Students learn the components of the rock cycle and how rocks can change over time under the influence of weathering, erosion, pressure and heat. They learn about geotechnical engineering and the role these engineers play in the development of an area of land, the design and placement of new structures, and detection of natural disasters.

Laboratory or field work in earth, atmospheric, and planetary sciences. To be arranged with department faculty. Consult with department Education Office. This course introduces students to the basic concepts of Medical Geology/Geochemistry. Medical Geology/Geochemistry is the study of the interaction between abundances of elements and isotopes and the health of humans and plants.

Remote Learning Lesson 1: Asking Questions - People are often puzzled by events that occur in their surroundings. Some of these are natural events that are puzzling or interesting. Others are problems that people have to deal with. People often will ask questions to try to understand the events around them and to solve problems that people face. In this lesson, your task is to figure out how to ask questions that can help you understand the world and solve problems.

Remote Learning Lesson 2: Computational Thinking - Students are introduced to Taylor, who needs help to make her morning routine more efficient so that she does not continue to get stuck having to wash the dishes. Students use an algorithm to map out Taylor’s morning routine and calculate the distance she travels. Students then revise Taylor’s algorithm to reduce the distance she travels each morning.

Remote Learning Lesson 3: Obtaining Information - Volcanologists (scientists who study volcanoes) around the world are tasked with monitoring volcanoes and making predictions about when they might erupt to try to protect communities. This is no easy job! Volcanoes can be tricky, and no two volcanoes always behave the same way -- even the same volcano can have very different activity! Your task is to analyze information from different types of volcano monitoring and, based on your analysis, communicate a more reliable way to predict eruptions.

Remote Learning Lesson 6: Constructing Explanations- Many animals in very cold climates have thick coats of fur to help keep them warm, but some have hardly any fur at all! You will conduct an experiment to collect data about how layers of fat help animals stay warm in cold water for long periods of time. You will use your experimental results as evidence and use reasoning to construct a scientific explanation for how animals with little or no fur can stay warm in very cold environments.

Remote Learning Lesson 8: Data Analysis - A community cleanup project near your school has found a lot of trash! Some people think that most of the trash is coming from the middle school, which has been communicated to the mayor. There are plans to bring this up at the next city council meeting. Your mission is to analyze the trash data, determine if the evidence supports or refutes the middle school as the main source. You need to learn how to analyze large amounts of data, and the best ways to present that information. You need to communicate your findings in a way that will convince anyone who is at fault.

This graduate level course presents theories, methodologies, and applications of seismic imaging for solving the shallow near-surface (0 - 500 m) effects on the seismic data processing for oil and gas exploration on land. It introduces both conventional and advanced imaging technologies that have been developed in academia and the seismic industry.

Physical Geology is a comprehensive introductory text on the physical aspects of geology, including rocks and minerals, plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes, glaciation, groundwater, streams, coasts, mass wasting, climate change, planetary geology and much more. It has a strong emphasis on examples from western Canada, especially British Columbia, and also includes a chapter devoted to the geological history of western Canada. The book is a collaboration of faculty from Earth Science departments at Universities and Colleges across British Columbia and elsewhere.

Physical Geology is a comprehensive introductory text on the physical aspects of geology, including rocks and minerals, plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes, glaciation, groundwater, streams, coasts, mass wasting, climate change, planetary geology and much more. It has a strong emphasis on examples from western Canada, especially British Columbia, and also includes a chapter devoted to the geological history of western Canada. The book is a collaboration of faculty from Earth Science departments at Universities and Colleges across British Columbia and elsewhere.

This wiki page documents the Projection Investigation Activity done during San Francisco Unified School District's SLANT workshop on January 29, 2011. Projection information, Julia Marshall's 5 Ways to Integrate, and links are provided, as well as the introductory Improv Activity "Advertising Team" which stretches the imagination to design something for the future. The Projection Investigation Activity begins with research around a scientific theme, then brainstorming and prototyping design ideas around that theme, and finally writing a narrative to present the prototype.

Week 4, Day 3---Day 5
Cracking Up: A Story about Erosion by Jacqui Bailey, illustrated by Matthew Lilly
Introduce Book and Preview Technical Vocabulary
Teach Text Structure
Model a Comprehension Strategy and Ask Questions During Reading
Engage Students in Discussion
Update Text Structure Anchor Chart
Teach Sentence Composing
Assign or Model Written Response
Review and Share Written Responses
*Planning Notes
Having on hand a comic book, or even the comics section of the newspaper, will be useful in pointing out the text structure used in Cracking Up.
Bring to class some smooth pebbles if you can find some.
Note that guidance for this read-aloud ends on page 23. The remainder of the book provides additional information and suggests follow-up activities.

