Introduction to Physical Geology Laboratory Course and Kit
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Copyright: 2022
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This engaging physical geology laboratory course, e-text, and specimen identification kit will challenge and excite students while they explore the globe, study national parks, identify rocks and minerals, analyze data, hypothesize, and extrapolate-- all while learning and applying scientific methodologies!
Introduction to Physical Geology contains 13 modules with engaging laboratories, quizzes, projects, and scientific writing assignments that can uniquely be delivered in any modality. This course is applicable in full-term as well as accelerated semesters. User-friendly, this robust and engaging laboratory course and kit is technologically relevant for the hands-on geoscience lessons, including the identification of forty rock and minerals specimens that are shipped directly to students!
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- explain aspects of geology and geoscience.
- be able to understand tectonic processes, geologic time, metamorphism, deposition, weathering, erosion, volcanism, natural hazards, natural resources, and many other processes and mechanisms related to geology.
- recognize fifteen minerals by distinguishing their unique physical properties.
- identify thirty different types of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks based on their textures and compositions, and be able to explain the nature of their formations.
- apply critical thinking and scientific communication skills.
Introduction
Module 1: Geoscience and Quantitative Reasoning
Module 2: Earth’s Layers and Plate Tectonics
Module 3: Geologic Time
Module 4: Geologic Structures and Seismology
Module 5: Minerals
Module 6: Igneous Rocks and Volcanism
Module 7: Geologic Investigation of the Hawaiian Islands
Module 8: Sedimentary Rocks and Processes
Module 9: Metamorphic Rocks and Metamorphism
Module 10: Maps and Geographic Information Systems
Chapter 11: Energy, Resources and Global Climate
Chapter 12: Wind, Water, and Ice
Chapter 13: Final Project – National Park Exploration
A geoscientist with a bachelors from Colorado Mesa University, Alexandra is a proven leader with relentless ambition. Her native roots in the west, outdoor activity interests, and geographic location embellished her geoscience education. During her studies in geology and Geographic Information Systems (GIS), she was offered an internship with the Bureau of Land Management. Post bachelorette, Alexandra worked a diverse set of jobs, several in field settings including as a lead well site geologist and archaeology field assistant. Her continued education (M.S.) at the University of Texas Permian Basin (UTPB) produced an emerging leader, and ignited a passion for geoscience instruction which she channeled into this long-distance learning kit. She began her Ph.D. in the Spring 2023 at the University of Houston's school of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. Her research focus is on critical minerals using remote sensing techniques, mainly hyperspectral imaging. She is currently a business developer in the mining and minerals industry with CGG Inc.
She can be reached on her LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandra-price-geoscientist/
This engaging physical geology laboratory course, e-text, and specimen identification kit will challenge and excite students while they explore the globe, study national parks, identify rocks and minerals, analyze data, hypothesize, and extrapolate-- all while learning and applying scientific methodologies!
Introduction to Physical Geology contains 13 modules with engaging laboratories, quizzes, projects, and scientific writing assignments that can uniquely be delivered in any modality. This course is applicable in full-term as well as accelerated semesters. User-friendly, this robust and engaging laboratory course and kit is technologically relevant for the hands-on geoscience lessons, including the identification of forty rock and minerals specimens that are shipped directly to students!
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- explain aspects of geology and geoscience.
- be able to understand tectonic processes, geologic time, metamorphism, deposition, weathering, erosion, volcanism, natural hazards, natural resources, and many other processes and mechanisms related to geology.
- recognize fifteen minerals by distinguishing their unique physical properties.
- identify thirty different types of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks based on their textures and compositions, and be able to explain the nature of their formations.
- apply critical thinking and scientific communication skills.
Introduction
Module 1: Geoscience and Quantitative Reasoning
Module 2: Earth’s Layers and Plate Tectonics
Module 3: Geologic Time
Module 4: Geologic Structures and Seismology
Module 5: Minerals
Module 6: Igneous Rocks and Volcanism
Module 7: Geologic Investigation of the Hawaiian Islands
Module 8: Sedimentary Rocks and Processes
Module 9: Metamorphic Rocks and Metamorphism
Module 10: Maps and Geographic Information Systems
Chapter 11: Energy, Resources and Global Climate
Chapter 12: Wind, Water, and Ice
Chapter 13: Final Project – National Park Exploration
A geoscientist with a bachelors from Colorado Mesa University, Alexandra is a proven leader with relentless ambition. Her native roots in the west, outdoor activity interests, and geographic location embellished her geoscience education. During her studies in geology and Geographic Information Systems (GIS), she was offered an internship with the Bureau of Land Management. Post bachelorette, Alexandra worked a diverse set of jobs, several in field settings including as a lead well site geologist and archaeology field assistant. Her continued education (M.S.) at the University of Texas Permian Basin (UTPB) produced an emerging leader, and ignited a passion for geoscience instruction which she channeled into this long-distance learning kit. She began her Ph.D. in the Spring 2023 at the University of Houston's school of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. Her research focus is on critical minerals using remote sensing techniques, mainly hyperspectral imaging. She is currently a business developer in the mining and minerals industry with CGG Inc.
She can be reached on her LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandra-price-geoscientist/