GIS in Geoscience Examples


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Exercise 8: Using LiDAR and GPS data to model the water table in ArcScene part of GIS and Remote Sensing:Activities2
Exercise 8 is a peer-reviewed, exemplary GIS teaching activity where students use LiDAR and GPS data in ArcGIS to model the water table beneath Hamilton College’s campus, involving terrain modeling, field data collection, interpolation, and Model Builder workflow creation. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Subject: Geoscience: Geography:Geospatial, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Geodesy

Exercise 1: Introduction to spatial data – mapping the classroom with paper and pencil part of GIS and Remote Sensing:Activities2
This educational activity page presents a classroom exercise introducing spatial data concepts through paper-and-pencil mapping, covering scale, location, coordinate systems, and metadata in a GIS context for geoscience students. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Subject: Geoscience: Geoscience:Geology

Working with USGS discharge data part of Hydrogeology:Hydrogeology, Soils, Geochemistry 2013:Activities
In this exercise, we use the USGS real-time data available online, and use it to construct a rating curve for the Walla Walla river near Touchet. We then make a simple model of flood inundation in ArcGIS for the ...

Subject: Geoscience: Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water:Water and society, policy, and management, Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water, Surface Water, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity, Natural Hazards, Environmental Science

Investigating Earthquakes: GIS Mapping and Analysis (College Level) part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Teaching with GIS:Examples
This is a college-level adaptation of a chapter from the Earth Exploration Toolbook. The students download global quake data over a time range and use GIS to interpret the tectonic context. -

Subject: Geoscience: Geography:Geospatial, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics, Structural Geology:Regional Structural/Tectonic Activity, Geophysics and Structural Geology, Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Earthquakes

Analyzing the Antarctic Ozone Hole (College Level) part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Teaching with GIS:Examples
College-level adaptation of a chapter in the Earth Exploration Toolbook. Examine satellite images of atmospheric ozone in the Southern Hemisphere to study changes in concentration over a time. -

Subject: Geoscience: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Atmospheric structure and composition, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Ozone depletion

Visualizing the impact of storm surge and sea level rise on coastal communities part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching about Risk and Resilience:Activities

Subject: Geoscience: Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology, Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Hazards, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Coastal Hazards, Environmental Science

Using Google Earth to Explore Plate Tectonics part of Teaching Methods:Teaching with Google Earth:Examples
Students use Google Earth to learn about plate tectonics by exploring the topography of the earth's continents and ocean floor, the distribution of earthquakes and volcanoes, and seafloor age. They become familiar with these global data sets and understand how Earth's tectonic plates and plate boundaries are defined.

Subject: Geoscience: Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics

Viewshed Analysis part of GIS and Remote Sensing:Activities2
This is an educational activity page detailing a GIS lab exercise where students use ArcGIS Spatial Analyst to perform viewshed analysis on the Chaco Canyon area, focusing on terrain visibility from Ancestral Puebloan ruins, with teaching goals in geospatial analysis, hypothesis testing, and cartographic presentation, peer-reviewed and designed for advanced GIS courses. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Subject: Geoscience: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Geodesy

Using GIS to estimate the volume of snow and water in a drainage basin part of GIS and Remote Sensing:Activities2
This is an educational activity page detailing a GIS-based exercise where students estimate snow and water volume in a drainage basin using field measurements and ArcMap, designed for a sophomore-level geoscience course and recognized as an exemplary teaching resource through peer review. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Subject: Geoscience: Geoscience:Hydrology:Snowpack and Snow Melt, Surface Water

Geocoding in ArcGIS: The Spread of Target and Walmart part of GIS and Remote Sensing:Activities2
Educational activity page guiding students through geocoding Walmart and Target store locations in ArcGIS, creating distribution maps, performing spatial joins with U.S. state data, analyzing retail patterns using graphing tools, and evaluating business or environmental implications, designed for upper-level GIS courses and peer-reviewed for scientific accuracy and pedagogical effectiveness. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Subject: Geoscience: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Geodesy



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