of water and various scenarios are played out. 3- Streams and Water Diversion #1- Google activity involving key concepts that students should comprehend of a drainage basin or watershed. 30-40 minutes depending on students fluency in GE Great for smaller classes with access to computers. Larger classes can slow down internet server or Computers should be check to make sure all have GE installed. 3- Streams and Water Diversion #2- "The Four Streams" region, Hawaii activity gives the student a visual context of the physiographic features of the island of Maui and its relationship to hydrological features being discussed 15-20 minutes Online classes and smaller face to face classes. #3- Getting the Concepts- This activity is a modified version of a Think-Pair-Share activity for students to participate in. 15-20 minutes Good for smaller classes in lab room setting. 4- Women and Water Pre-class Homework: Fresh Water Availability and Quality of Life using GE activity where students use GE to answer questions given in class. 40 minutes Students need to be broke into three groups and have access to GE on computers to complete the project. Good for smaller classes. 4- Women and Water #1- Exploring Your Water Sources exercise get students thinking about water scarcity and access and how many of them know where their water comes from. Exercise uses statistics from the USGS. 5 minutes Requires instructor to explore the USGS data set to use a talking points in class discussion. 4- Women and Water #2- PowerPoint Presentation on the Hydrologic Cycle and the Global South 10 minutes Good for large classes and as an introduction to issues of water scarcity in various parts of the world. 4- Women and Water #3- Jigsaw activity that compares the countries seen in the pre-class activity. 25 minutes Requires the students to have done the pre-class activity and requires them to break up into various groups for discussion. 5- Hazardous Waste and Love Canal Pre-class activity on the exploration of who Lois Gibbs is and her role in EJ. 38 minutes Requires the students to have internet access. 5- Hazardous Waste and Love Canal #1 Think-Pair-Share activity that has students work in 20 minutes In-class or in lab, large classes OK.
3-Anomalous behavior Case study 3.2 on Sea Surface Temp. changes ? Have not tried 4- Slow and steady Case study 4.1 on changes in Greenland Ice sheet temperature and albedo 50 minutes Hard to do in a large class (many figures) would work well in lab 4-Slow and steady Case 4.2 on changes in size of Greenland ice sheet 50 minutes? Lab since looking at maps and color figures and making measurements 5-Systems @ play Activity 5.1 – climate change role playing game 50 minutes? Did not work well in a large class, small class or lab seems to work well 5-Systems @ play Activity 5.2 – sea core methane ? Have not tried 6 – Adapting to a Changing World Activity on heat waves 50 minutes Worked well in large class, adapted for focus on El Paso 6 – Adapting to a Changing World Activity on flooding with focus on Netherlands, includes gallery walk ? Have not Living on the Edge (Have Not Tried Any of These) Unit Activity Approx. time Suited for: 1-Hazards of Transform Boundaries Homework on San Andreas, activity on estimating return periods and how to insure buildings in San Francisco ? ? 2-Risks of Transform Boundaries What impact 1906 earthquake had on San Francisco and what would happen now? What decisions would search and rescue need to make? Etc. ? ? 3-Hazards of Divergent Boundaries Looking at Juan de Fuca plate – seems fairly nebulous at first glance 4-Risks of Divergent Boundaries Examining eruption of Eyjafjallajokull and its impact