Earth Science

He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed. ~ Albert Einstein

Earth Science Overview

Earth Science 11 is a survey course exploring many facets of planet Earth - its structure, processes occurring upon and within it, and the space surrounding it. Geologic topics include the formation of rocks and minerals, plate tectonics and mountain building, volcanism and earthquakes weathering and erosion, and the geologic time scale. Climate, ocean and weather systems, as well as the Solar system, stars and galaxies are also explored.

Introduction to Geoscience

Course Resources

Course Outline

Class Notes

Intro to Geoscience

Labs and Activities

Soils Lab

Density Lab

Earth and its Solar System

Videos

Largest Star in the Universe

Our Earth

Videos

Black Holes



Videos

Neutron Stars

White/Black Dwarfs

Videos

Moon Crashing into Earth?

Nuke the Moon?

Videos

Lunar Eclipse

Videos

Solar Eclipse

Videos

Cause: Phases of the Moon

Plate Tectonics

Videos

Human Origins

Videos

Lava Lamp

Videos

120 Years of EQs & Tsunamis

Videos

Coming Soon

Minerals and Rocks

Videos

Sudbury and the Mysteries of the Universe

Videos

Asteroid Mining

Schaub was on CBC but didn't get a towel...

Almost Famous

CBC Towel

Videos

Crystals

Videos

Mineral Thin Slices

Videos

Coming Soon

Videos

Coming Soon

Videos

A Diamond is Forever

Videos

The Truth About Diamonds

Videos

The Truth: Himalayan Salt

Climate Change

Videos

Who is to Blame?

Videos

Can it be Stopped?

Videos

Geoengineering

Natural Disasters

Videos

Supervolcano

Videos

Coming Soon

Videos

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