Contractional Strain part of Spatial Thinking Workbook:Teaching Activities
Carol Ormand Ph.D., Carleton College
Students use gesture to describe the bulk deformation and local deformation apparent in images of a contractional analog experiment. Students then calculate bulk shortening and bulk thickening for the experiment and describe the structures accommodating that strain.

The folded moraine of Tokositna Glacier part of Structural Geology and Tectonics:Activities
Peter Moore, Iowa State University
Using satellite imagery of the Tokositna Glacier (AK, USA), students digitize a folded medial moraine and make simple computations to infer the progressive development of strain in the glacier.

Student Field Guide part of Structural Geology and Tectonics:Structure, Geophysics, and Tectonics 2012:Activities
Katherine Boggs, Mount Royal University
This activity was inspired by the "Pet Rock" project of Daryl Henry. I developed this activity to be a capstone experience for our students. During the fall 4th year field trip, students are responsible ...

Guided Reading of Scientific Journal Articles part of Structural Geology and Tectonics:Activities
Carol Ormand Ph.D., Carleton College
This is a sequence of assignments for my Structural Geology course that guides students through the process of critically reading and analyzing scientific journal articles. For each article, I outline the general ...

Stick-Slip Faulting and Earthquakes CogSketch geoscience worksheet part of Introductory Courses:Activities
Bridget Garnier
Sketching activity that uses a sketch-understanding program, CogSketch. This worksheet introduces stick-slip faulting and earthquakes by having students: 1) Identify sticking points in strike-slip fault traces; and ...

In-class Review: Simple vs. Pure Shear part of Structural Geology and Tectonics:Structure, Geophysics, and Tectonics 2012:Activities
Elizabeth Goeke, Salem State University; Elizabeth Goeke, Vassar College
Quick review worksheet that has students draw a sequence of illustrations of what would occur to a syntectonic quart vein, a pebble conglomerate, a rigid object, and a garnet porphyroblast for pure vs. simple ...

Using deformed critters to determine angular shear and shear strain part of Structural Geology and Tectonics:Structure, Geophysics, and Tectonics 2012:Activities
Angela Moore, Guilford College
This activity provides a step by step example to help students figure out how to determine the angular shear and shear strain, using fossils with bilateral symmetry. Students first complete the work on an idealized ...

Geologic map + fault mechanics problem set part of Structural Geology and Tectonics:Structure, Geophysics, and Tectonics 2012:Activities
John Singleton, George Mason University
This exercise requires students to answer some questions about stress and fault mechanics that relate to geologic maps. In part A) students must draw a cross section and Mohr circles and make some calculations to ...

Strain Analysis part of Structural Geology and Tectonics:Structure, Geophysics, and Tectonics 2012:Activities
Frederick Vollmer, SUNY College at New Paltz
Structural geology laboratory on strain analysis. Emphasizes basic methods for determining strain from points, lines, ellipses, and polygons. Introduces two-dimensional strain using hyperboloidal geometry and ...

Food Rheology; Folding Fun part of Structural Geology and Tectonics:Structure, Geophysics, and Tectonics 2012:Activities
Erin Beutel, College of Charleston
In this activity students analyze the rheologic and structural properties of various foods (everything from pudding to white bread) and think about how they expect them to behave under lateral pressure and how they ...