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This video, provided by Virginia Geospatial Extension, is part of a series of 22 tutorial videos on working with Lidar using ArcGIS Pro. This tutorial demonstrates "work[ing] with the two types of templates that can be used with lidar data: Map Template (2-D) and Local Scene Template (3-D)." This...

This activity, created by Lily Bentley, was formed based on a hypothetical situation that has students research renewable and nonrenewable energy sources. In the activity's hypothetical situation: the year is 2012, and fighting in the Middle East has stopped exports of much of the world's supply of...

This lesson, from the Northern Wyoming Community College District, focuses on the principles of surface mining and reclamation in coal mining using chocolate chip cookies (where the cookie represents the earth and the chocolate chips coal the students will be surface mining). Using tools provided,...

This lesson plan from the STEM Action Center - Utah covers incomplete vs. complete combustion and is intended for sixth through 9th graders. During the lesson, students will "develop models to show that molecules are made of different kinds, proportions, and quantities of atoms." Students will also "...

This paper, published by Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, describes database studies that have examined where the greatest emission reductions in sulfur dioxide have occurred over the past twenty years. Specifically, the paper examines...

This poster, from Tammy K. Baldwin and Michelle Hall Wallace, introduces an experiment on spatial ability. This experiment aimed "to evaluate change in students' spatial skills as a result of completing an earth science course." The study results show "an improvement in spatial skills for all groups...

This video, provided by Virginia Geospatial Extension, is part of a series of 16 tutorial videos on using Lidar with ArcGIS Desktop. This tutorial demonstrates statistics for LAS datasets. This video runs 09:22 minutes in length. The other videos in the series are available to view...

This lesson, from the Northern Wyoming Community College District, focuses on teaching science, technology, engineering, and math concepts through the frame of energy resources and mining. The ten units in the lesson cover scientific notation; area, volume and conversions; fractions, decimals and...

This web module, part of the professional development resources from On the Cutting Edge - Strong Undergraduate Geoscience Teaching, is for those who teach introductory earth science courses. Here you will find ideas for designing a new course, spicing up an existing course design, or adding...

This 107-page Climate Change module was published by the Advanced Technology Environmental and Energy Center (ATEEC) and is part of the Technology and Environmental Decision-Making series. This module is intended to help users understand the issues surrounding climate change. The module summarizes...