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1. Map Your Hazards! – Assessing Hazards, Vulnerability and Risk

   11 Jan 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Brittany Brand¹, Pamela McMullin-Messier², Melissa Schlegel³

   1. Boise State University 2. Central Washington University 3. College of Western Idaho

   The Map Your Hazards module provides students an interactive mechanism to engage in place-based exploration of natural hazards, social vulnerability, risk and the factors that shape their...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/292/?v=1

2. A Growing Concern: Sustaining Soil Resources through Local Decision Making

   11 Jan 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Sarah Fortner¹, Martha Murphy², Hannah Scherer³

   1. Wittenberg University 2. Santa Rosa Junior College 3. Virginia Tech

   This module addresses this need by providing students the opportunity to examine the differences between intensively managed agricultural landscapes (e.g. grazelands, conventional tillage) and...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/291/?v=1

3. Natural Hazards and Risks: Hurricanes

   11 Jan 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Lisa Gilbert¹, Josh Galster², Joan Ramage³

   1. Williams College 2. Montclair State University 3. Lehigh University

   Making the difficult decision to evacuate before a hurricane makes landfall can save lives and property. This two week module explores how hurricanes connect the ocean-atmosphere-terrestrial...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/290/?v=1

4. Climate of Change: Interactions and Feedbacks between Water, Air, and Ice

   10 Jan 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Cindy Shellito¹, Becca Walker², Cynthia Fadem³

   1. University of Northern Colorado 2. Mt. San Antonio College 3. Earlham College

   In this two to three week module, students explore short-term climate variability resulting from atmosphere-ocean-ice interactions.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/289/?v=1

5. Interactions between Water, Earth’s Surface, and Human Activity

   10 Jan 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Sue DeBari¹, Kyle Gray², Julie Monet³

   1. Western Washington University 2. University of Northern Iowa 3. California State University - Chico

   This two-week (~10-hour) module focuses on water and its importance to humans, both as a limited resource and in shaping Earth's surface.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/288/?v=1

6. Environmental Justice and Freshwater Resources

   10 Jan 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Adriana Perez¹, Jill Schneiderman², Meg Stewart, Joshua Villalobos³

   1. Dona Ana Community College 2. Vassar College 3. El Paso Community College

   This module enables students to identify the freshwater components of the hydrologic cycle and connect them to the basic need of all human beings for equal access to clean freshwater.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/276/?v=1