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Category Archives: science education
Just published: can sandbox models be educational and fun?
Just out: a paper by me and education expert Bridget Mulvey grapples with the question: analogue sandbox models are cool, but are they effective teaching tools? Analogue sandbox models are a way of demonstrating tectonic deformation processes in the classroom: the … Continue reading
Not enough people get taught Earth Science, and that’s a problem for all of us
This article articulates an increasingly concerning question: in a world where increased exposure to natural hazards, resource scarcity and the consequences of climate change are amongst the most critical issues facing our society, why does Earth Science get no love in … Continue reading
Diversity (or lack thereof) in geoscience: are we hyping up the wrong things?
Via Dr Sarah Greene, some data from a survey of student attitudes to STEM careers, including geosciences, at a college in the SW US indicates that they care more about whether their career can help people or the environment than the … Continue reading
Simulating radioactive decay
3.8 billion years! 4 billion years! 4.4 billion years! 4.57 billion years! When discussing the age of the Earth in introductory geology, I think it is important for students to know at least the basic principles of where these ages … Continue reading
All of this has happened before, and all of this will happen again: an introduction to How the Earth Works
For a couple of years now, I’ve been telling a story at the beginning of the introductory geology course I teach, called How the Earth Works. I like to think it gives a flavour of the kinds of stories you can tell about the Earth, if you know how to look: stories of how the world slowly remakes itself over hundreds of millions of years, of how the very high was once the very low, and will be again. This is that story. Continue reading
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