Geology at School | Nord.no

Geology is the key to understand the landscape and to explore the climate history.

This course for teachers focus on subjects like the landscape formation around us, the search for evidences about sea level changes and ice ages, interpretation of land forms and soils, classification of rocks...

Satellite observations are also explored since they are a great tool for providing geological information and to complement the field work.The field collection emphasizes in practical activities, and in how to combine satellite images with on-site activities.

Different software will be used in the course. Course participants must therefore have their own PC with Windows, and be able to install software before, during and after the field collection.

Teacher education

Knowledge

The candidate shall be able to:

Know the Earth formation and rock formation processes, both in the Earth interior and in the surface.
Recognize common minerals and rock.
Know the connection between vegetation, soils, rocks and climate.
Know how to conduct fieldwork on these subjects.
Know about the weather and weather observations and associate them with the large-scale natural and the anthropogenic climate change.
Know the use of satellite images, GPS, and visualisation tools to combine and analyse external data from satellite images and / or maps with local measurements.

Skills

The candidate shall:

Develop a professional and methodological basis for integrating new knowledge about geology.
Develop skills in using GPS, satellite images and GIS in the subjects.
Be able to use modern observation equipment, observation methods, and ICT as tools: GPS systems, satellite visualisation and analysis software, GIS.

General competence

The candidate shall:

Have insight into relevant professional and work ethical issues
Be able to communicate central subjects such as theories, problems to be addressed and solved, both orally, in writing, and through other relevant forms of expressions
Show understanding of key research areas in the subject
Explain concepts, theories and methods in the subject

See the program description

The field course itself emphasizes fieldwork activities to analyse local parameters, and GPS combined with satellite images applications to map geological features.

Methods and exercises are adapted so that they are possible to use in their own school and classroom. Good PC knowledge is required for the use of software. Course participants must have their own PC with Windows, and be able to install software before, during and after the field course.

Compulsory preparatory tasks before the assembly, lectures, lab exercises, field trips, field work, field report.

Evaluation using mid-term and final surveys. The evaluations are part of the university's quality assurance system.

Composite assessment (SV): All assessment units below must be passed to complete the course as a whole.

Take-home exam (HJ) - unsupervised, individual in a period of 4 weeks. Grading: Passed/non passed.

Compulsory participation (OD) - field work, 5 days. Counts 0/100 of the grade. Grading: passed/non passed. Prerequisited for access to final assessment (HJ).

Folder (MA) -Tasks, Web Test, Group Report. Counts 0/100 of the grade. Grading passed/non passed. Prerequisited for access to final assessment (HJ).

Teaching expertise in Natural Science, Geography or Geosciences. General ICT-competence. We expect that the teachers have a good control of Windows interface.

Since oral communication are in English, the students have to master the language good enough to be able to pass the course.

Overlap refers to a similarity between courses with the same content. Therefore, you will receive the following reduction in credits if you have taken the courses listed below:

NA118L - Schoolgeology - 10 credits