Unit 2.1: Geodetic survey of an outcrop for road cut design part of Analyzing High Resolution Topography with TLS and SfM
This unit offers an alternative application for high-resolution topographic data from an outcrop. Using engineering geology methods and data collection from TLS and/or SfM, students design safe "road ...

Unit 9. Planning and Decision-Making part of Water Sustainability in Cities
Unit 9 is a group activity that requires students to apply the material they have learned in Units 1–8 in an urban water system design project. Students are presented with a scenario and are required to select ...

Unit 7. Low Impact Development and Green Infrastructure part of Water Sustainability in Cities
Unit 7 continues the use of the CME Building Case Study to explore water sustainability in the context of a building. The activity is extended to the catchment level, and a new tool for catchment level storm water ...

Unit 1. Module Introduction part of Water Sustainability in Cities
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 2. Urban Hydrology part of Water Sustainability in Cities
Unit 2 engages students in topics related to the water cycle, both from natural and urban system perspectives. Students are assigned approximately 30 minutes of reading (short article) and are required to watch a ...

Unit 4. Urban Landscapes and Water Use part of Water Sustainability in Cities
Students are introduced to evapotranspiration (ET) and how ET varies with meteorological factors and plant factors. A pre-class video and worksheet introduce students to estimating landscape water needs from ET and ...

Unit 3. Urban Water - Atmospheric Environment Interactions part of Water Sustainability in Cities
Unit 3 addresses concepts related to urban-atmosphere interactions. The content explores how urban landscapes and atmospheric constituents modify or interact with the atmosphere to affect temperature, clouds, ...

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
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, ...

Unit 6: Ocean Preservation: Sustaining Our Oceanic Resources part of Ocean Sustainability
Students are introduced to the concept of geoengineering, "the deliberate large-scale intervention in the Earth's climate system, in order to moderate global warming" (The Royal Society). The goal is ...

Unit 1.2: Science and engineering practices part of TIDeS:TIDeS Teaching Materials:Earth Science
In this module, students discuss what is and is not science and are introduced to the Science and Engineering Practices (SEP) of the NGSS. Students participate in a jigsaw activity in which they practice mapping ...