Prelude
Our world has a long a fantastic history. In this lab, you will learn how to get answers to interesting questions about Earth's past. The different landscapes shown in Figure 1-1 below are places where geology students visit and explore. To decipher the geologic histories of these and other places, we need an understanding of many basic concepts, including how different rocks and landscapes form over geologic time.
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Figure 1-1. Exploring the natural world around us can be fun, whether it's indoors or outdoors! Click on the highlighted images to see larger versions. |
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What Will You Do Today?
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Get familiar with completing and submitting a GLG 102IN lab activity |
A. Navigating Through a Lab Activity - A brief overview on how the lab activities are structured and formatted.
B. Let's Look at Some Geology! - Observe images of various geologic features.
C. Numbers In Geology - This exercise acquaints you with various numerical formats and conversions that are commonly used in Geology.
D. Contact Information & Syllabus - All the exciting (but important) contact information is last, but not least.