JoinInterpretation and Closure in the Historical Geology Laboratory: "Reading" Nature's Geological Evidence Overcomes Students' Skepticism
This article features a "reading the rocks" lab activity and an earth history essay both of which are important interpretive and creative elements of the historical geology course. The lab allows the students to begin the course with confidence that they can interpret earth history from clues preserved in the rocks. The earth history essay strengthens students' time-and-sequence perspectives of earth history, serves as preparation for final exam, and provides an important opportunity for creative reflection.