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Employed again.

#26
MakiSupaStar said:
So what's the class all about professor. In a nutshell, and please use layman's terms. ;)

This is really cool. Do you have a curriculum you have to teach?
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They gave me a very brief outline syllabus, but I can modify it to some extent. It was prepared by another geologist. I found a textbook that matches the course objectives very well.

The class is first about fundamental geologic principals (how the earth works), then moves into how natural processes affect the built environment and vice-versa. We're also going to look at exploitation (good or bad) of the earth's natural resources, and dance around climate change.

The first class today went very well. (Translation: nobody fell asleep.)

I have taught before, both in the Marine Corps (electronics) and at the Community College level (soil engineering).
 
#27
Munjibunga said:
They gave me a very brief outline syllabus, but I can modify it to some extent. It was prepared by another geologist. I found a textbook that matches the course objectives very well.

The class is first about fundamental geologic principals (how the earth works), then moves into how natural processes affect the built environment and vice-versa. We're also going to look at exploitation (good or bad) of the earth's natural resources, and dance around climate change.

The first class today went very well. (Translation: nobody fell asleep.)

I have taught before, both in the Marine Corps (electronics) and at the Community College level (soil engineering).
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Sounds like a great gig. I swear, a good professor means all the world. At the end of my college career I was crashing classes on all kinds of subjects just because the professor was a great teacher and really interesting to learn from. Congrats my friend. :)
 
#36
Jools4001 said:
Well, with a pink lakland you could still teach classic rock :hiding:
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#37
Munjibunga said:
Hmmmm ... you're not in the class, are you?
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Haha! A lot of evidence for our knowledge of the internal structure of the Earth comes from seismic waves, and a bass is a great way of teaching people about how waves work. ;)

One of the best introductions to Earth Science (geology, palaeontology, seismology, volcanoes, Earth's magnetic field, isotope studies and so on) I've ever seen was the 1995 series of Royal Institution Christmas Lectures by James Jackson of Cambridge. Really made it clear in a very lively way. You'd get some good "brushing up" out of watching these, as well as some cool ideas for teaching it all. You can find it online if you search.
 

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