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275 Teaching Petrology and Structural Geology in the 21st Century

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Tuesday, 7 October 2008: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
George R. Brown Convention Center, 332BE

Presiding:
Barbara J. Tewksbury and Jeffrey Ryan
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:45 PM
275-1
Why Are Students Not Very Interested in Petrology?
Allen F. Glazner, Univ. of North Carolina
2:00 PM
275-2
A Digital Boost to Petrographic Learning
Mary R. Reid, Northern Arizona University; Mark F. Manone, Northern Arizona University; Barbara A. Austin, Northern Arizona University; Shawn Newell, Northern Arizona University
2:15 PM
275-3
Learning the Tools of the Trade in Petrology: Developing a Research Proposal as a Semester-Long Project
Lydia K. Fox, Univ of the Pacific
2:30 PM
275-4
Implementing a Research Project Employing Remotely Operable Microbeam Instrumentation in Introductory and Junior-Level Geoscience Courses: Formative Results
Jeffrey Ryan, Univ of South Florida
2:45 PM
275-5
What Do the Numbers Mean? Course Projects and the Evaluation of Trace Element Data Acquired Using a Portable X-Ray Fluorescence Instrument
Kirsten P. Nicolaysen, Whitman College
3:00 PM
275-6
The Peninsular Ranges Batholith Teaching Suite: Problems and Pitfall in Executing a Great Idea
David L. Kimbrough, San Diego State University
3:15 PM
275-7
Boiling Brines and Syrup to Bring Igneous Processes into the Classroom
John B. Brady, Smith College
3:30 PM
Break
3:45 PM
275-8
Combining GIS, Rock Samples and Thin Sections in a Culminating Lab to Enhance Student Learning of Metamorphic Petrology
David M. Hirsch, Western Washington University; Pete Stelling, Western Washington University; Sue DeBari, Western Washington University
4:00 PM
275-9
Facilitating Integration across the Geology Program: Applying "Weaving the Curriculum" to Petrology and Structural Geology Courses
Charles W. Carrigan, Olivet Nazarene University; Priscilla Field Skalac, Olivet Nazarene University
4:15 PM
275-10
The Integration of 2D and 3D Structural Modelling Software into Fieldwork Programmes and the Structural Geology Undergraduate Curriculum
John S. Whalley, University of Portsmouth; Alan Gibbs, Midland Valley Exploration, Ltd; Louise Munro, Midland Valley Exploration, Ltd; Francesco Borraccini, Midland Valley Exploration, Ltd; Zoe Shipton, Glasgow University; Mauro De Donatis, Universita degli Studi di Urbino; Fabrizio Berra, Universita degli Studi di Milano
4:30 PM
275-11
Structural and Orientation Analysis of 3D Virtual Outcrop Models
Lionel White, The University of Texas at Dallas; Mohammed Alfarhan, University of Texas at Dallas; Tarig Ahmed, The University of Texas at Dallas; Carlos Aiken, The University of Texas at Dallas
4:45 PM
275-12
The Dry-Erase Cube: Teaching Structural Geology in Three Dimensions
Yvette D. Kuiper, Boston College
5:00 PM
275-13
Teaching Structural Geology through Integrated Field Observation and Modeling
Phillip G. Resor, Wesleyan University
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