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WELCOME TO THE ROCKIN' WORLD OF GEOLOGY!
Syllabus
USGS: EVERYTHING GEOLOGY (be sure to check out "science in your backyard" section)
Chapter Self-Checks and Other Text Resources
| ACTIVITIES | LABS/MINI-LABS | OTHER RESOURCES | |
| Resources and The Environment |
Barrier Islands Web Quest: To Build or Not to Build Historical Environmentalism and Conservation Lessons "Every Day is Earth Day" Bulletin Board Natural South Videos |
Oil Eating Bacteria Lab Bio-indicators: Lichens Water Quality Study |
Story of Easter Island |
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Atmosphere, Weather & Climate |
Video: Weather Hurricane Web Quest #1 (you are the hurricane) Hurricane Web Quest #2 (hurricane hunting) Hurricane Web Quest #3 (basic info) Weather Map and Station Model Analysis |
Weather Collecting Lab |
NOAA |
| Composition of Earth, Rocks and Minerals
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Know-Whin-Big Mineral
Investments Crystal Growing Lab |
USGS Mineral Information | |
| Geologic Time and Fossils
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Half-Life and Decay Practice Problems Amazing Earth Video Study Guide Video: Dinosaur |
Can You Dig It? Fossil
Lab Pile it on! Mini-Lab Relative Dating Model & questions |
Paleontology
Portal
Geologic and Paleontologic Cookbook (Bring and present one of these for bonus**) Images in Time (for Geotime Wall)
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| Volcanoes, Topographic Maps, Plate Tectonics & Earthquakes |
National Geographic: Volcano Video Guide Nova: EarthQuake! Video Guide (put answers on a separate sheet if you need to) Movie: SuperVolcano! Movie: Dante's Peak w/ analysis |
Virtual Earth Quake
(Website) Far Flung Fossil Lab |
Story of Plate Tectonics: USGS |
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Surface & Sub-surface Processes (Erosion, Weathering, Lakes, Wetlands, Groundwater & Caves) |
Wetlands Under Attack Web Quest Video: Secret Lives of Caves and Essay |
Cave Models (you want to print out
large model templates) Weathering and Erosion Lab |
National
Speleological Society
Info on Cave Critter Adaptations (mainly troglobites) |
| Oceanography and Marine Environments |