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GeneraloTipsoforoGettingoStarted 2
Errata 4
BeforeoYouoTeachoaoLaboratory 5
PedagogicaloModel 7
Lab 1:o ThinkingoLikeoaoGeologist 8
Lab 2:o PlateoTectonicsoandotheoOriginoofoMagma 23
Lab 3:o MineraloProperties,oIdentification,oandoUses 40
Lab 4:o Rock-FormingoProcessesoandotheoRockoCycle 48
Lab 5:o IgneousoRocksoandoProcesses 54
Lab 6:o SedimentaryoProcesses,oRocks,oandoEnvironments 61
Lab 7:o MetamorphicoRocks,oProcesses,oandoResources 72
Lab 8:o DatingoofoRocks,oFossils,oandoGeologicoEvents 77
Lab 9:o TopographicoMapsoandoOrthoimages 87
Labo 10:o GeologicoStructures,oMaps,oandoBlockoDiagrams 99
Labo 11:o StreamoProcesses,oLandscapes,oMassoWastage,oandoFloodoHazards 116
Labo 12:o GroundwateroProcesses,oResources,oandoRisks 127
Labo 13:o GlaciersoandotheoDynamicoCryosphere 137
Labo 14:o DrylandoLandforms,oHazards,oandoRisks 146
Labo 15:o CoastaloProcesses,oLandforms,oHazards,oandoRisks 154
Labo 16:o EarthquakeoHazardsoandoHumanoRisks 159
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, GENERAL TIPS FOR GETTING STARTED
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PleaseoconsiderotheseotipsotoohelpoyououseotheoLaboratoryoManualoinoPhysicaloGeology—
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oAGI/NAGTo(10 oedition)oandothisoInstructoroManualomoreoeffectively.
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highered.com/ircooroyouocanocontactoyouroPearson-
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2. ReviewotheoPedagogicaloModelouponowhichotheolabomanualoisobasedo(pageo6).
3. Familiarizeoyourselfowithotheofollowingoresourceomaterialsothatoareoavailableotoo
yourostudents:
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eoaccessedowithotheoQRocodeoonotheocoveroflapoofotheolabomanualooroatomygeosci
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UTMogrids,oandomoreoforostudentsotoocutooutoandouseoasoneeded.oTheyocanobeof
oundoatotheoendoofotheolabomanual.
AoMathoConversionoChart,oIntroductionotooSIoUnits,opicturesoofolaboequip
ment,oandoaomapoofoNorthoAmericaoareoavailableoinotheoPrefaceoofotheolaboma
nualo(pagesoxi–xiv).
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QRoCodes,owhichoprovideostudentsowithoquickoaccessotoowebositesotheyoneedo
oromayouseoinoadditionotooresourcesoprovidedoinotheolabomanual.
4. Consideropersonalizingoyourostudents’olearningoexperienceobyousingoMasteringGe
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remedialotutorials.
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rietyoofotoolsotooisolateoweaknessesoandomisconceptionsoofoaostudentooroclass.oThisoallow
soyouotoobuildoaoplanoforointerventionoandomakeotheomostoofotheotimeothatostudentsowilloh
aveoinotheolaboratory.oLearnomoreoatowww.MasteringGeology.com
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aoseatingochart,oandothenouseotheochartotooseeowhatostudentsoorogroupsoofostudentsohaveoa
nsweredospecificoitemsoandohowotheyoansweredothem.oYouocanoassignoquestionsoforostu
dentsotooanswerosynchronouslyoduringoclass/labo(oneoquestionoisoansweredobyoeachostud
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laboabilityotoosolveogeologicaloproblemsoinvolvingomathematicsoand,othereby,omeasureo
theoextentoofotheirolearning.oLearnomoreoatoserc.carleton.edu/mathyouneed/index.ht
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Pleaseosendocomments,ocriticisms,oandosuggestionsoregardingotheolaboratoryomanualoorot
hisoinstructoromanualodirectlyotooRichoBusch,oDepartmentoofoGeologyoandoAstronomy,o
WestoChesteroUniversity,oWestoChester,
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GeneraloTipsoforoGettingoStarted 2
Errata 4
BeforeoYouoTeachoaoLaboratory 5
PedagogicaloModel 7
Lab 1:o ThinkingoLikeoaoGeologist 8
Lab 2:o PlateoTectonicsoandotheoOriginoofoMagma 23
Lab 3:o MineraloProperties,oIdentification,oandoUses 40
Lab 4:o Rock-FormingoProcessesoandotheoRockoCycle 48
Lab 5:o IgneousoRocksoandoProcesses 54
Lab 6:o SedimentaryoProcesses,oRocks,oandoEnvironments 61
Lab 7:o MetamorphicoRocks,oProcesses,oandoResources 72
Lab 8:o DatingoofoRocks,oFossils,oandoGeologicoEvents 77
Lab 9:o TopographicoMapsoandoOrthoimages 87
Labo 10:o GeologicoStructures,oMaps,oandoBlockoDiagrams 99
Labo 11:o StreamoProcesses,oLandscapes,oMassoWastage,oandoFloodoHazards 116
Labo 12:o GroundwateroProcesses,oResources,oandoRisks 127
Labo 13:o GlaciersoandotheoDynamicoCryosphere 137
Labo 14:o DrylandoLandforms,oHazards,oandoRisks 146
Labo 15:o CoastaloProcesses,oLandforms,oHazards,oandoRisks 154
Labo 16:o EarthquakeoHazardsoandoHumanoRisks 159
1
, GENERAL TIPS FOR GETTING STARTED
o o o o
PleaseoconsiderotheseotipsotoohelpoyououseotheoLaboratoryoManualoinoPhysicaloGeology—
th
oAGI/NAGTo(10 oedition)oandothisoInstructoroManualomoreoeffectively.
