John Brady

Geosciences

Smith College

Workshop Leader, Website Contributor, Reviewer

Website Content Contributions

Activities (4), Conference Presentation (1), Other Contributions (5)

Activities (4)

Making Solid Solutions with Alkali Halides (and Breaking Them) part of Mineralogy:Activities
In this exercise, the class will grow a variety of crystals of the same mineral, but with different chemical compositions. These crystals will be made from mixtures of halite eNaCI)and sylvite (KCI) that are melted ...

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Conference Presentation (1)

Mineral Identification using FTIR Spectroscopy part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2016:Program:Teaching Demonstrations:Tuesday A
Opportunity to introduce FTIR and Raman spectroscopy into the undergraduate Geoscience curriculum at all levels at modest cost. We have acquired and used these instruments in introductory and intermediate courses ...

Other Contributions (5)

Useful Phase Diagrams part of Petrology:Teaching Examples
These are some drafted phase diagrams that may be useful as part of pdf slide shows to illustrate lectures or as handouts. Some are schematic; some are based on experiments. PDF files can be opened with Adobe ...

Communities

On the Cutting Edge Activity Reviewer
4 activities reviewed
Earth Educators Rendezvous 2016
July 2016 Earth Educators Rendezvous 2015
July 2015 Planning CommitteeTeach the Earth
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Workshop Leader

Teaching Petrology
July 2003

Workshop Participant

Introducing Active Learning Strategies to Large Intro Courses
July 2016 Mineralogy, Petrology, Geochemistry Workshop 2011
August 2011 Rendezvous 2016 mini-workshop: Designing Effective Assignments and Activities