MODULES

1.      What is Science? 

               Myth or Fact: “Even Non-Scientists Can Think Like a Scientist.”
                        Instructor’s Guide      

     Case Study: The Last Flight of TWA 800
               Instructor’s Guide 

2.       Earth’s Interior

      Myth or Fact: “A Lava Lamp is Analogous to Mantle Convection.”
               Instructor’s Guide

      Case Study: Discovering Plate Boundaries
               Instructor’s Guide

3.       Physical Properties of Minerals

                 Myth or Fact: “The Silicon-Oxygen Tetrahedron Is the Key to Understanding Silicate Minerals”
                        Instructor’s Guide

        Case Study: Diamond or Quartz?
              Instructor’s Guide

4.       Magma and Intrusive Igneous Rocks

        Myth or Fact: “Bowen’s Reaction Series Can Predict How Differentiation Can Change the Composition of Magma."
              Instructor’s Guide

        Case Study: Newberry Crater
              Instructor’s Guide

5.       Volcanoes and Extrusive Igneous Rocks

        Myth or Fact: “All Volcanic Eruptions Are Created Equal.”
              Instructor’s Guide

        Case Study: Predicting the Eruption of Mt. Philatubo
              Instructor’s Guide

6.       Weathering and Soils

      Myth or Fact: “Mechanical Weathering Can Increase the Rate of Chemical Weathering.”
              Instructor’s Guide

      Case Study: Granite or Marble?
              Instructor’s Guide

7.       Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks

       Myth or Fact: “All Beach Sediments Are the Same.”
              Instructor’s Guide

       Case Study: The Depositional Environment of Three Texas Rock Formations
              Instructor’s Guide

8.       Metamorphism and Metamorphic Rocks

        Myth or Fact: “Foliation Depends on Crystal Shape.”
              Instructor’s Guide

        Case Study: Interpreting Regional Metamorphism
              Instructor’s Guide

9.       Geologic Time

Myth or Fact: “It’s Easy to Put Geologic Events in their Order of Occurrence.”
Case Study: The Grand Canyon

10.       Streams and Flooding

Myth or Fact: “Urbanization Causes Flooding.”
Case Study: Landscaping to Reduce Runoff, Erosion, and Flooding

11.   Ground Water and Aquifers

Myth or Fact: “All Aquifers Are the Same.”
Case Study: Fresh Water for Bertram, Texas

12.   Coastlines and Beach Erosion

Myth or Fact: “There Are at Least Ten Causes of Beach Erosion.”
Case Study: TOBA – What Some People Should Know Before Buying Property on the Texas Coast

13.   Geologic Structures

Myth or Fact: “Types of Folds Are Easy to Identify.”
Case Study: Using Strike and Dip to Identify the Campus Geologic Structure

14.   Earthquakes

Myth or Fact: “The Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale Can Save Lives.”
Case Study: Trouble in Paradise – A Look At the Geology In and Around Seattle

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