The Seismic Gap Hypothesis part of Project EDDIE:News & Events:EDDIE Workshops:Workshop: Teaching Quantitative Reasoning with Data:Teaching Activities
Using actual earthquake data from the circum-Pacific region, students make predictions about where earthquakes should occur in the immediate future. Data are provided in the form of global earthquake locations over ...

Python Programming for Earth Science Students part of Courses
Computers are essential to all modern Earth Science research. We use them for compiling and analyzing data, preparing illustrations like maps or data plots, writing manuscripts, and so on. This class teaches how to ...

A tribute to Jeff Callister: In their own words part of NAGT:Our Resources:In the Trenches:Articles
Jeff Callister touched so many lives, both personally and professionally. He was very active in the geosciences community and greatly contributed to the current state of earth science education. Jeff was a guiding ...

Using Google Earth Engine laboratory exercises in a college-level introductory physical geography course Part 1: Development part of NAGT:Our Resources:In the Trenches:Articles
This is Part 1 of a 2-part series that features laboratory activities that utilize Google Earth Engine. Part 1 discusses the development of Google Earth Engine laboratory exercises for a college-level introductory ...

Global Warming: A Zonal Energy Balance Model part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:Teaching with MATLAB 2015:Teaching Activities
This is a teaching module, directed to undergraduate students in applied mathematics, that presents a Zonal Energy Balance Model to describe the evolution of the latitudinal distribution of Earth's surface ...

Using the seawater toolbox part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:Teaching with MATLAB 2015:Teaching Activities
In this lab, students learn to use the matlab seawater toolbox and use this tool to test a number of things that I have asserted to them in class with regard to the contribution of temperature and potential ...

Working with Scientific Data Sets in Matlab: An Exploration of Ocean Color and Sea Surface Temperature part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:Teaching with MATLAB 2015:Teaching Activities
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Click to watch Andrew Fischer discuss his activity or watch the full webinar.Remote sensing is a ...

Welcome to 2025! part of NAGT:Our Resources:In the Trenches:Articles
Welcome to 2025! I hope everyone had a great holiday break. (Hopefully you got a break!) I'm extremely happy to introduce the new format for ITT. ITT's first publication was in 2011 as a way to provide ...

Teaching about geologic structures with craft foam models and hands-on guided exploration activities part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2019:Program:Teaching Demonstrations:Friday
Classroom instruction on geologic structures often involves models demonstrated by the instructor, and/or student construction of paper or clay models. While these models can be useful for conceptual learning, ...

GeoContext: a social and political context for geoscience education part of GeoContext
× The GeoContext collection is a set of teaching modules developed by a team of educators to promote integration of topics on racism, colonialism, imperialism, environmental damage, and exploitation of ...