Photographing Minerals
This is a partially developed activity description. It is included in the collection because it contains ideas useful for teaching even though it is incomplete.
Initial Publication Date: August 7, 2006
Summary
Students take digital photographs of mineral specimens and learn how to manipulate them with Photoshop.
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Context
Audience
This exercise is designed for a mid/upper-level undergraduate geology course on the principles of mineralogy.
Skills and concepts that students must have mastered
Students should have knowledge of basic chemistry and of minerals equivalent to what they would learn in an introductory geology class.
How the activity is situated in the course
This activity is the 25th of 36 mineralogy exercises and is used towards the end of the course.
Goals
Content/concepts goals for this activity
- A practical lesson in digital photography.
Higher order thinking skills goals for this activity
Other skills goals for this activity
Description of the activity/assignment
Students take digital photographs of mineral specimens and learn how to manipulate them with Photoshop.