Geology of the Black Hills part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This presents a virtual geology field trip of the Black Hills. The topics that are covered include the general geology of the area, engineering and environmental issues, economic uses such as gold ...

GEOLogic: The Big Five Mass Extinctions part of SERC Web Resource Collection

GEOLogic questions are puzzles that were developed to support students understanding of geoscience concepts while challenging them to develop better logic and problem solving skills. In this ...

Guidebook for the Fieldtrips: Mesozoic and Cenozoic Paleontology in the Western Plains and Rocky Mountains part of SERC Print Resource Collection
The papers in this volume serve as a record of the field trips for the 61st Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, held during October 2001 at Montana State University in Bozeman, ...

A Laboratory Exercise on Determining Dinosaur Speeds Using Dimensional Analysis part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This Journal of Geoscience Education article describes a laboratory exercise in which measurements from a dinosaur trackway are used to estimate how fast the dinosaur track makers were moving. The ...

The Godzilla Syndrome; Scientific Inaccuracies of Prehistoric Animals in the Movies part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This Journal of Geoscience Education article describes a project in which students in geologic history and paleontology courses were assigned to review a video that depicted prehistoric animals with ...

Footprints as Inquiry-Based Learning Tools part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This Journal of Geoscience Education article describes three activities using biogenic and physical traces in the recreation of past events to help develop student understanding of the process of ...

Roadkill as Teaching Aids in Historical Geology and Paleontology part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This Journal of Geoscience Education article illustrates how and why to use roadkill to teach students about paleontology. The article includes a description of the physical characteristics of ...

Molding and Casting Fossils for Geology Laboratories part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This Journal of Geoscience Education article illustrates the step by step process of molding and casting fossils. Topics include specimen preparation, making the mold, casting, coloring the fossils, ...

Experimental Investigation of the Processes of Fossilization part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This Journal of Geoscience Education article describes a laboratory experiment that demonstrates the relative rates of decay and disarticulation of hard-parts, nonmineralized skeletal parts, and ...

Analyzing Fossil Morphology part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This Journal of Geoscience Education article describes an introductory laboratory activity that outlines some of the common statistical techniques used to describe the shape and form (morphology) of ...