Pamela Nelson

Greenstone Belt Assessment part of Rates and Time:Teaching Activities
Students examine and describe rocks found as part of a geologic sequence formed during the Precambrian Era and determine the geologic significance of each of the rocks in order. The capstone (not included on the ...

Historical Geology part of Course Design:Goals Database
This course outlines the origin and history of the earth and the corresponding biologic changes through geologic time.

Teaching about Time part of Rates and Time:Workshop 2012:Essays
An essay page from a 2012 NAGT workshop discussing pedagogical challenges and strategies in teaching geologic time, emphasizing deep time comprehension, temporal concepts in historical geology, and integrated visualizations of geobiologic changes across the geologic timescale.

Historical Geology Timelines part of Rates and Time:Visualizations with Teaching Notes
This educational resource page presents printable 11x14-inch geological timelines for teaching historical geology, featuring visualizations of geologic, biological, and climatic changes across Earth's history—spanning Precambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic Eras—developed by Pamela Nelson and Gwenn Ziegler for use in introductory geoscience courses to help students correlate temporal events and processes.

Grand Canyon Observations & Hypotheses part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:First Day of Class:Activities
This educational activity page details a first-day geology class exercise where students analyze Grand Canyon images to practice distinguishing observations from hypotheses, fostering scientific thinking and peer interaction in introductory geoscience courses.