Geophysics
Geophysics is the science of our Earth and solar system.
Geophysics students embark on a scientific journey that ties in major themes woven throughout our natural world- density, equilibrium, and the law of conservation of energy. Students will tackle three specific units- Plate Tectonics, Atmospheric Science and Astronomy. These units encompass a number of sciences, including chemistry, physics, biology, climatology, meteorology, mineralogy and stratigraphy.
Students enrolled in this course will be building connections with major scientific concepts to better understand our galactic home.
Some of the topics we will cover:
Theory of Continental Drift
Theory of Plate Tectonics
Reading and predicting locations of earthquakes
Chemical formations of minerals and rocks
Physical forces present in mountain making
Geologic Time- both relative and absolute
Pressure Gradient Maps
Interactions with insolation
Wet and Dry adiabatic lapse rates
Cloud formation and weather patterns
Movement and formation of air masses and fronts
Weather Forecasting
The concept of nothing
The Theory of the Big Bang
The Theory of Stellar Evolution
Kepler's Planetary Laws
The Theory of Spacetime
Geophysics is the science of our Earth and solar system.
Geophysics students embark on a scientific journey that ties in major themes woven throughout our natural world- density, equilibrium, and the law of conservation of energy. Students will tackle three specific units- Plate Tectonics, Atmospheric Science and Astronomy. These units encompass a number of sciences, including chemistry, physics, biology, climatology, meteorology, mineralogy and stratigraphy.
Students enrolled in this course will be building connections with major scientific concepts to better understand our galactic home.
Some of the topics we will cover:
Theory of Continental Drift
Theory of Plate Tectonics
Reading and predicting locations of earthquakes
Chemical formations of minerals and rocks
Physical forces present in mountain making
Geologic Time- both relative and absolute
Pressure Gradient Maps
Interactions with insolation
Wet and Dry adiabatic lapse rates
Cloud formation and weather patterns
Movement and formation of air masses and fronts
Weather Forecasting
The concept of nothing
The Theory of the Big Bang
The Theory of Stellar Evolution
Kepler's Planetary Laws
The Theory of Spacetime