Week 8, Day 1 - Day 5
Earthquakes by Seymour Simon
Introduce Book and Preview Technical Vocabulary
Teach Text Structure
Model a Comprehension Strategy and Ask Questions During Reading
Engage Students in Discussion
Update Text Structure Anchor Chart
Teach Sentence Composing
Assign or Model Written Response
Review and Share Written Responses
Planning Notes
Have a rubber band handy for a quick demonstration on Day 1.
Maps on display of North America will be helpful to quickly point out the places mentioned, such as Mexico City and California.
The book is partially paginated. Number the pages of the book in advance, with page 5 being the first page with text. This lesson plan will refer to those numbers.
Bring two square dinner plates if possible to illustrate the action of one “plate” against another.

Rocks cover the earth's surface, including what is below or near human-made structures. With rocks everywhere, breaking rocks can be hazardous and potentially disastrous to people. Students are introduced to three types of material stress related to rocks: compressional, torsional and shear. They learn about rock types (sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic), and about the occurrence of stresses and weathering in nature, including physical, chemical and biological weathering.

Survey of the important aspects of modern sediments and ancient sedimentary rocks. Emphasis is on fundamental materials, features, and processes. Textures of siliciclastic sediments and sedimentary rocks: particle size, particle shape, and particle packing. Mechanics of sediment transport. Survey of siliciclastic sedimentary rocks: sandstones, conglomerates, and shales. Carbonate sediments and sedimentary rocks; cherts; evaporites. Siliciclastic and carbonate diagenesis. Paleontology, with special reference to fossils in sedimentary rocks. Modern and ancient depositional environments. Stratigraphy. Sedimentary basins. Fossil fuels: coal, petroleum.

Required for all Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences majors in the Environmental Science track, this course is an introduction to current research in the field. Stresses integration of central scientific concepts in environmental policy making and the chemistry, biology, and geology environmental science tracks. Revisits selected core themes for students who have already acquired a basic understanding of environmental science concepts. The topic for this term is geoengineering.

The main objective of this cross disciplinary course is to understand the historical development and the current status of ideas and models, to present and question the constraints from the different research fields, and to investigate if and how the different views on mantle flow can be reconciled with the currently available data.

" A great variety of processes affect the surface of the Earth. Topics to be covered are production and movement of surficial materials; soils and soil erosion; precipitation; streams and lakes; groundwater flow; glaciers and their deposits. The course combines aspects of geology, climatology, hydrology, and soil science to present a coherent introduction to the surface of the Earth, with emphasis on both fundamental concepts and practical applications, as a basis for understanding and intelligent management of the Earth's physical and chemical environment."

In this activity, learners explore center of gravity, or balance point, of stacked blocks. Simple wooden blocks can be stacked so that the top block extends completely past the end of the bottom block, seemingly in a dramatic defiance of gravity. A mathematical pattern can be noted in the stacking.

This course is taught in four main parts. The first is a review of fundamental thermodynamic concepts (e.g. energy exchange in propulsion and power processes), and is followed by the second law (e.g. reversibility and irreversibility, lost work). Next are applications of thermodynamics to engineering systems (e.g. propulsion and power cycles, thermo chemistry), and the course concludes with fundamentals of heat transfer (e.g. heat exchange in aerospace devices)

Principles of thermodynamics are used to infer the physical conditions of formation and modification of igneous and metamorphic rocks. Includes phase equilibria of homogeneous and heterogeneous systems and thermodynamic modeling of non-ideal crystalline solutions. Surveys the processes that lead to the formation of metamorphic and igneous rocks in the major tectonic environments in the Earth's crust and mantle.

Views of the National Parks can be used in the classroom in many different ways. Most simply, it can be made available for students to explore on their own. Lesson plan available: Biodiversity Right Outside – Biodiversity is the abundance and variety of life-forms (animals, plants, fungi, and microorganisms) at all levels of organization (ecosystems, species, and genes). In this activity students will learn about biodiversity, the importance of biodiversity to ecosystems, and will conduct their own biodiversity study.

Objective
SWBAT analyze articles to determine the complexities and required skills of recovering fossils.

Big Idea
What we can learn from fossils? Dig 'em up, put 'em together, figure it out.

Sixth grade students in Boston, MA created a geology book for young readers with a unique format: it is written as a graphic informational book, similar to the graphic novels that students enjoy.  During a four-month investigation, the students explored a nearby geological feature, Hemlock Gorge, in order to understand geological processes. This film features interviews with the teacher and former students, and poses the question of what understanding actually looks like, and how students can demonstrate it. Illuminates Massachusetts Science Standard: Earth’s History: "Describe and give examples of ways in which the earth’s surface is built up and torn down by natural processes, including deposition of sediments, rock formation, erosion, and weathering."