Student Learning Outcomes

• Students will be able to analyze deep time as it relates to the physical and chemical evolution of Earth over time.
• Students will be able to use simple tools and techniques for field and lab identification of common minerals and rocks.
• Students will be able to analyze how tectonics influences the formation and occurrence of minerals, rocks, earthquakes, volcanoes, oceans, continents, and landscapes.
• Students will be able to analyze patterns and trends in observable data from a natural system, and form conclusions based on those patterns and trends.
• Students will be able to apply scientific thinking and scientific method to analyze geologic problems, and the causes and effects of geologic processes.