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This
course
module
is
a
multimedia
program
designed
to
prepare
adult
students
for
Grade
12
science
courses,
primarily
Canadian
Aboriginal
students
who
may
not
have
been
successful
with
traditional
methods
of
learning
science.
The
program
consists
of
a
seven-unit
CD-ROM,
printed
instructor
and
student
manuals,
on-line
testing,
and
a
website
with
module
overviews,
objectives,
and
additional
links
and
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This
resource
is
an
outline
of
a
course
on
optical
mineralogy.
Topics
include
Properties
of
Light,
Refractometry,
Isotropic
Materials,
Anisotropic
Minerals,
Optical
Properties,
Uniaxial
Minerals,
and
Biaxial
Minerals.
This
website
features
tables
with
the
optical
properties
of
many
minerals,
along
with
thin
section
photographs
and
lecture
notes.
The
website
would
be
useful
for
students
of
mineralogy
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This
web
site
is
maintained
by
John
Winter
of
Whitman
College,
and
is
an
on-line
companion
to
a
mineralogy
course.
The
web
site
contains
a
course
syllabus,
PowerPoint
presentations
and
an
Excel
tutorial.
Topics
included
in
the
PowerPoint
presentations
include
basic
symmetry
concepts,
2-D
and
3-D
translations,
crystal
properties,
and
optical
mineralogy
concepts.
Each
PowerPoint
file
can
be
downloaded
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This
site
is
the
home
page
for
the
petrography
and
petrology
class
at
Brock
University.
The
site
presents
general
information
about
igneous
petrology,
nomenclature
and
classification
information,
modal
and
normative
analysis,
and
the
chemistry
of
igneous
rocks.
Further
topics
discussed
include
fractionation,
hybridization
and
assimilation,
and
fractional
crystallization,
as
well
as
types
of
metamorphism,
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This
site
is
the
home
page
for
an
igneous
and
metamorphic
petrology
class
at
Union
College.
Features
on
the
page
include
slide
shows,
lab
exercises,
exam
study
guides,
field
trip
information
and
photo
galleries.
Special
topics
featured
on
the
site
include
New
England
igneous
and
metamorphic
rocks,
the
Skaergaard
intrusion,
Norwegian
eclogites,
the
Stillwater
complex,
and
Icelandic
volcanoes.
There
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This
site
is
intended
to
provide
a
learning
environment
for
college
level
students
interested
in
learning
about
the
Earth
and
how
the
Earth'system
works.
It
is
designed
to
support
three
courses
offered
by
the
Department
of
Earth
and
Environmental
Sciences
at
Columbia
University,
but
its
resources
could
be
used
in
a
variety
of
ways.
The
site
contains
a
variety
of
large
data
sets
designed
to
help
students
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Looking
at
the
Environment
is
a
one-year
high
school
environmental
science
course
that
employs
geographic
visualization
and
data
analysis
tools
in
an
inquiry-based
approach
to
science
education.
Investigations
in
Environmental
Science
places
students
in
the
role
of
environmental
scientists.
It
engages
them
in
investigations
of
realistic
environmental
problems,
in
which
they
must
make
recommendations
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This is the home page for a geomorphology course for upper level undergraduates and graduate students at the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point. The site contains a syllabus, course goals and objectives, illustrated lecture notes, a course schedule and policies of the class. Topics covered include stream flow, karst landscapes, glacial landforms, soil properties and slope stability.
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This
web
site
is
maintained
by
John
Winter
of
Whitman
College,
and
contains
31
PowerPoint
presentations
for
an
igneous
and
metamorphic
petrology
course.
The
course
and
the
lectures
are
keyed
to
his
text,
An
Introduction
to
Igneous
and
Metamorphic
Petrology.
The
PowerPoint
presentations
are
organized
by
chapter
and
contain
many
maps,
graphs
and
illustrations.
Each
chapter
is
a
separate
PowerPoint
file
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This
site
is
the
homepage
for
an
introductory
petrology
class.
It
contains
notes
and
self-directed
exercises
which
complement
the
lectures
and
laboratories
of
the
class.
It
also
features
an
explanation
of
the
rock
cycle,
an
overview
of
petrology,
and
tables
listing
structural
and
compositional
properties
of
the
earth.
There
are
links
to
short
instructional
notes
on
each
of
the
three
petrologic
disciplines,
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