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This
syllabus
represents
a
course
designed
to
immerse
students
in
present
environmental
problems
that
have
arisen
through
human
use
of
earth
resources,
and
outline
and
discuss
the
technical
and
social
options
available
to
society
for
solutions.
Of
special
interest
is
the
hyper-textbook,
with
each
course
topic
hyper-linked
to
a
lecture
outline
and
outside
websites
of
interest.
Within
each
lecture
outline
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This
semester-long
course
is
designed
to
introduce
science
undergraduates
to
ocean
and
climate
related
processes
that
can
be
used
to
teach
general
physical
concepts
(e.g.
density,
buoyancy,
pressure,
heat
and
temperature,
waves),
using
a
variety
of
hands-on
activities.
Students
will
be
introduced
to
pedagogical
methods
that
will
give
them
the
tools
to
communicate
their
science
knowledge
to
broader
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This is a website for an introductory astrobiology course. The website contains entertaining, illustrated lecture notes, homework, exam keys, links, and syllabus. Users can follow links to course materials, lecture notes and student designed webpages.
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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
course
provides
an
overview
of
introductory
topics
in
the
field
of
human
geography,
including
hominid
evolution,
the
diffusion
and
early
evolution
of
agriculture,
plant
and
animal
domestication,
as
well
as
urban
societies
and
globalization.
It
also
covers
contemporary
economic
patterns
in
production,
manufacturing,
services,
and
transportation
and
communications.
The
course
concludes
with
a
discussion
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Geomorphology
is
an
interactive
course
syllabus
for
an
upper
level
earth
science
course.
The
primary
objective
of
this
course
is
to
introduce
the
in-depth
content
of
surficial
geologic
processes
in
a
context
of
global
geomorphology.
Students
must
check
this
site
weekly
for
announcements
and
links
to
web
sites
specific
to
the
topic
of
the
week
covered
in
class
and
lab.
A
schedule
of
lecture
and
laboratory
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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
is
the
homepage
for
a
course
focusing
on
evolution,
the
nature
of
science,
and
how
to
write
well.
The
course
focuses
on
Burgess
Shale
and
starts
with
"Wonderful
Life"
(Gould,
1989),
to
study
arthropods,
evolution,
and
geologic
time
from
this
point,
but
also
analyze
why
Gould
is
such
an
effective
writer.
The
course
web
site
contains
the
syllabus,
descriptions
of
assignments,
links
to
helpful
and
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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
resource
provides
study
directions
and
materials
for
a
unit
on
deformation
and
creep
as
part
of
a
lecture
from
a
structural
geology
course
taught
by
Dr.
David
McConnell
at
the
University
of
Akron.
The
notes
briefly
cover
microscopic
deformation
mechanisms,
including
microfracturing,
cataclasis,
frictional
sliding,
mechanical
twinning,
and
kinking,
as
well
as
diffusion,
dissolution,
and
dislocation
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