Resources
Note–Many of these were created for use with my students in my schools, but you should feel free to adapt them to your setting.Please give appropriate credit if you use these. Beginning-of-Course/Current Events What Do You Already Know about Earth...
“Rocks and Minerals” with David Walker (Oct 2000)
Rocks and Minerals Guest Scientist: David Walker Originally presented Oct 2000 Welcome/Introduction to “Earth2Class” View the introductory slide presentations Guest Scientist: David Walker Dr. Walker is the Higgins Professor in Columbia’s Dept. of Earth...
“Planetary Differentiation on Earth and its Implications: From The Solar Nebula to Today” with Kevin Wheeler (Feb 2007)
Originally presented 10 Feb 2007 Where Is He Now? http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/about-ldeo/alumni/alumni-profile-kevin-wheeler-usaid-phd-07 We are pleased to feature Kevin Wheeler, who will defend his doctoral dissertation within the next month or so....
Is there a link between explosive volcanism and the Earth’s climate? with Suzanne Straub
19 Dec 2020 Suzanne Straub The logarithmic volcanic explosivity index (VEI) of explosive volcanic eruptions is measured on a scale 0 to 7. While smaller eruptions like the Mt. St. Helens eruption in 1980 (VEI ~5.0) rarely affect the global climate, the VEI = 7...
Tracing material fluxes into the deep Earth: the capricious and elusive 10Be tracer
with Dr. Susanne StraubSupported by NSF Grant EAR 18-36032 https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1836032&HistoricalAwards=false Earth is a dynamic planet that became and remained habitable through continuous exchange of materials between the Earth’s...
“Sea Floor Structures and Evolution” with Christopher Small and Gregory Mountain (Apr 2001)
with Dr. Christopher Small and Dr. Gregory MountainApr 2001 Originally presented April 28, 2001 Background information about “Sea Floor Structures and Evolution” – Dr. Michael J. Passow PowerPoint slides HTML version Satellite orbits (java application where you can...
“Natural Gas in The Continental Margins” with Jeffrey Weissel (Mar 2003)
Originally present Mar 2003 Introduction to Natural Gas and Continental Margins Dr. Michael J. Passow PowerPoint | HTML What are the real boundaries of continents and oceans? Why are they different in various parts of the world? How did they form?...
“Using Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) to Map Natural Hazards and Disasters” with Jeffrey Weissel (May 2004)
Dr. Jeffrey WeisselOriginally presented 8 May 2004 Introductory Presentation by Dr. Michael J. Passow PowerPoint | HTML Earth Science Content We demonstrate how fully-polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) can be used to assess natural disasters involving...
“Soluble Salts of the Earth” with David Walker (Oct 2001)
Dr. David Walker Originally presented Oct 2001 Dr. Dave Walker provides this presentation about Solubility and Rocks for your students Dr. Walker presented an earlier E2C workshop about “Rocks and Minerals.” View the introductory slideshow for...
“Developing Knowledge of Climate during the Past 150 Years” with Alexey Kaplan and “The LDEO Deep-Sea Core Repository” with Rusty Lotti Bond (Feb 2002)
Originally presented Feb 2002 Introduction to this Workshop Introduction by Dr. Michael J. Passow PowerPoint | HTML Earth Science Content Guest Scientist: Alexey Kaplan—“Developing Knowledge of Climate during the Past 150 Years” In the...