The Standard Deviants take a close look at the planet Earth, and learn a little about the Earth’s past, cool geologic principles, and the secret lives of rocks.
Grade levels: Adult
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Minerals
The Standard Deviants explore minerals. You’ll learn all the basics, starting with that burning question “What is a mineral?” Then you’ll find out about magma and intrusive rocks. You’ll learn about igneous rocks, plutons and magma, magma, MAGMA!
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Volcanoes and Erosion
The Standard Deviants explore volcanoes and what causes them to erupt. Plus, a discussion of lava, pyroclastic materials, and the infamous Ring of Fire. Then it’s time for weathering and erosion, including the different types of physical weathering processes, like frost wedging, exfoliation and thermal expansion, and the thrills and chills of chemical weathering.
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Sedimentray and Metamorphic Rocks
Grab your air guitar and get ready to jam, because the Standard Deviants explore two different kinds of rock. First, sedimentary rock-how it’s formed and what it’s made of. We’ll even look at different kinds of sedimentary rock. Then it’s the skinny on metamorphic rock.
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Plate Tectonics
Do you ever feel like you’re standing on shaky ground? Have you ever wondered where mountains come from? Well, believe it or not, the ground below your feet is constantly changing! The Standard Deviants explore the crash and crunch factors that build mountains and keep things shaking. You’ll learn about seismic waves, plate tectonics, continental drift, and much, much more.
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Water in Geology
Why do some rivers run straight while others twist and bend? What causes ocean waves? What is a glacier made of? Find out today!
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Geometry Companion CD-ROM
This companion CD-ROM is packed with robust supplementary materials: Lesson plans, viewing guides, teacher reference guides, students activities, worksheets and tests.
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Geometry Basics
The Standard Deviants introduce some great geometry basics, like points, lines, planes, and space. They also cover postulates and theorems too, and throw in a bit about angles.
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Angles 101
The Standard Deviants introduce angles and their theorems, parallel lines, and traversals, plus a few nifty postulates about angles. What’s a postulate? Stay tuned to find out. Get ready to untangle those angles!
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Important Concepts
The Standard Deviants continue their mission to explore strange new financial concepts, to seek out new stocks and new diversifications, to boldly split infinitives as everyone has done before.