1. ReviewotheolabomanualoInstructoroResourceoMaterialsothatoareoavailableotooyou,o
andoobtainotheoonesoyouoneed.oYouocanofindotheseoresourcesoonlineoatowww.pearson
highered.com/ircooroyouocanocontactoyouroPearson-
PrenticeoHallosalesorepresentativeoatowww.pearsonhighered.com/educator/replocat
or/
2. ReviewotheoPedagogicaloModelouponowhichotheolabomanualoisobasedo(pageo6).
3. Familiarizeoyourselfowithotheofollowingoresourceomaterialsothatoareoavailableotoo
yourostudents:
Pre-
laboVideosocreatedobyoCallanoBentleyohelpostudentsounderstandohowotoosuccess
fullyocompleteotheolaboactivitiesobyofollowingoaoclearoseriesoofosteps.oTheyocanob
eoaccessedowithotheoQRocodeoonotheocoveroflapoofotheolabomanualooroatomygeosci
enceplace.com
GeoToolsoareocardboardoandotransparentorulers,oprotractors,ograinosizeoscales,o
UTMogrids,oandomoreoforostudentsotoocutooutoandouseoasoneeded.oTheyocanobeof
oundoatotheoendoofotheolabomanual.
AoMathoConversionoChart,oIntroductionotooSIoUnits,opicturesoofolaboequip
ment,oandoaomapoofoNorthoAmericaoareoavailableoinotheoPrefaceoofotheolaboma
nualo(pagesoxi–xiv).
TMYNTM,oMasteringGeologyTM,oandoLearningoCatalyticsTM,oifoused.
QRoCodes,owhichoprovideostudentsowithoquickoaccessotoowebositesotheyoneedo
oromayouseoinoadditionotooresourcesoprovidedoinotheolabomanual.
4. Consideropersonalizingoyourostudents’olearningoexperienceobyousingoMasteringGe
ologyTM,oLearningoCatalyticsTM,ooroTMYNo(TheoMathoYouoNeed,oWhenoYouoNeedoIt)o
remedialotutorials.
MasteringGeologyTMoisoanoonlineotutorialoandohomeworkoprogram.oPre-
labovideooquizzesocanobeoassignedoasoformativeoassessmentsoforoyouotooanalyzeowithoaova
rietyoofotoolsotooisolateoweaknessesoandomisconceptionsoofoaostudentooroclass.oThisoallow
soyouotoobuildoaoplanoforointerventionoandomakeotheomostoofotheotimeothatostudentsowilloh
aveoinotheolaboratory.oLearnomoreoatowww.MasteringGeology.com
LearningoCatalyticsTMoisopedagogicaloapproachoinowhichostudentsouseoanyoweb-
oenabledodeviceoofotheirochoiceo(smartophone,otablet,olaptop,oetc.)otooengageoinoformativ
eoassessmentso(thatoguideolearning)oandosummativeoassessmentso(thatoareousedoforogradi
ngopurposes)obefore,oduring,ooroafterotheolaboratory.oYouocanocreateooroselectomultipleoc
hoiceoquestionsoforostudentsotooansweroand/oroyouocanocreateooroselectoopen-
oendedoquestionsothatoaskoforonumerical, owritten,oorographical oresponses.oYouocanobuildo
aoseatingochart,oandothenouseotheochartotooseeowhatostudentsoorogroupsoofostudentsohaveoa
nsweredospecificoitemsoandohowotheyoansweredothem.oYouocanoassignoquestionsoforostu
dentsotooanswerosynchronouslyoduringoclass/labo(oneoquestionoisoansweredobyoeachostud
ent,obutoallostudentsoaddressotheoquestionoatotheosameotime),ooroinoaoself-paced
2
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learningcatalytics.com/
TMYNTMoisoanoonlineosetoofomodularomathotutorialsoforostudentsoinoanyointroductor
yogeoscience,odevelopedoandomanagedobyoJenniferoWennero(UniversityoofoWashington
–
Oshkosh)oandoEricoBaero(HighlineoCommunityoCollege)owithofundingofromotheoNation
aloScienceoFoundation.oYouocanoassignotheofreeomodulesoforostudentsotoouseoonotheiroow
n,ooroyouocanoassignothemoasoformativeoorosummativeoassessments.oYouocanoalsoocomp
areostudents’opre-laboandopost-
laboabilityotoosolveogeologicaloproblemsoinvolvingomathematicsoand,othereby,omeasureo
theoextentoofotheirolearning.oLearnomoreoatoserc.carleton.edu/mathyouneed/index.ht
ml
Pleaseosendocomments,ocriticisms,oandosuggestionsoregardingotheolaboratoryomanualoorot
hisoinstructoromanualodirectlyotooRichoBusch,oDepartmentoofoGeologyoandoAstronomy,o
WestoChesteroUniversity,oWestoChester,
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