teaching with boulders
 

These boulders are like outcrops, they contain as much information  as many outcrops and because they were smoothed by glacial action, it is easy to “read” them (to see their details). by carefully choosing them and then moving them together, we have been able to assemble an amazing teaching resource, where students may sharpen their skills at reading the rocks.

Some ways to use the boulder garden in geological classes:

    Rock identification

    Mineral identification

    Which way is up?

    Understanding Solidification

    Sedimentary rock structures

    Assembling a rift

   

Bill Rose

Professor of Petrology

15 November 2010