Paul Edwards's tutorial on scanning electron microscopy part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This site from the University of Durham features descriptions of various scanning electron microscopy methods such as primary and secondary electron imaging, energy-dispersive analysis of X-rays, ...

Crystallography Online part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This site provides links that cover current and internet-based information concerning crystallography. Resources presented include organizations, activities, educational websites, and journals.

Virtual Microscope for Earth Sciences part of SERC Web Resource Collection

The Virtual Microscope was developed for undergraduate teaching of petrology and geoscience at the Open University in the United Kingdom, allowing students to explore rock hand specimens and thin ...

Teaching Mineralogy part of SERC Print Resource Collection
A collection of exercises, activities and methods for teaching mineralogy that was assembled, classroom-tested, and reviewed by participants in an NSF-sponsored Teaching Mineralogy Workshop held at ...

Using the American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database in the Classroom part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This is an online version of a paper published in the Journal of Geoscience Education which discusses the use of the American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database in the setting of secondary and ...

How Much Crystallography Should We Teach Geologists? part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This article presents an overview of topics that should be covered in a mineralogy class, including morphological crystallography and structural (X-ray) crystallography.

Characterization and Identification of Mineral Unknowns: A Mineralogy Term Project part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This article discusses single term undergraduate mineralogy course completion of a project involving the characterization and identification of mineral unknowns. These identifications are based on ...

Using Poetry to Teach about Minerals in Earth Science Class part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This Journal of Geoscience Education article discusses a class which incorporates poetry into science teaching in order to expand the curriculum beyond content knowledge or process skills. In this ...

Integration of New Methods into Teaching Mineralogy part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This Journal of Geoscience Education article presents a revised mineralogy curriculum based on the course designers' reflections on appropriate content and on new learning methods and teaching ...

Crystallography in the Classroom-Modeling Silicates without Silicate Models part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This Journal of Geoscience Education article proposes two alternatives to the traditional ball-and-stick model for teaching silicate chemistry and crystallography in the classroom. The first model ...