Rocks of Mohave County, Arizona: An Educational Landscape Display

Autor:	Doyle C. Wilson, Timothy Montbriand
Rok vydání:	2008
Předmět:	media_common.quotation_subject Colorado plateau Timeline Archaeology Extensional definition Education Mining engineering General Earth and Planetary Sciences Rock types Community college Basin and range topography Curriculum Geology Diversity (politics) media_common
Zdroj:	Journal of Geoscience Education. 56:126-130
ISSN:	2158-1428 1089-9995
Popis:	The creation of an educational geologic display at the Lake Havasu City campus of Mohave Community College was accomplished by collecting boulder-sized specimens of representative rock types that occur within the boundaries of Mohave County, Arizona. The intent of the display is to offer students something more comprehensive than hand specimens, to inform residents and visitors of the county's geologic diversity and history as well as to provide curriculum opportunities for K-14 in geology. Forty-nine boulders typifying rock types of the Basin and Range, the Colorado Plateau, and the Colorado River extensional corridor are labeled with a rock description and a map of the collection locality. An informative geologic timeline incorporated with the Colorado Plateau display and more in-depth information on the college's science website provide students and citizens with a good introduction to various concepts in geology. These components, accompanied by biological, environmental, and meteorological campus dis...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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