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Earth's Shape, Size, and Surface Fact Sheet
Mid-Winter Recess Holiday Homework
Minerals and Mineral Identification Homework
Common Minerals: Images and Characteristics
Rock Classification and Interpretation: Principles and Practices
Interpretation of Rock Environments
Interpretation of Geologic History: Stratigraphic Principles
Structural Geology I: Tilted, Faulted, and Folded Strata
Structural Geology II: Unconformities
Structural Geology III: Concepts of Stress and Strain
Structural Geology IV: Analysis of Deformed Rocks
Seismology I: Basic Principles and Quantification of Earthquakes
Cycle II Laboratories Schedule
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Tutorials
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Field Trips
Pyrite Crystals in Limestone

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Brooklyn Weather Forecast by Intellicast
Minerals of the Reference Tables: Photo Identification
Rocks of the Reference Tables: Photo Identification
Landfill, Stratigraphy and Geologic Time: A Practical Application of the Principles of Stratigraphy to Forensic Geology (Laboratory Exercise and Tutorial)
Graphical Display and Interpretation of Ground-Based NYS Weather Data (Laboratory Exercise and Tutorial)
Graph Paper on a Sphere: The System of Lines Known as Latitude and Longitude (Laboratory Exercise and Tutorial) 
Duke Labs' "On the Rocks" Regional Field Trips
Reading the Earth Science Reference Tables Exercise and Exam Series


Landscapes and Bedrock Geology of NYS (Part I)

Igneous Rock Identification, Classification, and Interpretation (Part II)

Sedimentary Rock Identification, Classification, and Interpretation (Part III)

Metamorphic Rock Identification, Classification, and Interpretation (Part IV)

Seismic Wave Travel Times and Epicentral Distances (Part V)

The Electromagnetic Spectrum (Part VI)

Tectonic Plates (Part VII)

Solar System Data: Dimensions, Motions, and Densities (Part VIII)

Average Chemical Composition of Earth's Crust, Hydrosphere, and Troposphere (Part IX)

Comprehensive ESRT Test I (Part X)

Comprehensive ESRT Test II - Rocks (Part XI)

Geologic History of New York State (Part XII)

Relative Humidity and Dewpoint Temperature (Part XIII)

Luminosity and Temperature of Stars (Part XIV)

Temperature, Pressure, and Weather Station Models (Part XV)

Relationship of Transported Particle Size to Water Velocity (Part XVI)

The Rock Cycle (Part XVII)

Selected Properties of Earth's Atmosphere (Part XVIII)

Planetary Wind and Moisture Belts in the Troposphere (Part XIX)

Properties of Common Minerals (Part XX)

Surface Ocean Currents (Part XXI)

Properties of the Earth's Interior (Part XXII)

Weather Station Models (Part XXIII)

Exercises in the Reading, Coding, and Recording
of Atmospheric [Weather] Data (Part XXIV)
Geologic Map
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New York State
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Pyrite Crystals in Dolostone
Syracuse, NY
Convergent Plate Margin
Oceanic Lithosphere Subducted Beneath Contnental Lithosphere
Apparent Motion of the Sun
Sun's Apparent Motion from the Winter Solstice to the Summer Solstice to an Observer in New York State
Contour Map of an Impact Crater
Topographic Contour Map of the Barringer Impact Crater near Winslow, Arizona
Foucault Pendulum
Sketch of Device Which Demonstrates Earth's Rotation
All Pegs in the Ring Rotate with the Earth and are Struck Down
Graded Bedding
Vertical Arrangement of Sedimentary Particles Based on Size When Mixed-Size Sediments are Deposited Simultaneously in Water
Up
Down
Cold Front
Hot Spot
Cartoon of a Hotspot  Located Beneath Oceanic Lithosphere
Latitude and Longitude
Shown at 15 degree Intervals
Sling Psychrometer
Device Used to Determine Dewpoint Temperature and Relative Humidity
Typical Soil Profile
Stream Bend
Deposition
Erosion
Point Bar
Kepler's First Law
Ellipse
Transform Plate Margin
Boundary Between the Pacific and North American Plates at the San Andreas Fault
Pacific
Plate
North American
Plate
San Andreas Fault
Glacially Scoured and Eroded Rock Surface
Greenland
Overturned, Reverse-Faulted, and Contact-Metamorphosed Strata
Normal
Strata
Overturned
Strata
Reverse
Fault
Contact Metamorphism
Sun-Earth-Moon Orbital System
Dike
Mafic Dike Intruding Light-Colored Country Rock
Topographic Contour Lab Model Images (Scrolling)
Surface Analysis Weather Map
(Thursday, October 16, 2008 at 2:00 pm)
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Warm Front
Stationary Front
Occluded Front
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Gulf
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Caribbean Sea
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Surface Analysis Weather Map
(Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at 2:00 am)
Lake Effect Snow and Circulation Around a Low Pressure System
Atlantic Ocean
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Lake
Erie
Lake
Ontario
Isobar
WNW Winds
SNOW
RAIN
Cold Front
Trough
Intellicast.com
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Base Maps
Northern Atlantic Hurricane Location Plotting Map [Wunderground]
Eastern Pacific Hurricane Location Plotting Map [Wunderground]
Academic Calendar
Double Rainbow
Brooklyn, NY
(Saturday, June 27, 2009 at 4:00 pm)
Reference Tables
The Ekman Spiral
Net Water
Transport
45
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Wind
Depth
Water Displacement Vector
Tremont Syncline
Llewellyn Formation - Pennsylvanian
I-81
Schuylkill County
PENNSYLVANIA

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Sunspot

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Hurricane Earl 
As Viewed from the International Space Station
[August, 2010]


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Eye
Answer Keys
1889 Topographic Map of Southwestern Brooklyn
Future Location of John Dewey High School
Radar Signature of a Cold Front
Taconic Unconformity
New York State Thruway Interchange 23
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Rondout Formation
Austin Glen Formation
Unconformity
Panther Mountain Impact Structure
Shandaken, NY
[Topographic Map]
Course Topical Outline
Density Lab
2021
Regents Exam


Topographic Maps: Profiling, 
Measuring, and Computing Gradient
Exercises
Contouring Topographic Field Data
Mass vs. Volume Graph

Five Bodies of Different Mass and Volume
Each Comprised of a Material with a Density of 2.5 grams per cubic centimeter

[Slope = Density]
Great Pond Mountain
Topographic Map

[Contour Interval: 25 Feet]
Letter of Welcome
Coding and Decoding Ground
Atmospheric Pressure Readings
Construction and Interpretation of
Isotherm Maps I
Construction and Interpretation of
Isotherm Maps II
Construction and Interpretation of
Isobar Maps I
Construction and Interpretation of
Isobar Maps II
Construction and Interpretation of
Weather Station Models
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Stratigraphic Correlation
Student Expectations
Contract Agreement
Problems Concerning Thermal Energy
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Brooklyn, NY
(Friday, July 1, 2016 at 3:00 pm)
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Gerritsen Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
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Gerritsen Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
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Brooklyn, NY
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Gerritsen Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
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