SIGkit (Software for Introductory Geophysics toolkit) for modelling and visualization of data part of Geophysics:Workshop 07:Geophysics Activities
Charly Bank, University of Toronto
Predicting what geophysical data may look like and making basic inferences from data are critical learning outcomes of introductory geophysics courses whether they happen in a classroom or in a field setting. This ...

Remote Sensing Applications in Hydrology part of Activities
Emad Habib, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
The module offers background content on the fundamentals of remote sensing, but also integrates a set of existing online tools for visualization and analysis of satellite observations. Specifically, students are ...

Transitioning from Excel to MATLAB Diffusion Models part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2019:Activities
Kendra Lynn, University of Delaware
This activity is part of a larger module that introduces students to two different ways to model chemical diffusion in minerals: 1) 1D diffusion in Excel using finite differences and 2) 1D diffusion in MATLAB using ...

Visualizing the time-dependence of the Earth's magnetic field part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:Teaching with MATLAB 2015:Teaching Activities
Frederik J Simons, Princeton University; Christopher Harig, Princeton University
Visualizing the International Geomagnetic Reference Field. This activity falls under "visualization" of a geophysical field as expressed in spherical harmonics, which has been appreciated by college ...

Calculating and using Unit Hydrograph using Matlab part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2018:Activities
Negin Hayatbini, University of California-Irvine; Alexandre Martinez, University of California-Irvine
We are using the concept of Unit Hydrograph to understand the behavior of a watershed following a rain event and to calculate the runoff following any rainfall event.

Gravity prospecting part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2017:Activities
James Conder, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Students are given a set of gravity data with the aim of finding high density anomalies in the subsurface. Keywords: Data analysis; inverse modeling

Visualizing symmetry elements for crystal classes using MATLAB part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2018:Activities
Jeremy Deans, University of Southern Mississippi
This assignment provides students practice in a mineralogy class to learn symmetry motifs, symmetry operations, and crystal classes by using the MTEX toolbox in MATLAB. The students will load the MTEX toolbox and ...

Modeling Mono Lake's Water Balance part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Activities
Phil Resor, Wesleyan University; Gregory Hancock, College of William and Mary
In this activity students build a hydrologic model of Mono Lake in MATLAB and then use the model to evaluate the California State Water Board's 1994 decision regulating diversions from the watershed and ...

Visualizing outcrop patterns from strike/dip data using MATLAB part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:Teaching with MATLAB 2015:Teaching Activities
Charly Bank, University of Toronto
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Click to watch Charly Bank discuss his activity or watch the full webinar.This lab activity allows ...

Matlab Module to Delineate Zones of Contribution part of Hydrogeology:Activities
Roseanna Neupauer, University of Colorado at Boulder
This module includes two Matlab routines to delineate zones of contribution. Students can vary aquifer parameters and stresses and observe the effects on the zone of contribution.