure necessary to support a modern lifestyle, ...

Overview: The Subduction Factory Mini-lessons part of MARGINS Data in the Classroom:Mini Lesson Collection 2014
Ben Edwards, Dickinson College; Chris Kincaid, University of Rhode Island; Bob Stern, The University of Texas at Dallas; Sarah Penniston-Dorland, University of Maryland-College Park

Subduction zone metamorphism part of MARGINS Data in the Classroom:Mini Lesson Collection 2014
Sarah Penniston-Dorland, University of Maryland-College Park
This module introduces students to subduction zone metamorphism through the examination of rock samples, calculating P-T-t paths, and comparing them to thermal model predictions of P-T paths.

Accretionary vs. erosive subduction margins part of MARGINS Data in the Classroom:Mini Lesson Collection 2014
David Pearson, Idaho State University; (James) Casey Moore, University of California-Santa Cruz; Jeff Marshall, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Eliza Richardson, Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
This module examines the nature and variability of subduction margins through examination of data sets that document subduction zone inputs, deformation, and resulting morphology in different settings.

Role of Sedimentation in Rifting part of MARGINS Data in the Classroom:Mini Lesson Collection 2014
Sue Cashman, Humboldt State University; Rebecca Dorsey, University of Oregon; Scott Bennett, U.S. Geological Survey; Jack Loveless, Smith College; Lisa Lamb, University of St. Thomas (MN); Andrew Goodliffe, The University of Alabama
A module in which students use field and geophysical measurements and observations of Gulf of California basins to calculate isostasy and its controls.

Signal processing and earthquake triggering part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:Teaching with MATLAB 2015:Teaching Activities
Jackie Caplan-Auerbach, Western Washington University
In this exercise, written for an undergraduate seismology class, students use MATLAB to analyze waveforms from the 2004 Sumatra M9.0 earthquake, as they were recorded on three seismic stations in Alaska. Two of ...

Relative Dating with Art part of Introductory Courses:Activities
Jennifer Cholnoky, Skidmore College
This activity asks students to make observations of an artwork and to deduce the sequence of events or processes that occurred during the creation of the piece.