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    Integrating Research and Education

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    Is volcanism caused by a deep-seated mantle plume? part of Integrating Research and Education:Yellowstone
    by Kent Ratajeski, kratajes@westga.edu Department of Geosciences University of West Georgia The following topical questions and selected resources are designed to guide you through the current debate on the origin ...

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, College Lower (13-14)
    Resource Type: Activities: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Activities:Classroom Activity:Process Oriented Guided Inquiry
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics, Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Igneous Processes
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    The Cretaceous Superplume part of Integrating Research and Education:Cretaceous
    Kent Ratajeski, Calvin University
    This page was written by Kent Ratajeski as part of the DLESE Community Services Project: Integrating Research in Education. HideA satellite gravity and bathymetric map of the Ontong-Java plateau, an igneous ...

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, College Lower (13-14)
    Resource Type: Activities: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Pedagogic Resources:Overview/Summary, Activities:Classroom Activity:Process Oriented Guided Inquiry, Pedagogic Resources:Collection
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Volcanology, Geochemistry, Igneous Processes, Igneous Rocks, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    Activity: How healthy is your neighborhood? part of Integrating Research and Education:Environmental Health Risk Assessment
    You are going to complete an environmental health risk inventory of your neighborhood or hometown. Before you get started, you may want to review the terminology and familiarize yourself with environmental health ...

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Introductory
    Resource Type: Activities: Audio/Visual:Maps, Datasets and Tools, Activities:Project
    Subject: Environmental Science:Waste:Toxic and Hazardous Wastes, Environmental Science
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    Physical and Chemical Variations Along the Central American Volcanic Arc part of Integrating Research and Education:EarthChem:Central America Volcanoes
    Kent Ratajeski, Calvin University
    Kent Ratajeski Published June 13, 2007. Description The Central American volcanic arc displays large arc-parallel variations in chemical composition that yield important clues concerning the complex origin of ...

    Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities, Datasets and Tools:Datasets with Teaching Activities
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    Global Geochemistry of Mid-Ocean Ridge Basalts part of Integrating Research and Education:EarthChem:Mid-Ocean Ridge Basalts
    Kent Ratajeski, Calvin University
    Kent Ratajeski Published Oct. 15, 2006. Description Geological processes at the mid-ocean ridges are responsible for the bulk of the Earth's heat loss and volcanic activity. The compositions of materials ...

    Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), Graduate/Professional
    Resource Type: Activities: Datasets and Tools:Datasets with Teaching Activities, Activities
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry, Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    Crystallization-Differentiation of the Kilauea Iki Lava Lake part of Integrating Research and Education:EarthChem:Kilauea Iki Lava Lake
    Kent Ratajeski, Calvin University
    Kent Ratajeski Published Oct. 26, 2004. Description In this exercise, students use major-element compositions of whole-rocks, volcanic glasses, and minerals in lavas and drill cores from the solidified Kilauea Iki ...

    Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Problem Set, Lab Activity, Classroom Activity, Computer Applications, Datasets and Tools:Datasets with Teaching Activities
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Igneous Processes, Igneous Rocks, Geochemistry, Volcanology
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    Cenozoic Volcanic History of the Western United States part of Integrating Research and Education:EarthChem:NAVDAT animations
    Kent Ratajeski, University of Kentucky
    Kent Ratajeski Published June 30, 2006 Description In this activity, students view a Quicktime video animation based on data from the North American Volcanic and Intrusive Rock Database (NAVDAT) to learn about the ...

    Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16)
    Resource Type: Activities: Datasets and Tools:Datasets with Teaching Activities, Activities
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, Historical Geology, Tectonics
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    Volcanic Landforms and Magma Composition part of Integrating Research and Education:EarthChem:Volcanoes
    Kent Ratajeski, Calvin University
    Kent Ratajeski Published July 12, 2006. Description Magma composition is an important control on the geomorphology of lava flows and volcanoes. In this exercise, students investigate this relationship by studying ...

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)
    Resource Type: Activities: Datasets and Tools:Datasets with Teaching Activities, Activities:Lab Activity
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Volcanology
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    Crystal Structures as Geobarometers part of Integrating Research and Education:Crystallography:Cpx Geobarometer
    Kent Ratajeski, Calvin University
    Kent Ratajeski Published Jan. 4, 2005 Description This exercise is based on the recent formulation of a geobarometer based on the crystal structure of clinopyroxene (Nimis, 1995; 1998; 1999). This method relates ...

    Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
    Resource Type: Activities: Audio/Visual:Animations/Video, Computer Applications, Datasets and Tools:Datasets with Teaching Activities, Activities:Classroom Activity, Lab Activity, Problem Set
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Mineralogy:Systematic Mineralogy:Chain Silicates, Geoscience:Geology:Mineralogy:Crystal Chemistry, Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:PTt Relationships, Geoscience:Geology:Mineralogy:Crystallography, Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Igneous Rocks
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    Identifying Minerals with Chemical and Crystallographic Data part of Integrating Research and Education:Crystallography:Identifying Minerals Using Chemical and Crystallographic Data
    Kent Ratajeski, Calvin University
    Kent Ratajeski Published Jan. 25, 2005 Description In this exercise, crystal structure data for a variety of unknown minerals are downloaded and entered into a visualization program (either XtalDraw or ...

    Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)
    Resource Type: Activities: Computer Applications, Audio/Visual:Animations/Video, Datasets and Tools:Datasets with Teaching Activities, Activities:Classroom Activity, Lab Activity
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Mineralogy:Crystal Chemistry, Crystallography, Systematic Mineralogy
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review