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Tectonics of Fiction part of Structural Geology and Tectonics:Structure, Geophysics, and Tectonics 2012:Activities
Kyle Fredrick, Pennsylvania Western University - California
This writing project of our Tectonics course is assigned at the start of the semester and due near the end. It is a group project that encourages creativity, cooperation, and synthesis of an entire ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Writing Assignment, Project
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology:Regional Structural/Tectonic Activity, Folds/Faults/Ductile Shear Zones, Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Igneous Associations and Tectonic Settings, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Tectonic Geomorphology, Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics, Structural Geology:Structural Visualizations, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Tectonics and climate
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Guided Reading of Scientific Journal Articles part of Structural Geology and Tectonics:Activities
Carol Ormand Ph.D., Carleton College
This is a sequence of assignments for my Structural Geology course that guides students through the process of critically reading and analyzing scientific journal articles. For each article, I outline the general ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Writing Assignment
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology:Microstructures, Deformation Mechanisms, Fabrics, Stress/Strain/Strain Analysis, Regional Structural/Tectonic Activity, Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics, Structural Geology:Folds/Faults/Ductile Shear Zones, Geoscience:Geology
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Student Field Guide part of Structural Geology and Tectonics:Structure, Geophysics, and Tectonics 2012:Activities
Katherine Boggs, Mount Royal University
This activity was inspired by the "Pet Rock" project of Daryl Henry. I developed this activity to be a capstone experience for our students. During the fall 4th year field trip, students are responsible ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Problem Set, Writing Assignment, Field Activity, Classroom Activity, Project
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology:Microstructures, Deformation Mechanisms, Fabrics, Joints/Fractures, Folds/Faults/Ductile Shear Zones, Stress/Strain/Strain Analysis, Rheology/Behavior of Materials, Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics, Structural Geology:Regional Structural/Tectonic Activity, Modeling Structural Processes, Structural Visualizations, Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Igneous Associations and Tectonic Settings
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Reading and responding to geological journal articles part of Structural Geology and Tectonics:Structure, Geophysics, and Tectonics 2012:Activities
Rory McFadden, Carleton College
This a semester long activity for students in a plate tectonics course will be read one (or two) geological journal articles every other week on the major topics covered in the course. Students will submit reading ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Writing Assignment, Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology:Folds/Faults/Ductile Shear Zones, Rheology/Behavior of Materials, Regional Structural/Tectonic Activity, Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics, Geophysics, Geophysics:Geodynamics
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Geologic Mapping and Geologic History: Sheep Mountain, Wyoming part of Structural Geology and Tectonics:Structure, Geophysics, and Tectonics 2012:Activities
Lawrence L. Malinconico, Lafayette College
Half way through the second semester of our year-long integrated Sed/Strat and Structure course we travel to Sheep Mountain, Wyoming where the students spend 5 days describing and measuring section and the ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Field Activity, Project, Writing Assignment
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology:Regional Structural/Tectonic Activity, Structural Visualizations, Folds/Faults/Ductile Shear Zones, Stress/Strain/Strain Analysis, Modeling Structural Processes, Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Lake Louise Field Project part of Structural Geology and Tectonics:Structure, Geophysics, and Tectonics 2012:Activities
Katherine Boggs, Mount Royal University
During a fall field trip in second year, students measure bedding, cleavage, fold axes and bedding-cleavage intersection lineations. These measurements are used throughout the fall term to introduce the stereonet, ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Project, Lab Activity, Classroom Activity, Writing Assignment, Field Activity, Problem Set
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology:Microstructures, Deformation Mechanisms, Fabrics, Folds/Faults/Ductile Shear Zones, Stress/Strain/Strain Analysis, Rheology/Behavior of Materials, Regional Structural/Tectonic Activity, Modeling Structural Processes, Structural Visualizations, Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics

Hydrocarbon Exploration part of Structural Geology and Tectonics:Structure, Geophysics, and Tectonics 2012:Activities
elhamy Tarabees, Damanhour University
To detect the hydrocarbon reservoir, structure traps should be detected. Seismic reflection profiles can be used to illustrate the structure image for the subsurface layers and hence, find out structure traps for ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Writing Assignment
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology:Structural Visualizations, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics, Structural Geology:Folds/Faults/Ductile Shear Zones, Regional Structural/Tectonic Activity, Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics, Geophysics:Exploration Methods:Seismic reflection, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Computer Modeling

Plate tectonics summary paper part of Structural Geology and Tectonics:Structure, Geophysics, and Tectonics 2012:Activities
YoungHee Kim, Seoul National University
The assignment is to summarize papers that students have been individually reading about their study areas which were assigned in the beginning of the course semester. From this assignment students can be ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14), College Introductory
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Writing Assignment
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology:Regional Structural/Tectonic Activity, Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics