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Flipping the Classroom with Meteorite Impacts

mpollock April 21, 2015 11:20 am

Our introductory courses don’t have labs, but that doesn’t stop our students from having hands-on experiences. Today, students in the Geology of Natural Hazards investigated the relationship between impact craters and projectile properties (size, mass, velocity) by experimenting with a tray of … Continue reading →

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Wooster’s Earthquake Machine

mpollock September 27, 2012 1:45 pm

WOOSTER, OH – Thanks to our crafty technician, the Wooster Geology Department is now the proud owner of an earthquake machine. The design comes from IRIS as a way to demonstrate Elastic Rebound Theory, the idea that stress accumulates on a … Continue reading →

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