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Metamorphic Rock Identification part of Teaching Activities
Katryn Wiese, City College of San Francisco
Metamorphic Rock Identification online (developed for remote learning during COVID-19 pandemic); students will explore the various characteristics of metamorphic rocks and then apply them to identify unknowns.

Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Metamorphic Rocks
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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Petrographic Microscope Home Kit for Smartphones part of Teaching Activities
Lynne Elkins, University of Nebraska at Lincoln
This is a useful set of design instructions to build a home microscope kit for illustrating the properties of polarizing/petrographic microscopes with a smartphone camera. It can be used for any number of class ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, Mineralogy:Optical Mineralogy
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Wakemup Pluton part of GET Spatial Learning:Teaching Activities
Basil Tikoff, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Students work through a set of questions about a geologic map of an igneous intrusion and surrounding rock units. These questions focus students' attention on the topography, geomorphology, lithology, and ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology:Folds/Faults/Ductile Shear Zones, Structural Visualizations, Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Metamorphic Rocks, Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology:Modeling Structural Processes, Geoscience:Geology:Historical Geology:Relative dating, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Glacial/Periglacial, Geoscience, Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Igneous Rocks, Igneous Processes
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Igneous Rocks Identification part of Teaching Activities
Katryn Wiese, City College of San Francisco
Igneous Rocks Identification online (developed for remote learning during COVID-19 pandemic); students will explore the various characteristics of igneous rocks and then apply them to identify unknowns.

Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Igneous Rocks
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Isopach Maps part of GET Spatial Learning:Teaching Activities
Basil Tikoff, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Students complete several short, in-class exercises related to understanding isopach maps. We use Play-Doh models to illustrate features revealed in the isopach maps and to support student understanding of the ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Introductory
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities, Virtual Field Trip
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology, Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, Geoscience
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Petrology and Geochemistry of the Puʻuʻōʻō Eruption of Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai'i (1983-2009) part of Hawaiian Volcanoes
Created by: Andrew R. Greene (Hawai'i Pacific University; agreene@hpu.edu) Michael O. Garcia (University of Hawai'i at Mānoa; mogarcia@hawaii.edu) Tim Orr (U.S. Geological Survey; torr@usgs.gov)
The Puʻuʻōʻō eruption of Kīlauea Volcano on the island of Hawai'i has been closely monitored and studied since its inception in 1983. This laboratory exercise utilizes the excitement of an ongoing ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)
Online Readiness: Online Adaptable
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Geochemistry, Igneous Processes, Volcanology, Geoscience:Geology
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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Freeze distillation of hard apple cider: A phase diagram demonstration part of Teaching Activities
William Peck, Colgate University
If you are lucky enough to teach Petrology in a part of the world with a cold winter, freeze distillation of hard apple cider works well as a class demonstration when the cider is frozen overnight outside. The slow ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Thermodynamics and Phase Equilibria
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

"ZirChron" Virtual Zircon Analysis App part of Petrology:Teaching Examples
Mark Schmitz, Boise State University
This web-based app is designed to help students evaluate a radioisotopic age and its uncertainty based upon the collection of data, the application of statistics, and the interpretation of geological and analytical ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16), Graduate/Professional
Resource Type: Activities: Computer Applications, Activities:Lab Activity, Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Geochemistry, Volcanology, Igneous Processes, Igneous Associations and Tectonic Settings, Metamorphic Processes, Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry:Radioisotopes, Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics
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Introduction to Igneous Intrusions part of GET Spatial Learning:Teaching Activities
Basil Tikoff, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Students make Play-Doh models of sills and dikes.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Introductory
Resource Type: Activities: Activities, Classroom Activity, Classroom Activity:Short Activity:Clicker Question
Subject: Geoscience, Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Igneous Processes
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Collection of PT Phase diagram exercises part of Petrology:Teaching Examples
Dexter Perkins, University of North Dakota-Main Campus
I am always needing more phase diagrams exercises so my students can practice problem solving. This collection includes 5 different exercises that can be used for homework, in-class, or for quizzes or exams.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Problem Set
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:PTt Relationships, Metamorphic Processes, Thermodynamics and Phase Equilibria
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review