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KP Geology 12 – Discussions and Resources
Unit: Introduction to Geology
Learning Intentions:
 Why Geology?
 Careers in Geology
 Our Universe and Planetary formation
What is Geology?
Time and Geology:
A day in the life of.....
What is the scientific method?
How did the earth form?
What was the early earth like?
Internal structure of the earth
Formation of the early atmosphere
Our Universe’s Formation
The Big Bang theory
The Nebulae Hypothesis
Earth vs. Other Planets
Resources:
http://www.structuralgeology.org/2010/02/podcasts-in-geology.html ( The present is the key to the past & climate on earth and mars)
http://www.usgs.gov/corecast/ (Why do minerals matter & studying a prehistoric climate and ecosystem)
http://wps.prenhall.com/esm_tarbuck_earth_8/19/5071/1298207.cw/index.htm (An introduction to Geology)
KP Geology 12 – Discussions and Resources
Unit: Earth’s Materials – Rocks and Minerals
Learning Intentions:
 Minerals and their characteristics
 The rock cycle and Bowen’s reaction series
 Formation of igneous, sedimentary and igneous rocks
What are minerals?
How do minerals form (Biologic/ Geologic/ Evaporites/Ice)
Atoms, elements and isotopes
Mineral characteristics (color/streak/lustre/hardness/cleavage&fracture/crystals/specific gravity)
(special properties)
Identify minerals
Silicates and the Silicon-oxygen tetrahedrons
Non-silicate minerals
The Rock Cycle
The oldest rocks
Energy on this planet and Volcanism
Igneous Rocks
What are they?
Igneous rock textures
How are igneous rocks classified? Intrusive vs. Extrusive
Chemistry of Igneous rocks (Mafic/Felsic/Intermediate/Ultramafic)
How do different types of Volcanoes/magma form?
What are sedimentary rocks?
The formation of sedimentary rocks – Weathering vs. Erosion vs. Lithification
Clastic sedimentary rocks vs. Chemical/Precipitate
Sedimentary features (ripple marks, mud cracks, varves)
Depositional environment – Particle size vs. Shape vs. Sorting
Fossils & Coal
What are metamorphic rocks?
How do metamorphic rocks form & formational features (temp vs. Pressure vs parent)
Classifying metamorphic rocks (Foliated vs. Unfoliated)
Where does metamorphism occur? (Contact vs. Regional metamorphism)
Hydrothermal rocks and mineral deposits
Resources:
www.eos.ubc.ca/courses/eosc221/meta/metamorphic.html ( UBC Metamorphic rocks homepage)
www.geolab.unc.edu/Petunia/IgMetAtlas/mainmenu.html ( Atlas of rocks minerals and textures)
www.mcgrawhill.ca/olc/plummer (animation & discussion on how sediments are deposited)
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/%7Erdorsey/SedResources.html (Resources for Sedimentary Geologists)
http://feeds2.feedburner.com/rockchips (The story of Albertasaurus & The career of... & The age of diamondiferous volcanoes)
http://www.usgs.gov/corecast/ (Episode 11 – The geomagnetic shift)
KP Geology 12 – Discussions and Resources
Unit: The economics of Geology
Learning Intentions:
 Understanding the location of Geologic Resources
 The effects & economics of extracting resources
 First Peoples and resources in British Columbia
Types of mineral deposits and their origins (Evaporite vs. Placer vs. Hydrothermal vs. Volcanic)
Ores and Economics
The role of Geology in creating Petroleum Deposits
What is Petroleum?
How does porosity and permeability affect deposits?
Reservoir rock and traps
Environmental affects & First Peoples concerns
The outlook in Canada
Coal Formation & Extraction
Environmental effects of coal & the Sydney Tar Ponds in Nova Scotia
Reserves and Resources
Economics of Coal
Uranium and rare earth minerals
Canada’s role as the largest producer in the world
Candu reactors and nuclear power in Canada (six sites)
The Chernobyl reactor
Resources:
www.klws.com/gold/gold.html (Site for the amateur gold prospector)
www.NRCan.gc.ca/ (Site for information on Canada’s minerals and energy resources)
www.energy.gov.ab.ca (Alberta’s energy resources including oil, natural gas, oil sands, coal and minerals)
http://feeds2.feedburner.com/rockchips (Podcasts on Uranium in Southern Alberta & Geothermal energy new opportunities)
http://www.usgs.gov/corecast/ (Podcasts on Coal and Human health & 90 Billion barrels of oil in Alaska & What’s up with sinkholes)
KP Geology 12 – Discussions and Resources
Unit: Plate Tectonics
Learning Intentions:
 Earth’s Layers and Tectonic Plates
 Plate Tectonic Theory
 Seismics & Volcanism
Earth’s layers & characteristics
Plate Tectonic theory & Wegener
Evidence
Contemporary Evidence
Pangaea/Panthallassa/The supercontinent cycle
Earthquakes
Elastic rebound theory & Isostasy
Types of EQ waves
Magnitude vs. Intensity (Mericalli vs. Richter scales)
Seismographs & Time-Interval Graphs & Triangulation
Understanding Earthquake risks
Predicting Earthquakes & EQ damage
How rocks behave & why (Brittle vs. Plastic stress)
Fault and Joint behaviour and Features
Resources:
www.mcgrawhill.ca/olc/plummer (animations on P and S waves/shadowzones/Isostacy/orogeny)
http://www.usgs.gov/corecast/ (Podcasts: Is something brewing in Yellowstone & How science helps communities survive EQ & USGS
Global earthquake alert & What would a large EQ do to downtown LA?)
http://wps.prenhall.com/esm_tarbuck_earth_8/19/5071/1298319.cw/index.html (Plate tectonic’s study guide)
KP Geology 12 – Discussions and Resources
Unit: Geologic Time
Learning Intentions:
 The Geologic time scale
 Dating rocks
 Understanding the fossil record
Determining relative age
Principles of relative dating
Examples of unconformities
Fossil correlation
Sequencing the major events in earth’s history
Understanding Geologic time & it’s divisions
Absolute age dating
Isotopes and radiometric decay
Using radiometric elements
Radiocarbon dating
Fossils
Types of fossils
Trace and index fossils
Principles of evolution (natural selection, adaptive radiation, punctuated equilibrium)
The development of life on earth
Two conflicting theories
Strombalites and NASA
Mass extinctions and their role in evolution
Resources:
http://vearthquake.calstatela.edu/VirtualDating (Interactive demo of how radiometric dating works)
www.talkorigins.org/origins/faqs/faq-youngearth.html (Explores creation/evolution contreversy & Geologic time)
http://www.structuralgeology.org/2010/02/podcasts-in-geology.html (podcast: the key is the present to the past)
http://www.usgs.gov/corecast/ (Podcast: studying the early climate)
http://www.earth4567.com/talks/time/timenotes.pdf (Geologic time notes)
http://www.slideshare.net/krferraro/geologic-time-notes-5268666 (Geologic time - our earth’s history slide show)