Educational Resources for Teaching Petrology
This collection of internet resources is intended to help faculty in teaching or designing petrology courses. Many of the resources are lecture notes or PowerPoint presentations that are illustrated with useful diagrams, graphs and figures. There are also course syllabi, petrology projects, and on-line galleries of photomicrographs.
Suggest a URL of an internet resource for this collection. These links may not necessarily have instructional activities associated with them, but they could support teaching of igneous and metamorphic petrology. Examples may include links to government agencies, professional societies, institutions, and include images, maps, databases, tools and reports.
Show all pages
Subject: Geoscience
showing only Geoscience > Geology > Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology > Igneous Rocks Show all Subject: Geoscience
Subject: Geoscience Show all Subject: Geoscience
Geoscience > Geology > Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology > Igneous Rocks
31 matchesSubject: Geology Show all Subject: Geology
Geoscience > Geology > Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology > Igneous Rocks
31 matchesSubject: Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology Show all Subject: Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
Geoscience > Geology > Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology > Igneous Rocks
31 matchesGeologic Setting
Tectonic Setting
Solid Earth Processes
Classes of Earth Materials
Results 1 - 10 of 31 matches
USGS Photo glossary of volcano terms part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This website, part of the USGS Volcano Hazards Program, can help users distinguish among various types of volcanoes, vents, eruption types, and ejected material. The site features an extensive list ...
Classification of Igneous Rocks part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This PowerPoint presentation is part of the Whitman College petrology course. The presentation covers classification of phaneritic igneous rocks, gabbroic rocks, ultramafic rocks, pyroclastic rocks ...
Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology Class Materials part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This web site is maintained by John Winter of Whitman College, and contains 31 PowerPoint presentations for an igneous and metamorphic petrology course. The course and the lectures are keyed to his ...
Interactive Rock Cycle Animation part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This highly simplified Flash animation displays some of the most common rock-forming processes. Embedded animations include crystallization of magma to form igneous rock, rock erosion to create ...
Igneous Rock Crystallization Animation part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This Flash animation contains three separate movies, each exhibiting the formation of an igneous rocks in a different environment: a) rocks forming from a deep magma chamber where the slow cooling of ...
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 ...
Black Rocks Protruding Up: The Navajo Volcanic Field part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This article in Geology of the Zuni Plateau provides information about the mid-Tertiary age volcanoes, dikes and sills of the Navajo volcanic field on the Colorado Plateau. Topics include volcanism ...
Teaching Mineralogy from the Core to the Crust part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This Journal of Geoscience Education article discusses revising the typical sequence of a mineralogy course in order to enhance retention of information and facilitate learning. Beginning with the ...
Mineral Museums as Alliance Partners in Teaching Mineral Sciences part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This Journal of Geoscience Education article discusses the expanding role of museum curators as mineral museums change their traditional displays to interactive and informative presentations. The ...
Effects of potential geothermal development in the Corwin Springs Known Geothermal Resources Area, Montana, on the thermal features of Yellowstone National Park part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This USGS Water Resources Investigation sought to determine if the use and development of geothermal water near Gardiner, MT could adversely affect Mammoth Hot Springs within Yellowstone National ...
