This activity is an investigative introduction to class 1 levers. Students create levers and record observations to determine the use and components of a lever.
This is an exploratory activity where students in small groups discover the relationship between the force of resistance, the force of effort, and placement of the fulcrum in a first class lever.
An example set of tasks and questions for the first field trip of a 300-level Sedimentology and Stratigraphy course.
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This activity is takes place in nature and in the classroom. Students are gathering different types of leaves and naming characteristics of each then sorting them by those characteristics. Students then make a picture with leaves and writes 2-3 sentences about their picture using the characteristic words.
This activity will provide the students with an opportunity to use inquiry. This activity will also help them to begin to understand friction and inertia,.
This is a short and simple exercise requiring students to examine and compare different crystal shapes. Cardboard models and wooden blocks are used as ideal representations of real crystals. Students examine the representations and determine what shape properties they have in common. They then discuss what it means if crystals of different minerals share some shape properties.
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This is a unit for K-2 students on fish habitats. The last day is a field trip to a local lake.
This guided inquiry activity is designed to help students understand that people get all of their knowledge from their senses, and that is why our senses are so important.
To complete this assignment students need to choose a group and decide who will write each section. They should also agree on a timeframe which will allow them to complete the assignment in the time provided. One student is expected to take the lead in assembling the final document. Students are expected to edit themselves the stay within the page limit, as they will find a vast amount of information. Students may work alone or in groups of less than five, but are still required to include all the necessary information.
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This activity is an observation lab where students observe the colors emitted by various metal ions in salt solutions.
This is a classroom lab where students will explore the concept of density by investigating how various solids and liquids interact.
In this module, students calculate the pressure at the depth of compensation along a cross section of North America.
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In this module, students examine Archimede's Principle in general and as it applies to Isostacy.
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Students are asked to numerically and then analytically determine the relations governing the depth of compensation.
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Students are asked to numerically and then analytically determine the relations governing the depth of compensation.
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This activity is a guided inquiry on surface tension where students design their own lab experiment based on a focus question, make predictions, collect data and compare the outcome with their predictions.
This Lecture Tutorial worksheet guides students through thinking about the effects humans have on
infiltration, and how that effects the duration and severity of floods. It is designed to be used
in groups after a brief lecture introducing surface and ground water flow into a stream.
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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.
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.
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This assignment asks students to do a flood frequency analysis to determine the size and stage of various floods and determine if the town of Crawford, OH is likely to be flooded or not. Outcomes: learn to work with quantitative data, learn to use Excel, be able to use USGS data.
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