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My Geology 10 professor at Yale, Brian Skinner, had a vast personal slide collection of geologically significant photographs, at a time long before web-sharing of photos and illustrations. He used to show what I considered to be "scenery photographs" at the end of each lecture, and I remember wondering why he was doing this. I really didn't get it that the "scenery photos" were supposed to help me understand the concepts or processes he had been lecturing about. As you say, these connections are not obvious to novice students. ]]> Kim Kastens 1328005200 http://serc.carleton.edu/earthandmind/posts/eye_beholder.html#post18469 http://serc.carleton.edu/earthandmind/posts/eye_beholder.html#post18470 I had the opposite experience. MY first geology course was geology of the National Parks (taught very well by Bud Wobus at Williams). The photographs and scenery were inspirational to me -- but then I'm also from the west and had personal experience or aspirations to see many of these places.]]> Cathy Manduca 1328013300 http://serc.carleton.edu/earthandmind/posts/eye_beholder.html#post18470 http://serc.carleton.edu/earthandmind/posts/eye_beholder.html#post18472 Dave Mogk 1328118420 http://serc.carleton.edu/earthandmind/posts/eye_beholder.html#post18472