This activity uses an assortment of digital resources relevant to exploring resource …
This activity uses an assortment of digital resources relevant to exploring resource development on Native American lands. The activity is based on a website that uses an Earth System approach to help students understand how Native American lands have been impacted by resource development. Students are assigned to investigate different aspects of the same problem or issue. For example, each team might analyze a different but related data set or read an article on different aspects or viewpoints on the same topic. Once each team member thoroughly understands his/her team's aspect of the problem, new groups are formed, with at least one representative from each original team. Each individual then explains her/his team's aspect of the problem to the new group. In this way, every student learns different aspects of the problem. Each group then uses combined information to create a complete summary of the issue. The jigsaw technique is based on work published by Barbara Tewksbury [Tewksbury, 1995] .
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Scientists rely on Citizen Scientists to track the migration of the monarch …
Scientists rely on Citizen Scientists to track the migration of the monarch butterflies as they journey north from Mexico and back again. This amazing pollinator begins its fall migration from August to November and spring migration from March to June. Students can follow migration news, see the real-time mapping of the butterfly's movements, and report their own sightings with this amazing project from the University of Wisconsin - Madison Arboretum.
Estão preparados para uma emocionante viagem?Vamos embarcar numa grande aventura, onde vamos …
Estão preparados para uma emocionante viagem?Vamos embarcar numa grande aventura, onde vamos ter a oportunidade de aprender a cuidar do nosso lar, a Terra.Apertem os cintos, a ação está prestes a começar!"
Students digitize the path of the Green River from historical imagery, and …
Students digitize the path of the Green River from historical imagery, and calculate sinuosity using a Python script. Students then display the changes on a map. Students are introduced to the concept of computer scripting.
Students extract streams and watersheds from a DEM for the island of …
Students extract streams and watersheds from a DEM for the island of Hawai'i. They then look to seeif there is a correlation between precipitation and the way a stream network develops on a mountain. Students also investigate if this is related to vegetation, soil type, and slope.
Students use a Python script to download position, size and foretasted position …
Students use a Python script to download position, size and foretasted position and size of hurricanes into a spreadsheet from NOAA hurricane forecasts. They then display the actual and foretasted hurricane positions in ArcMap. Finally students look at which counties in the United States have had the highest amount of hurricane activity. Students display their work in a multi-part map, or a series of maps.
In this lab students use LiDAR and GPS data to investigate the …
In this lab students use LiDAR and GPS data to investigate the the amount of woody debris available for habitat in a local river. Students collect GPS data, explorer local LiDAR data and write a Python script to conduct the analysis of the LiDAR data.
In this lab, modified from Barbara and David Tewksbury's sea level rise …
In this lab, modified from Barbara and David Tewksbury's sea level rise lab, students use bathy/topo DEMs from NOAA to predict the location of shorelines after certain amounts of sea level rise and tsunami inundation. This is then combined with TIGER census data to get estimates of the number of people affected by the change in shoreline. Students then display their results with data driven map pages.
Students create a model of sea level rise based on the melting …
Students create a model of sea level rise based on the melting of land ice, sea ice, or grounded ice. Student predictions are recorded and models are run. Making explanations based on data, cause and effect, and asking questions are emphasized in this activity.
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The first lab for an online introductory soils course for non-majors, this …
The first lab for an online introductory soils course for non-majors, this lab introduces students to landscapes and spatial patterns using Google Earth. In addition to learning to navigate in the imagery software, students re-learn or learn simple landscape parameter calculations like slope and area.
soils, landscape, aerial imagery, online
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In this project students will first research the landslide-prone Seattle area using …
In this project students will first research the landslide-prone Seattle area using provided websites to gather background and perspective for the second part of the assignment. In the second part of the assignment students evaluate several actual properties in the Seattle area using a city government website that utilizes the GIS mapping system. Following their use of the online map and other suggested resources they will rank the properties in order of relative landslide hazard and provide a written evaluation of their rankings.
This activity expands the watershed examined from a schoolyard to a large …
This activity expands the watershed examined from a schoolyard to a large drainage that cannot be viewed from one location. The activity includes an examination of changing land uses within the drainage and discusses interactions between society and the environment. A number of supporting activities are provided for those students who need practice with topographic maps or learning to use various web resources.
This video primarily focuses on comparing the current global warming trend compared …
This video primarily focuses on comparing the current global warming trend compared to a previous time in Earth's history when the global average temperature also increased.
In this TED talk, Wall Street Journal science columnist Lee Hotz describes …
In this TED talk, Wall Street Journal science columnist Lee Hotz describes the research of the Western Antarctic Ice Sheet Divide project, in which scientists examine ice core records of climate change in the past to help us understand climate change in the future.
Students collect various types of evidence showing that the world climate has …
Students collect various types of evidence showing that the world climate has been changing over the last decades (global warming, sea level rise, the melting of glaciers, droughts, extreme events, etc.).
Students collect various evidence showing that the world climate has been changing …
Students collect various evidence showing that the world climate has been changing over the last decades (global warming, sea level rise, melting of glaciers and sea ice, extreme events...).
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