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THE EARTH REVEALED

PRODUCER: INTELECOM in association with the Instructional Telecommunications Council From Annenberg/CPB

PRODUCTION COMPLETED: 1992

FIRST PBS RELEASE: Winter/Spring 1992

DISCIPLINE: Earth Science

LESSONS/PROGRAMS: 26 half-hour programs

CAPTIONING: closed captioned

AVAILABLE RESOURCES: Text
  Study Guide
  Faculty Manual

GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

Earth Revealed: Introductory Geology is a comprehensive study of the Earth's physical processes and properties, with emphasis on understanding the scientific theories behind the geological principles. These principles are vividly documented with the assistance of on-location footage at major geological sites around the world. Presented are both the dramatic forces—volcanic activity and earthquakes—as well as the more subtle and ever-present elements of the geological process. Earth Revealed: Introductory Geology also illuminates the often unrealized link between human activity and geological change.

LESSON (PROGRAM) TITLES:

Module 1: Introduction 13. Volcanism
1. Down to Earth 14. Intrusive Igneous Rocks
2. The Restless Planet 15. Weathering and Soils
Module II: Plate Tectonics: The Unifying Model 16. Mass Wasting
3. Earth's Interior 17. Sedimentary Rocks: The Key to Past Environments
4. The Sea Floor 18. Metamorphic Rocks
5. The Birth of a Theory 19. Running Water I: Rivers, Erosion and Deposition
6. Plate Dynamics 20. Running Water II: Landform Evolution
7. Mountain Building Module V: Carving the Landscape
8. Earth's Structures 21. Groundwater
9. Earthquakes 22. Wind, Dust, and Deserts
Module III: Geologic Time and Life 23. Glaciers
10. Geologic Time 24. Waves, Beaches, and Coasts
11. Evolution Through Time Module VI: Living With Earth
Module IV: The Rock Cycle 25. Living With Earth, Part I
12. Minerals: The Materials of Earth 26. Living With Earth, Part II



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