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    Introduction to Mineral Identification part of Geoscience in Two-year Colleges:Activities
    Suki Smaglik, Laramie County Community College
    The exercise uses an inquiry-based approached to overcome the fear of tackling mineral identification. Few instructions are given and students discover for themselves how to approach identification.

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Introductory
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities, Lab Activity, Classroom Activity
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Mineralogy
    Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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    Observational Skills in a Simple Crystal Growing Experiment part of Geoscience in Two-year Colleges:Activities
    Richard Gottfried, Frederick Community College
    Students grow crystals and identify the crystal system by observing their basic geometric form. Students all research crytallization processes.

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Lab Activity, Activities
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Mineralogy:Crystallography
    Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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    Help a geochronologist part of Geoscience in Two-year Colleges:Activities
    Pete Berquist, Virginia Peninsula Community College
    This activity allows students to better understand radiometric dating and absolute dating techniques by calculating radiometric ages of zircon crystals. Their calculated ages then serve as tools to practice creating graphs, interpret analytic data, and reconstruct geologic events.

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Activities, Lab Activity
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Historical Geology, Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review