Pack It In: Grain Packing Competition
This activity is designed to help students understand the concept of porosity and its influence on the storage of fluids in the subsurface. Through hands-on …
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Lessons & Activities
Faunal Succession with Foraminifera
During this activity students will learn about the earliest concepts of determining geologic time with fossils. The various fossil flora and fauna in rocks can …
Hydraulic Fracturing Lesson
Hydraulic Fracturing is a method of retrieving petroleum and natural gas that is trapped in the pore space of geologic formation deep underground. The engineering …
