This course emphasizes the development and practice of those necessary skills. In this course, students will learn how to use the Web as a research environment and as a way of engaging their own students in courses materials. Students will create their own Web site, with selected links. Topics include making the connection, taking apart the code, browsing science sites, planning your own site, text tags, images, lists, links, tables, frames, picking the perfect editor, version control, site maintenance, planning on constant updates, involving students in electronic communication. Laboratory exercises included.
Field trips complement lectures and laboratory experiments.
Emphasis on New Mexico base metal deposits. 2 cr A continuation of ST 541 with emphasis on New Mexico nonmetallic mineral resources. An introduction to waste disposal, soil properties, civil engineering and the environment, and the uses and misuses of natural resources. Classroom and laboratory work with one-day field trips. 2 cr This course will cover how volcanoes work, where volcanism occurs, the types of volcanoes, identification of volcanic rocks, identification of volcanic land forms, and volcanic history of New Mexico.