Hands-On Teaching through a Student Field Project in Applied Geophysics.

Klasner, John Samuel; Crockett, Jeffrey Jon; Horton, Kimberly Beth; Poe, Michele Daun; Wollert, Matthew Todd

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ERIC Number: EJ572529

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1992

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Hands-On Teaching through a Student Field Project in Applied Geophysics.

Klasner, John Samuel; Crockett, Jeffrey Jon; Horton, Kimberly Beth; Poe, Michele Daun; Wollert, Matthew Todd

Journal of Geoscience Education, v40 n1 p53-61 Jan 1992

Describes the Proffit Mountain project, part of a senior-level class in applied geophysics that provides students with hands-on experience in applying principles and techniques learned in class. Students conduct magnetic, gravity, and radiometric studies over a diabase body which intrudes rhyolite at Proffitt Mountain in southeast Missouri. Contains 22 references. (Author/PVD)

Descriptors: College Seniors, Computer Uses in Education, Field Studies, Geology, Geophysics, Hands on Science, Higher Education, Petrology, Science Education, Student Experience, Student Projects, Student Research, Undergraduate Study

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Missouri

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