Biological Discovery: Observation and Experimentation
Suzanne Conklin, Rhode Island College
This is a course for biology or general science majors that focuses on the primary and secondary scientific literature as a means to gain a deep understanding of the process of science and how we know what we know ...

Introduction to the Geosciences
Leslie Reid, University of Calgary
This course focuses on physical geology. The course focuses on 5 Big Ideas including Plate Tectonics, The Rock Cycle, Geologic Time, Geoscience Research and Scientific Thinking. There are also four skills that are ...

Introduction to Geologic Field Methods
Selby Cull, Bryn Mawr College
This course is designed to give students repeated practice in field mapping methods - for students in areas without huge exposures of great outcrops (e.g., Missouri). Every class meeting, the students will be asked ...

Geographic Information Systems
Matthew Stutz, Meredith College
The course introduces students to ideas and applications related to GIS. It is intended to include a significant hands-on component involving the use of common GIS software, GPS technology, and problem-solving. ...

Global Climate Change
Sarah Fortner, Carleton College
× Consequences of global climate change already include: increased drought, heat waves, flood intensity, glacial retreat, and sea level rise. Solutions are needed to reduce human impact on our climate system ...

Investigating Earth
Rachel Beane, Bowdoin College
In this introduction to physical geology course, we explore rocks exposed near campus, and do our best to interpret the processes that formed them.

Online Physical Geology for Educators 710 (graduate level)
Ann Holmes, The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga
Graduate level Physical Geology for Educators Course description: Earth's internal structure, plate tectonics, the rock cycle, weathering and earth materials, natural resources, geochemical cycles and the ...

Applied GIS
Jo Martin, Oberlin College; Amanda Schmidt, Oberlin College
This is an introductory GIS course that consists almost entirely of in-class exercises using the ArcGIS software to solve various earth science problems. Students gain experience with finding, downloading and ...

Petrotectonics
Rachel Beane, Bowdoin College
Exploration of the processes by which igneous rocks solidify from magma (e.g., volcanoes), and metamorphic rocks form in response to pressure, temperature, and chemical changes (e.g., mountain building). ...

QUANTITATIVE SKILLS IN GEOSCIENCES
Kyle Fredrick, Pennsylvania Western University - California
This course seeks to develop students' discipline-specific quantitative skills. Topics related to science literacy and data analysis are framed in geologic context. Students use mathematical concepts, along ...