Laboratory includes field trips, study and interpretation of rocks, minerals, and maps.
Considers Vermont and world-wide geological examples. Rushmer , Massey 4 Dynamic Earth. Introduction to concepts of the global tectonics and its role in shaping earth history using, lectures, videos, computers and field trips. Labs involve introduction to the three main plate boundaries and the driving forces that forms the ocean basins and mountain belts of the world. 5 Ecology and Geology of the Lake Champlain Basin Introduction to the principals and processes of ecology and geology applicable to the Lake Champlain basin.