Virtual Field Trip to the Jackfork Group, Arkansas part of Course Design:Course Design Activities
Tom Hickson, University of St. Thomas (MN)
This project is designed to get students thinking about some of the basic properties of sedimentary rocks that can be used to interpret their environment of deposition. In particular, it focues on characterizing ...

Structure Field Trip to Whaleback Anticline in Eastern PA part of NAGT:Our Work:Past Projects:Teaching in the Field:Field Trip Collection
David Steer, Department of Geology and Environmental Science at The University of Akron This field trip was designed for an undergraduate structural geology class and additional geology & environmental science ...

Mojave-Mecca Geology Field Trip part of NAGT:Our Work:Past Projects:Teaching in the Field:Field Trip Collection
Les Hasbargen, SUNY College at Oneonta
This 8 day field trip occurs over spring break. Upper division geoscience students visit a spectrum of locations in southern California. The course blends field mapping exercises with look-see sites along the plate margin.

Unraveling Geological History: Glaciers and Faults at Discovery Park, Seattle part of Process of Science:Examples
Trileigh Tucker, Seattle University
This introductory geology field exercise asks students to make individual observations about parts of an outcrop, then combine their observations in larger teams to interpret the overall geological history of the exposure. Content learning includes stratigraphy, faulting, and local geologic history; process learning includes data gathering and recording, hypothesis formation, and outlining helpful evidence that could be gathered in the future.

Using Field Observations and Field Experiences to Teach GeoscienceAn Illustrated Community Discussion part of Geoscience in the Field:Field Experiences:Posters
Karen Grove, San Francisco State University
The introductory level course teaches geology majors basic skills in the context of a field-based problem, the integrating theme for the semester, so that they can more rapidly achieve an advanced skill level in ...

Using Field Lab Write-ups to Develop Observational and Critical Thinking Skills part of Structural Geology and Tectonics:Activities
Kim Hannula, Fort Lewis College
This adaptation of field labs incorporates writing in the form of "Description" and "Interpretation" sections of a geologic report. It can be used in many types of field labs to improve critical ...

Campus Mapping Tour part of Structural Geology and Tectonics:Activities
Helge Alsleben, Texas Christian University
This exercise allows students to learn how to produce a geologic map. Students will pair up and explore campus as a "virtual" field area. This works well in areas where outcrop is generally sparse, but ...

Field Trip Comics part of Structural Geology and Tectonics:Activities
Andy Bobyarchick, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Structural geology field trips integrate learning, collaboration, and exploration. Creating a comic (or graphic novel) from a field trip promotes students' rendering their own popular culture view of the ...

Be the Block: Working the Geologic Block Diagram as an Inquiry Tool part of Teacher Preparation:Resource Collections:Activities
Eric Pyle, James Madison University
Working with data, students develop 3-D understandings of Earth structures using inference to construct a block diagram from a collection of 2-D information.

International Research on a Shoestring: Geological mapping in Halland, Province Southwestern, Sweden part of Undergraduate Research:Case Studies
Edward Hansen, Hope College
By Ed Hansen, Hope College Overview On three separate visits to Sweden between 2008 and 2011, groups of between two and three Hope College students mapped the geology in the area around the Stensjöstrand ...