Tag: spatial relations
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Where & When?
Here is the opening question from the last problem set in my Earth’s Environmental Systems course (GEOL 110). I thought my clues were amply generous. The photograph is of Palace Square in St. Petersburg, Russia. Google Earth is a great tool for checking out this scene and determining the latitude and longitude (59.9˚ N, 30.3˚…
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The Third Time is the Charm?
My Geology 110 course, Earth’s Environmental Systems, is a big class. 195 students are enrolled and we meet for 50 minutes at 9 a.m. on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. A big part of my job is to keep these 195 students engaged during our class meetings. This semester I am using LectureTools, a web-based software…