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.

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

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.

Tsunami Travel Time Approximation part of GIS and Remote Sensing:Activities2
An educational activity page for undergraduate geology students focuses on approximating tsunami travel times across the Pacific using GIS tools like ArcGIS Spatial Analyst, emphasizing raster data processing, projection selection, and comparative analysis with expert tsunami propagation models. 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.

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.

Landscape Interpretation and Visualization Using A GIS part of GIS and Remote Sensing:Activities2
This is an educational activity page from the On the Cutting Edge collection that presents a GIS-based lab exercise for undergraduate geomorphology students to interpret and visualize landscapes using digital elevation data, comparing analog topographic map skills with modern GIS tools like ArcGIS, Spatial Analyst, and 3D Analyst to enhance spatial reasoning and understanding of terrain-forming processes. 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.

Digitization and Volumetric Analysis of Sediment Transport in a Simplistic Flume part of GIS and Remote Sensing:Activities2
This exemplary teaching activity page details a hands-on GIS and flume modeling exercise where students investigate sediment transport dynamics by constructing digital terrain models from physical experiments, analyzing erosion and deposition patterns across varying flume conditions, and applying spatial analysis techniques in ArcGIS to understand geomorphic processes and scaling limitations in analog modeling. 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.

Estimating Areal Rainfall in the Lake Whatcom Watershed part of GIS and Remote Sensing:Activities2
This educational activity page details a GIS-based hydrology exercise for estimating areal rainfall in the Lake Whatcom Watershed using ArcGIS tools, covering Thiessen polygon and inverse distance weighting methods, precipitation lapse rate adjustments, and spatial analysis techniques for upper-level undergraduate or graduate students, including downloadable datasets, instructor solutions, and peer-reviewed teaching materials. 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.

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 ...

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. -