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Bringing the Field into the Classroom by Using Dynamic Digital Maps to Engage Undergraduate Students in Petrology Research

This article describes the use of Dynamic Digital Maps (DDMs) in undergraduate petrology courses. A DDM is a stand-alone computer program that presents interactive geologic maps, digital images, movies, animations, text and data. DDMs were developed for use in two undergraduate research projects, and impacts on student learning were evaluated by administering assessments on students before and after participation in one of the projects. Researchers found significant gains in both students' confidence in their ability to do research and to understand petrology, and noted that DDMs are versatile and can potentially be adapted effectively from 100-level introductory geology labs to research-oriented gradute level courses and in a variety of geologic subdisciplines. Educational levels: Graduate or professional, Graduate or professional

Fabrication development of lightweight honeycomb-sandwich structures for extraterrestrial planetary probe missions

Lightweight resin fiber glass honeycomb sandwich structure fabrication and comparison with aluminum structures for planetary probe

Tensile Properties of Five Low-Alloy and Stainless Steels Under High-Heating-Rate and Constant-Temperature Conditions

Tensile properties of five low-alloy and stainless steels under high heating rate and constant temperatur

Comments on some African taxa of leptotyphlopid snakes

Miscellaneous material of African Leptotyphlopidae are discussed: An overlooked senior synonym of Namibiana latifrons, mental scale characteristics in Tricheilostoma greenwelli, an insular record of Leptotyphlops pembae, a range expansion of Myriopholis adleri (new to the country of Ghana), and cephalic scale terminology of Rhinoleptus koniagui

Evaluation of semen collected from commercial rams by electro-ejaculation

Annual ram pre-breeding soundness examinations (PBSE) are accepted as an integral component of veterinary flock health planning to identify rams not capable of achieving high conception rates. This preliminary study collected information from 280 rams presented to five veterinarians for routine PBSE on commercial farms in England in 2013. The study compared the outcome of a physical examination, which included palpation of external genitalia, with the gross and progressive motility of the semen produced by electro-ejaculation

Waves on a plasma column : the display and measurement of space charge waves on the positive column of a mercury vapour discharge

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