Lecture Toolkit and Introduction to Geology

Unit 1 INTRODUCTION TO CONCEPT MAPS AND KNOWLEDGE SURVEYS
Introduction
What is a Concept Map?
What is a Knowledge Survey?
Other Tools

UNIT 2 FORMATION OF THE UNIVERSE AND THE SOLAR SYSTEM
Introduction
Our Place in the Universe
Activity 2.1 Scale of the University Analogy
Where Did It All Come From?
Activity 2.2 Scale of the Solar System
What Have We Learned?
Unit 2 Knowledge Assessment

UNIT 3 WHAT ARE GEOLOGY AND EARTH SCIENCE
Introduction
Activity 3.1 Why Is It Important to Know about Earth Science?
How Is Earth Science Studied at a College or University?
Activity 3.2 Earth Science at Your School
Activity 3.3 What Does a Geologist Do?
Activity 3.4 How Does Earth Science Relate to Your Career and Overall Future
What Have We Learned?
Unit 3 Knowledge Survey

UNIT 4 CONTINENTAL DRIFT AND PLATE TECTONICS
Introduction
Activity 4.1 The Evidence for Continental Drift
Activity 4.2 Why Wasn’t Continental Drift Accepted?
Activity 4.3 Continental Puzzle
Activity 4.4 What Happened Next?
Activity 4.5 Observations about the Ocean Floor
Activity 4.6 What Is the Theory of Plate Tectonics?
What Have We Learned?
Unit 4 Knowledge Survey

UNIT 5 MINERAL AND ROCKS
Introduction
Activity 5.1 Common Properties
Activity 5.2 Minerals in Your Life
Activity 5.3 The Rock Cycle
Activity 5.4 Word Find

UNIT 6 VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES
Introduction
Volcanoes
Activity 6.1 Types of Volcanoes
Activity 6.2 Volcano Terms
Earthquakes
Activity 6.3 Large Earthquakes
Activity 6.4 What Would You Do?

UNIT 7 STREAMS AND GLACIERS
Introduction
Streams
Activity 7.1 Stream Channel Shapes
Activity 7.2 Sediment Transport
Activity 7.3 Rivers and You
Activity 7.4 Short Essay on Major Floods
Activity 7.5 Forming a Glacier
Activity 7.6 The Wisconsin Glaciation
Activity 7.7 Melting of the Glaciers

UNIT 8 AGE DETERMINATION
Introduction
Principles of Stratigraphy and Cross-Cutting Relationships
Activity 8.1 Principles of Stratigraphy
Activity 8.2 Unconformities
Relative Dating
Activity 8.3 Relative Dating
Activity 8.4 More Relative Dating
Radiometric Dating
Activity 8.5 Absolute Dating
Activity 8.6 Why Is It Important

UNIT 9 HUMAN POPULATION AND USING RESOURCES
Introduction
Human Population
Activity 9.1 How Many of Us Are There?
Activity 9.2 Population Short Essay
Resources
activity 9.3 Water Usage
Activity 9.4 Reducing Your Energy Use
Recycling
Activity 9.5 Recycling Revisited
Summary

UNIT 10 LOOKING BACK
Glossary