Category: Geology

For this project, you will choose one of the topics listed below and present the information you find about that topic. The topics are divided into 3 groups (People, Fossil Deposits, and Rock Units/Events). You only need to pick one topic to present, but it can be from any group. Whatever form your project takes, you will submit it either as attachments through Canvas or you can email the files to me. For essays, make sure it is at least one page, single-spaced, with at least four references including sources less than 1 year old.
Do some exploratory research before you settle on a topic. I want you to choose something that interests you and that you really want to learn more about. Here are some questions you might consider as you complete this project. Use these as a guide only: you will not be graded explicitly on whether or not you address any or none of these in your presentation. Let your curiosity and interest in the topic lead you to discover more things about it than those ideas given below.
What was this person’s upbringing? Where were they born and where did they live? What about schooling and family (or lack thereof)? What attributes made this person good at what they did? What was their contribution to science? Perhaps most importantly, what cultural or societal conditions allowed this person to either thrive or be held back from their potential?
Where are these fossil deposits located (specifically), how old are they, and what fossil organisms do they preserve? Why are these organisms important for paleontology and/or geology? How are these organisms preserved in these localities? What are some recent discoveries that have been made in these areas in the last few years? Who discovered these deposits and what has been their history (conservation, protection, exploitation, etc.) since they were discovered?
What is the impact that these rock units/events have had on earth history, either geological or biological? Where are they located and what has been the history of study for these topics. How have these studies increase our understanding of earth history? What are some of the unanswered questions surrounding these events, places, or ideas?
Topics
People
Nicolas Steno
James Hutton
Charles Lyell
Arthur Holmes (radiometric dating)
Norman L. Bowen (Bowen’s reaction series)
William Smith (first geologic map)
Alfred Wegener
Alfred Russel Wallace
Henrietta Swan Leavitt (astronomer)
Edwin Hubble & Milton Humason
Stanley Miller (Miller-Urey experiment)
Louis Agassiz
James Croll & Milutin Milankovitch
Fossil Deposits
Ediacara (Australia) Fauna
Burgess Shale (Canada) and Fauna
Solnhofen Limestone (Germany)
Jehol Biota (China)
Florissant Fossil Beds (Colorado)
Green River Formation (Utah/Wyoming)
La Brea Tar Pits (California)
Rock Units/Events
Franciscan Complex (California)
Chicxulub Impact (Mexico) and the Cretaceous mass extinction event
Siberian Traps (Russia) & Deccan Traps (India)
Western Interior Seaway (North America)
Anthropocene (the current geologic age we are in…or maybe not?)

This is an individual assessment item. Students will each select a peer-reviewed journal article on the theme of environmental hazards, published in the past ten years. The article may be related to Climate change projections, Natural hazard trends, or Hazard vulnerability. Read the article and then present a summary and commentary of the article in a recorded presentation. The video should be 5-10 minutes long.
In the presentation, you should cover the followings (with suggested length):
Demonstrate your understanding of the article (30%)
Synthesise the work by explaining the aims, significance, method, and major findings of the research.
Explain how the research and results contribute to hazard risk reduction or the progress of hazard geography
Evaluate the article (20%)
Critically review the article, e.g. comment on the hypotheses, methods, or analyses of the work, using your knowledge in hazard science or/and disaster management.
Relate the research or concepts presented in the research to the topics in this course (10%)
How does this article fit (or contradict) with the knowledge being discussed in this course?
End the presentation with personal opinions, reflections, questions to the research, and/or any other comments (30%)
Does the paper extend your understanding of the issues discussed in this and other courses?
How can you apply the knowledge?
How can the research be improved?
What research project would you develop to further progress our understanding of environmental hazards and hazard reduction?

Week 8 practical is a workshop on how to choose a good article, and how to construct a video presentation for this assignment. Students are strongly encouraged to discuss the selection of an article with the course coordinator in-person during week 8 practical or online via MS Teams discussion.

The video (PowerPoint slides by screen sharing + voice-over + optional webcam) can be created using Zoom. Submit your video AND a submission form via Blackboard.

Please Watch the story of plastic. (It costs $1.99 on Amazon) post a response to the following questions/prompts that is written in complete sentences and is no more than 300 words.
How did the film make you feel? Did it motivate you? Depress you? Make you feel hopeful?
What is the number one message that you are taking away from this film? Discuss what you learned about one (1) of the following themes from the movie: (Please only discuss one of the themes below)The connection between fossil fuels and plastic
The impact of plastic on human and environmental health
The recycling myth (i.e. recycling will solve our plastic pollution problem)
The connection between plastic and climate change
NO PLAGARISM AND ESPECIALLY NO AI

I would a 5 APA formatted pages with references about Triassic in Saudi Arabia mostly as shown in attached file you can use the information from the file or outside but with references. Also, I attached a field trip report if it’s obvious use some of it. Also there are files attached in this link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1PnqaXhvXTCpjhB86VePVUGFbYCR0a6Wb

Write a cohesive essay about fossil hominins. Please refer to the pdf for more instructions, which includes questions to answer, sources, rules, and grading rubric. Thank you.

The three structured requirements :
1.Essay must be four pages long and answer the prompt. ” What is Sustainability?”
You must give lots of examples to back up your definition ( Make sure you  connect the two)
3.YOU MUST CITE FROM TEXTBOOK ACCORDINGLY
i have attached the textbook, let me know if you are able to view it. 
Book : Sustaining the Earth – 11th Edition, Miller

You will research and write a hazard assessment of my family’s home area’s top two natural hazards.
Please see uploaded files for complete instructions.

The topic is on Hurricane Maria 
Develop a thesis statement or statement of purpose.
Conduct your research.  Find 4-6 scholarly resources.Find four scholarly sources for your topic (scientific journals, your text, web pages ending in .org, .gov, and .edu are allowed. Interviews with professionals in the field are allowed.
Choose a format.
Term paper. Write up your report as a term paper (5-page max) with each section (Introduction, Background, Body, Conclusions, Bibliography) clearly identified.
Write in third person. 
Provide Work Cited page