T275 Teaching Petrology and Structural Geology in the 21st Century

Tuesday, 7 October 2008
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Presentations

• 1:45 PM
  A Digital Boost to Petrographic Learning
  Mary R. Reid, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ and Mark F. Manone, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ and Barbara A. Austin, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ and Shawn Newell, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ
  151058 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:00 PM
  Why Are Students Not Very Interested in Petrology?
  Allen F. Glazner, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
  144900 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:15 PM
  Learning the Tools of the Trade in Petrology: Developing a Research Proposal as a Semester-Long Project
  Lydia K. Fox, Univ of the Pacific, Stockton, CA
  151663 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:30 PM
  Implementing a Research Project Employing Remotely Operable Microbeam Instrumentation in Introductory and Junior-Level Geoscience Courses: Formative Results
  Jeffrey Ryan, Univ of South Florida, Tampa, FL
  149852 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:45 PM
  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, Walla Walla, WA
  149214 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:15 PM
  Boiling Brines and Syrup to Bring Igneous Processes into the Classroom
  John B. Brady, Smith College, Northampton, MA
  150041 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:45 PM
  Combining GIS, Rock Samples and Thin Sections in a Culminating Lab to Enhance Student Learning of Metamorphic Petrology
  David M. Hirsch, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA and Pete Stelling, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA and Sue DeBari, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
  149998 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:00 PM
  Facilitating Integration across the Geology Program: Applying "Weaving the Curriculum" to Petrology and Structural Geology Courses
  Charles W. Carrigan, Olivet Nazarene University, Bourbonnais, IL and Priscilla Field Skalac, Olivet Nazarene University, Bourbonnais, IL
  148796 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:15 PM
  The Integration of 2D and 3D Structural Modelling Software into Fieldwork Programmes and the Structural Geology Undergraduate Curriculum
  John S. Whalley, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, N/A and Alan Gibbs, Midland Valley Exploration, Ltd, Glasgow, N/A and Louise Munro, Midland Valley Exploration, Ltd, Glasgow, N/A and Francesco Borraccini, Edison Spa, Milano, N/A and Zoe Shipton, Glasgow University, Glasgow, N/A and Mauro De Donatis, Universita degli Studi di Urbino, Urbino, N/A and Fabrizio Berra, Universita degli Studi di Milano, Milano, N/A
  150847 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:30 PM
  Structural and Orientation Analysis of 3D Virtual Outcrop Models
  Lionel White, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX and Mohammed Alfarhan, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX and Tarig Ahmed, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX and Carlos Aiken, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX
  151530 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:45 PM
  The Dry-Erase Cube: Teaching Structural Geology in Three Dimensions
  Yvette D. Kuiper, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA
  149136 (Technical Sessions)
• 5:00 PM
  Teaching Structural Geology through Integrated Field Observation and Modeling
  Phillip Resor, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
  151921 (Technical Sessions)