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Volcanoes part of Teach the Earth:Themes
Key Resources: The Volcano Exploration Project: Using on-line volcano monitoring data in college and university courses from NAGT Exploring the Yellowstone Geoecosystem from Integrating Research and Education ...
Hazards part of Teach the Earth:Themes
Hazards resources from Teach the Earth include: Teaching about Hazards in the Geosciences from On the Cutting Edge Natural Hazards and Risks: Hurricanes from InTeGrate. Map Your Hazards! Assessing Hazards, ...
The second law of thermodynamics as a unifying theme of geosciences part of Earth and Mind:Posts
Many major earth processes have a net effect of redistributing energy spatially from areas of high concentration towards areas of lower concentration. Examples include the global atmospheric circulation, ...
You Map It; You Own It part of Earth and Mind:Posts
Geologists who map a part of the Earth feel a proprietary sense of ownership towards that bit of land. Why?
Universal versus Conditional Truths part of Earth and Mind:Posts
Concept-driven visualizations that portray an aspect of the heterogeneous planet Earth often superimpose "universal truths" (things that are always or almost always true) and "conditional ...
The Most Engaging Class part of Earth and Mind:Posts
Earth and Mind is excited to have its first guest post. Dr. Dexter Perkins teaches geology, environmental issues, mineralogy, and ore deposits courses in the Geology Department at the University of North Dakota. ...
More Hypothesis Templates part of Earth and Mind:Posts
The author suggests "hypothesis templates" for the observation that (a) two phenomena co-occur in space, and (b) an object or group of objects have a distinctive shape. "Hypothesis templates" ...