Department
of Earth Science |
Northeastern
Illinois University
INTRODUCTION TO EARTH SCIENCE
ESCI 121
Section 06
Fall 2008
Department
of Earth Science |Northeastern
Illinois University
Daily
Objectives #14 (October 9, 2008)
REVISITING "ROCK YOUR STATE!"
w One month ago, as part
of the "Rock Your State!" assignment, you worked with others to create a poster
illustrating the various kinds of rocks, their important characteristics, and
different ways of classifying them. Today, revisit that poster with your group,
and fine-tune it. How much have you learned since that day?
REVISITING "GEOTECTONICS"
w Several weeks ago, we
examined fourteen different places on Earth, studied their geologic
characteristics,
and tried to discern patterns that gave clues to their geotectonic setting. Now
that you know much more about geotectonics, revisit those locations and see how
much more sense the patterns make. This will launch us into our next
topic--volcanoes! (The legal-sized handout used in class appears here.)