This module provides an introduction to common rock forming minerals, igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks in hand specimen and the major fossil groups including trilobites, graptolites, ammonites, corals and dinosaurs. It includes three one-day field courses introducing rocks, geological map making and museum fossil collections.
Introduce "the ability to describe geological materials and their properties ... [including] the investigation of sediments, rocks, minerals and fossils" (Requirements for accreditation, GSL 2008)
Introduce the "collection and documentation of geological information in the field, including the production and interpretation of geological maps" (ES3 Benchmarking Statement, QAA 2007).
"[identify] rocks minerals [and] fossils" (ES3 Benchmarking Statement, QAA 2007). will be achieved by assessments: 1, 2
understand the "major geoscience paradigm ... [of] the history of life on Earth" (ES3 Benchmarking Statement, QAA 2007). will be achieved by assessments: 1, 2
"[collect] and [document] ... geological information in the field including the production and interpretation of geological maps" (ES3 Benchmarking Statement, QAA 2007). will be achieved by assessments: 3
"describe geological materials and their properties ... and reach informed conclusions about their possible identity and origins. This includes the investigation of sediments, rocks, minerals and fossils (Requirements for accreditation, GSL 2008). will be achieved by assessments: 1, 2, 3
Practical classes 30 hours
Field classes 24 hours
On-line workshops 10 hours
Private study 66
Submission of laboratory practical notebooks.
Unseen two hour exam with short answer questions covering lecture and practical class material.
Material associated with the field classes including field notebooks, field and fair copy maps and geological technical reports.
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