| | | This course concentrates on the applied aspects of sedimentary
rocks such as: paleoclimates, reservoirs for water and oil, source
rock for oil, industrial rocks, landslides . In order to achieve that
detailed study of sedimentary rocks is deeded: classification, types,
properties, environment of deposition: clastics and non clastics,
plus a lab and field. | 3rd year |
| | | Familiarization with compass and topographic maps and other
field equipment; stratigraphic cross and columnar sections;
geological survey for different rocks; columnar sections
correlation; preparing reports on the geological and environmental
surveys; investigating the environmental circumstances of
landslides and mining areas, as well as soil and water resources
pollution. | 3rd year |
| | | A historical introduction; the basics of plate tectonics theory and
the layered structure of the Earth; Types and characteristics of
plate boundaries; the driving force of plates; movements of plates
and measurements of their relative motions; the African plate and
the history of its movements; the Arabian plate a detailed
investigation; a detailed investigation of the Dead Sea-Jordan
Transform; Discussion and the applications of plate tectonics
theory. | 3rd year |
| | | This course aims at introducing the student to the rudiments of
environmental science whose corner stone was laid in the second
half of the 20th century. This is being accomplished by discussing
the following topics: The earth and natural hazards; Ecosystems;
Biogeochemical Cycles; Man and the Environment and the
Natural Resources in the Solid Earth System; Air Pollution;
Water Resources, management and Pollution; Solid Waste; Food
and Health; Environmental Impact Assessment.
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| | | This course deals recent approaches to science teaching and in
particular Earth and environmental sciences; e.g. how to teach
using critical thinking, scientific reasoning and discussions with
the class room rather than narrative teaching. How to use
illustrations: fossils, rock and mineral specimens, maps, compass,
…etc. Encouraging the teacher to conduct field trips and to get his
samples from the local environment nearby his school. How to
evaluate the students through teaching them the various types of
examination questions. Working in groups and its importance,
how to conduct an experiment and write its report, how to write
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report in general, present and discuss it, student file for their
activities throughout the year. | |
| | | Earth: systems and cycles; hazardous geologic processes:
earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, landslides, sinkholes,
floods; hazards of ocean and weather; meteorite impacts; fossil
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fuels; energy alternatives; mineral resources and the impact of
their mining on the environment; soil resources; water resources;
human impacts on the environment: waste disposal, contaminants
in the geologic environment; atmospheric change and global
warming. | 1st year |
| | | This Course provides a base of general earth science knowledge,
which would help the student, better understand the natural world
of which we are an inseparable part. This course includes four
major units as follows: Earth materials: Earth and the universe;
Minerals; Rocks (Igneous, Sedimentary, and metamorphic);
Processes that shape the earth surface: Weathering and Soils; Mass
wasting; Surface and ground water; Volcanic Activity; Wind and
Deserts; The Evolving Earth: Rock Deformation; Earthquakes;
Plate Tectonics; Geologic Time scale; Fluid spheres: Oceans;
Atmosphere. | 2019 |
| | | This course deals recent approaches to science teaching and in
particular Earth and environmental sciences; e.g. how to teach
using critical thinking, scientific reasoning and discussions with
the class room rather than narrative teaching. How to use
illustrations: fossils, rock and mineral specimens, maps, compass,
…etc. Encouraging the teacher to conduct field trips and to get his
samples from the local environment nearby his school. How to
evaluate the students through teaching them the various types of
examination questions. Working in groups and its importance,
how to conduct an experiment and write its report, how to write
report in general, present and discuss it, student file for their
activities throughout the year | 2019 |
