Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Outcrop Investigation: What Can Our Rocks Tell Us About the Past?
By looking at an outcrop, students make observations and prediction about Earth's history in this activity. Students will also make hypothesis about the past environment based on the observations from the outcrop.
Curated OER
National Park Service: Grand Canyon Geology
Extensive information about the geology of the Grand Canyon. Looks at some principles of geology evident there, forces that have shaped its geological features, how its valleys and canyons were formed, the characteristics of the Colorado...
Other
Time Scavengers: Principles of Geology
This site was created by two geoscientists. They explain the Principles of Geology. These are general rules, or laws, that are used to determine how rocks were created and how they changed through time. They are also used to determine...
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Western Oregon University: Earth System Science: Geologic Time [Pdf]
An 81-page slideshow that looks at the principles of geology with respect to relative dating, at different concepts describing geological processes, at absolute age and radiometric dating, at the eons and eras in the geologic time scale,...
EL Education
El Education: Rock on "Rock"chester
Students create a field guide containing geological information about local sites and explaining the geologic concepts that worked to create these sites. Through observations and work with local geologists and museum staff, students...