Field-based Courses


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Gorge to Shore - Columbia River Gorge and the Oregon Coast to Northern California
Jennifer Thomson, Eastern Washington University
This exemplary interdisciplinary field course page details a geology and biology-focused educational trip from the Columbia River Gorge to the Oregon Coast and Northern California, offering comprehensive resources for educators, including learning goals, logistical design, assessment methods, and downloadable materials for implementing similar field-based experiences. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Subject: Geoscience, Biology:Ecology, Biology, Environmental Science
Resource Type: Course Information: Activities:Field Activity:Field trip , Activities:Field Activity, Virtual Field Trip, Course Information
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Research Experiences in a Mineralogy Class
A case study page detailing an exemplary undergraduate research project in a mineralogy course where students engage in authentic, inquiry-based investigations using XRD and SEM techniques to characterize Earth materials, with applications to industry, faculty research, and societal issues, including implementation strategies, assessment methods, and downloadable teaching materials. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Mineralogy, Environmental Science:Mineral Resources
Resource Type: Course Information: Activities:Project, Field Activity, Course Information
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Battle of Lava and Life: Crater Lake National Park and Newberry Volcanic National Monument
This is a teaching resource page from the National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) featuring a peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary field course focused on Crater Lake National Park and Newberry Volcanic National Monument, integrating geology and biology for college students and educators, with detailed logistics, learning goals, assessment methods, and downloadable materials. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Subject: Geoscience, Biology:Plant Biology, Environmental Science
Resource Type: Course Information: Activities:Field Activity:Field trip , Field camp, Activities:Field Activity, Virtual Field Trip, Course Information

Sage to Sea - Columbia Plateau, across the North Cascades and to Whidbey Island WA
Jennifer Thomson, Eastern Washington University
This is an educational field trip resource page detailing an interdisciplinary geology and biology course across Washington State, covering the Columbia Plateau, North Cascades, and Whidbey Island, with comprehensive materials on course design, learning goals, logistics, assessment methods, and downloadable handouts for educators. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Subject: Geoscience, Biology:Ecology, Plant Biology, Environmental Science
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GEOL 286-288: Geology Seminar in New Zealand
In this course, we will study the tectonic evolution of the South Island. Participants will work in small teams to hone their field observation skills, make structural measurements, and develop their mapping skills in several field sites across the South Island. Visits to additional field sites such as glaciers, fjords, slivers of the mantle, and the Alpine fault are possible.

Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, Geoscience:Geology
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Semester Lab Research in Marine Geology
Case study page detailing a semester-long undergraduate research project in marine geology where students collaboratively design and execute original field and lab research on Lake Champlain, using seismic profiling, sediment coring, and data analysis to investigate geological questions within a team-based, peer-reviewed academic framework. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Subject: Geoscience:Oceanography, Geoscience, Environmental Science
Resource Type: Course Information: Activities:Field Activity:Research experiences for students, Activities:Field Activity, Course Information

Geologic Field Excursion
Suki Smaglik, Laramie County Community College
Field excursions will be taken to study the geology of specific areas such as the Black Hills, Central Colorado, Death Valley, Colorado Plateau, Hawaii, Central America, or others. Topics will include rock types, ...

Subject: Geoscience:Geology
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Introduction to Geologic Field Methods
Selby Cull, Bryn Mawr College
This course is designed to give students repeated practice in field mapping methods - for students in areas without huge exposures of great outcrops (e.g., Missouri). Every class meeting, the students will be asked ...

Subject: Geoscience
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Geology of the central and southern Adirondack Mountains, New York: research field camp
A NAGT resource page detailing a research-focused geology field camp in the Adirondack Mountains and Thousand Islands regions of New York, designed for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, featuring field guides, scientific context on Grenvillian tectonics, and logistical information for conducting original field research in structural geology and petrology. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Subject: Geoscience:Geology
Resource Type: Course Information: Activities:Field Activity:Field camp, Activities:Field Activity, Virtual Field Trip, Course Information

A Theme Based Field Course on the Geology of New York
A field trip course webpage outlines a 14-day geology program in New York designed for educators and geoscience students, emphasizing five unifying themes—Quaternary processes, water resources, mountain-building, Paleozoic stratigraphy, and regional geologic history—through field stops, daily journals, and integrative assessments to strengthen observational, interpretive, and synthesis skills in Earth systems science. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Subject: Geoscience:Geology
Resource Type: Course Information: Activities:Field Activity:Field trip , Activities:Virtual Field Trip, Course Information