Geology & Oceanography

For introductory courses in Environmental Geology or Physical Geology.

Hazard City gives professors meaningful, easy-to-assign, and easy- to-grade assignments. Based on the idealized town of Hazard City, the assignments put students in the role of practicing geologists—gathering and analyzing real data, evaluating risk, making assessments and recommendations.

• NEW - A new module (Shoreline Property Assessment).

  • Students visit four related water-front building sites—some developed and some not—and analyze the risk each faces due to shoreline erosion processes.

• NEW - Three sets of assessment questions for each activity—Multiple, parallel sets of assessment questions allow the instructor to quickly and easily alter the assignments each semester. This helps preserve the integrity of the assignments over a longer period of time.

• Thoroughly class tested—All activities have been refined through testing in both the traditional and online classroom.

• Substantial, critical thinking assignments—Each activity takes 30-90 minutes. The activities require students to gather and analyze real data, participate in real issues, encounter uncertainty, and make decisions.

• Easy grading for instructors:

  • All questions are multiple-choice, making them quick and easy to grade.

  • Solutions are available only via the InstructorÕs Manual, helping preserve integrity for assignments in later semesters.

• Student flexibility for submitting answers:

  • Using worksheets on the CD-ROM which students can print out, complete, and submit to the instructor;

  • Visiting the Hazard City Website at http://www.hazcity.com, answering questions online, and printing a "certificate of completion" to hand in to instructor (the certificate indicates a raw score but does not provide solutions; these must be obtained from the instructor).

• Easy to assign—Each self-contained assignment encourages students to research, explore, learn on their own, and think.

  • Ground Water Contamination:—Students use field and laboratory data to prepare a contour map of the water table, determine the direction of ground water flow and map a contaminated area.

  • Volcanic Hazard Assessment: Researching volcanic hazards, collecting field information, and decision-making are all used to determine the potential impact of a volcanic eruption on different parts of Hazard City.

  • Landslide Hazard Assessment: Students research the factors that determine landslide hazard at five construction sites and make recommendations for development.

  • Earthquake Damage Assessment: Students research the effects of earthquakes on buildings, explore Hazard City, and determine the number of people needing emergency housing given an earthquake of specific intensity.

  • Flood Insurance Rate Maps: Flood insurance premiums are estimated using a flood insurance rate map, insurance tables and site characteristics.

  • Snowpack Monitoring: Students utilize climatic data to estimate variables that are key to flood control and water supply management.

  • Coal Property Evaluation: The potential value of a mineral property is estimated by learning about mining and property evaluation then applying that knowledge in a resource calculation.

  • Landfill Siting: Students use maps and geological data to determine if any of five proposed sites meet the requirements of the State Administrative Code for landfill siting.

  • Shoreline Property Assessment: Students visit four related water-front building sites—some developed and some not—and analyze the risk each faces due to shoreline erosion processes.

• A new module (Shoreline Property Assessment).

  • Students visit four related water-front building sites—some developed and some not—and analyze the risk each faces due to shoreline erosion processes.

• Three sets of assessment questions for each activity—Multiple, parallel sets of assessment questions allow the instructor to quickly and easily alter the assignments each semester. This helps preserve the integrity of the assignments over a longer period of time.

1. Earthquake Damage Assessment


2. Volcanic Hazard Assessment


3. Flood Insurance Rate Maps


4. Landslide Hazard Assessment


5. Shoreline Property Assessment


6. Snowpack Monitoring


7. Ground Water Contamination


8. Coal Property Evaluation


9. Landfill Siting

Environmental Geology  (Geology & Oceanography)
Environmental Geology  (Environmental Science)

Instructor's Manual (online), 2/E
King
©2005 | Prentice Hall | On-line Supplement | Instock
ISBN-10: 0132219417 | ISBN-13: 9780132219419
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©2009 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 120 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0136044352 | ISBN-13: 9780136044352
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