Activities and Resources for Earth Science Teachers

The original printed version of this activity book was published in 1991 and was edited by Duane L. Leavitt.

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Activity Index:

• INTRODUCTION
  
• BEDROCK GEOLOGY
  • Bedrock Geologic Map of Maine
  • Mechanical Weathering
  • A Simulated Metamorphic Process
  • Igneous Rock Identification
  • Sawing a Local Bedrock Specimen
  • Metamorphic Rock Identification
  
  
• SURFICIAL GEOLOGY
  • Surficial Geologic Map of Maine
  • Soil Sampling Techniques and Data Sheet
  • Constructing a Set of Soil Sieves
  • Composition of Topsoil
  • Determining a Soil's Textural Classification
  • Soil Horizons
  
  
• HYDROGEOLOGY
  • Ground Water and Development Siting
  • Water, Water, Everywhere; and not a Drop to Drink!
  • A Percolation Revelation
  • Aquifer Maps and Maine Ground Water
  • The Percolation Rate of a Soil
  • Water Testing and Analysis by the United States Geological Survey
  • A Measure of Maine's Water in a Typical Year
  • Wetlands
  • Single-Channel Seismic Graphing
  
  
• MINERALS
  • The Formation of Iron Sulfide - Pyrrhotite
  • Creating a Crystal Forest
  • Crystal Growth by Evaporation
  • The Density of Minerals
  • Testing the Hardness of Common Minerals
  • Cleavage and Fracture
  • Covellite or Chalcocite???
  
  
• ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY
  • The Use of a Piece of Land
  • Ground Water and Development Siting
  • Water, Water, Everywhere; and not a Drop to Drink!
  • A Percolation Revelation
  • Bedrock Geologic Map of Maine
  • Aquifer Maps and Maine Ground Water
  • Using a Stream Table to Investigate Erosion Control
  • Water Testing and Analysis by the United States Geological Survey
  • Wetlands
  • The Scoop on Slope (y=mx + b)
  • Slope Stability
  
  
• MAP READING
  • Topographic Maps I
  • Topographic Maps II
  • Topographic Maps III: Back Azimuths and Triangulation
  • The Scoop on Slope (y=mx + b)
  
  
• GEOPHYSICS
  • A Magnet as a Magnetometer
  • Field Use of a Magnetometer
  • Single-Channel Seismic Graphing
  
  
• ECONOMIC GEOLOGY
  • Resource Scavenger Hunt
  
  
• MARINE GEOLOGY
  • The Varying Density of Sea Water
  
  
• GEOLOGICAL CONCEPTS
  • How Did It Get Here?
  
  
• FOSSILS
  • An Indoor Fossil/Archeological Dig
  • A Fossil Hunt Tells the Age of Sediments
  
  
• APPENDIXES
  • Additional Sources of Supplies, References, and Media
  • Soil and Water Conservation Districts & Offices in Maine
  • On the Care, Use, and Value of Collections
  • Field Guides and Maps
  • Plans for the Construction of Selected Lab Equipment

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Last updated on October 6, 2005

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