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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 ...Resource Type: Pedagogic Resources:Collection, Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Collections
A Guide to Thin Section Microscopy part of SERC Web Resource Collection
A comprehensive coverage of optical mineralogy. Published in PDF format (113 pages). Chapters focus on the petrographic microscope; measuring angles, lengths, and thicknesses; morphological ...Resource Type: Pedagogic Resources:Overview/Summary
Cosmochemistry Illustrated part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This website offers short PowerPoint presentations that provide extraterrestrial examples of terrestrial topics. Longer presentations are also available for anyone wishing to go into more ...Resource Type: Pedagogic Resources:Collection, Overview/Summary, Audio/Visual:Collections, Images/Illustrations
Crystallography Online part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This site provides links that cover current and internet-based information concerning crystallography. Resources presented include organizations, activities, educational websites, and journals.Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Collection, Pedagogic Resources:Collection
Paul Edwards's tutorial on scanning electron microscopy part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This site from the University of Durham features descriptions of various scanning electron microscopy methods such as primary and secondary electron imaging, energy-dispersive analysis of X-rays, ...Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Pedagogic Resources:Overview/Summary
The Stillwater Complex, Montana: Geology and Guide part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This Special Publication contains a geological synthesis of the Stillwater Complex and gives detailed directions to, and descriptions of, outstanding exposures. It is intended to provide the ...
Resource Type: Pedagogic Resources:Research Results, Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Research Results, Activities:Field Activity:Field trip
The Culture and Use of Free-Living Protozoa in Teaching part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This booklet describes basic methods for cultivation and identification of protozoa that may be used for K-12 and college studies. The booklet includes activities that involve using a simple ...
Resource Type: Activities:Classroom Activity, Lab Activity, Project, Pedagogic Resources:Overview/Summary, Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
A Strategy for Teaching an Effective Undergraduate Mineralogy Course part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This paper describes a strategy for integrating the many topics covered in a mineralogy course and presenting them in a manner that facilitates an understanding of mineralogy that enables students to ...
Resource Type: Activities:Lab Activity, Scientific Resources:Research Results, Pedagogic Resources:Research Results, Overview/Summary
Laboratory and Homework Exercises in the Geochemical Kinetics of Mineral-Water Reaction: Rate Law, Arrhenius Activation Energy, and the Rate-Determining Step in the Dissolution of Halite part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This exercise for a mineralogy or geochemistry course, published in the Journal of Geoscience Education, uses optical microscopy to measure the grain sizes of equant halite crystals and the time for ...
Resource Type: Activities:Lab Activity, Project, Pedagogic Resources
Essentials of Medical Geology: Impacts of the Natural Environment on Public Health part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This reference volume emphasizes the interrelationships of geological processes to the health and diseases of humans and animals. It helps explain the geologic origins and flow of toxic elements in ...
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Pedagogic Resources:Research Results