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Comparing Stream Discharge in Two Watersheds in Glacier National Park

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Comparing Stream Discharge in Two Watersheds in Glacier National Park

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Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum module/Geology of National Parks course. Students study how discharge per unit area varies with elevation in the high country of Glacier National Park from USGS hydrograph data from Swiftcurrent Creek and its tributary Grinnell Creek..

Subject:: Geology; Geoscience; Physical Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Homework/Assignment
Provider:: Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:: Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum
Author:: Mark Rains
Date Added:: 08/28/2012

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Flood Days and Good Canoeing Days at Congaree National Park

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Flood Days and Good Canoeing Days at Congaree National Park

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SSAC Geology of National Parks module/Geology of National Parks course. Students calculate probabilities using USGS hydrograph data, a spreadsheet of daily stage heights, and the COUNTIF function.

Subject:: Geoscience; Mathematics; Physical Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:: Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum
Author:: David C. Shelley
Date Added:: 08/28/2012

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Mapping Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise at Point Reyes National Seashore

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Mapping Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise at Point Reyes National Seashore

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Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum/Geology of National Parks module. Students work with a color-coded conditional-formatted spreadsheet map to work through a USGS report applying a coastal vulnerability index, examining real data related to relative sea-level change for different areas of the Californian coas,t including Point Reyes National Seashore.

Subject:: Applied Science; Ecology; Environmental Science; Geoscience; Life Science; Physical Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:: Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum
Author:: Len Vacher
Date Added:: 08/28/2012

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Mined-Over Matter: Remembering Copper Mining at Keweenaw National Historic Park, Upper Peninsula Michigan

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Mined-Over Matter: Remembering Copper Mining at Keweenaw National Historic Park, Upper Peninsula Michigan

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Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum/Geology of National Parks module. Students calculate the amount of rock removed and the value of copper produced at the great Keweenaw District up to 1925.