Connecting Cross-Sectional Data from the Red Sea to Plate Tectonics part of MARGINS Data in the Classroom:MARGINS Mini-Lessons
Laura Guertin, Penn State Brandywine
Students will use map views and cross-sectional profiles across the Red Sea to determine plate tectonic processes in the region. Google Earth is a technological tool used to facilitate the investigation.

Compositional Diversity in Volcanic Suites part of Geochemistry:Activities
Kent Ratajeski, Calvin University
In this exercise, students use geochemical data downloaded from the GEOROC database to explore the origins of compositional variation among volcanic rocks associated with the Yellowstone and Crater Lake calderas.

Volcanoes around the Globe (Beta test copy) part of Introductory Courses:Activities
Mark Abolins, Middle Tennessee State University
Undergraduate non-majors use the Arcview geographic information system (GIS) to explore volcanic hazards and the geochemistry of volcanic rocks. Students explore geochemical data from the GEOROC global database and ...

The Mountain View area of the Stillwater Complex as a field teaching model part of Petrology:Teaching Examples
I. S. McCallum
Two sections in the Mountain View of the Stillwater Complex are readily accessible for field-based teaching of petrologic and geochemical principles: (a) a section through the Ultramafic series in the vicinity of ...

Beartooth Highway Field Trip and Activities part of Petrology:Teaching Examples
Dave Mogk, Montana State University-Bozeman
This day-long field trip was part of the Teaching Petrology in the 21st Century workshop. The activity description/assignment file provided below includes 3 field exercises, including outcrop observation and ...

Magma Modification in the central Sierra Nevada Batholith part of Petrology:Teaching Examples
Jennifer Wenner, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
This exercise is centered around a suite of rocks from the Sierra Nevada batholith. The activities are designed to give petrology students a capstone experience for the igneous portion of the upper-level Petrology ...

Granitic Rocks and Geologic History of the Idaho Batholith part of Petrology:Teaching Examples
, Illinois State University
This is a lab/project in which the students not only name and identify a suite of granitic rocks but try to piece together the tectonic and geologic history of the Idaho batholith. This activity brings together the ...

Physical Geology - Idaho Field Trip: part of NAGT:Our Work:Past Projects:Teaching in the Field:Field Trip Collection
Simon Kattenhorn, University of Idaho
Simon Kattenhorn, University of Idaho Our trip begins and ends in Moscow, Idaho, and covers the geological history of the area dating back to around 2 billion years ago. The route illustrated below includes 9 ...

Classification of Igneous Rocks part of Introductory Courses:Activities
Louis Bartek, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
This is a Think-Pair-Share activity in which I show class photos of a range of igneous rocks in terms of composition and texture. After they complete the activity I fill in the voids in their knowledge with lecture ...

Differentiation and Discrimination of Big Bend Ranch State Park Igneous Rocks part of Petrology:Teaching Examples
Linda Davis, Austin Community College
I give the students analyses from work that I did with Chris Henry on the Bofecillos Mountains and the Solitario. (Tertiary Volcanism of the Bofecillos Mountains and Big Bend Ranch State Park, Texas: Revised ...