Students will find two interactive exercises designed to help you learn about river processes like discharge, flooding, and flood frequency. Each activity requires you to make careful observations and measurements, do simple calculations, and answer questions about your work. A "Certificate of Completion" will be available to each student at the end of each activity.
| Discipline: | Geoscience, hydrology, science and technology |
| Topics: | river discharge, flooding, and flood frequency |
| Product: | Geology Labs-Online |
| Vendor: | California State University |
| Cost: | Free |
| Technical requirements: | Java and Flash |
| Accessibility info: | None Available |
| Link to Lab: | Virtual River |
| Reviews: | None |
| MERLOT Resources: | personal collections |
| Instructional Materials: | instructor and lab manuals available online from vendor |
| Description: | Interactive, inquiry-based simulations and exercises for college level courses in geoscience, geology, geophysics, tectonics, science and technology. |
| Case Studies: | Designing and Implementing Virtual Courseware to Promote Inquiry-based Learning |