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Re: good visualizations of the Earth's magnetic field?

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"Does he agree with radiometric dating, perhaps?"

Somehow I don't think so, but I haven't talked to him directly about it.  All I have to go on is what my student brings back to me from her physics class... she is a double major in biology and geology, and still cannot get over the fact that this professor thinks evolution is based on "touchy-feely science and no hard facts."  Right now I'm just concerned about keeping her from having a nervous breakdown or a hysterical attack of the giggles during her physics class.

juk


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From: GEOEDUCATION RESEARCH INTEREST GROUP [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Mike Phillips
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 10:35 AM
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Subject: Re: good visualizations of the Earth's magnetic field?

Does he agree with radiometric dating, perhaps?

Mike Phillips
Geology
Illinois Valley Community College



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I was following the informative discussion on the listserv today morning
when one of my undergraduate teaching assistants dropped by... someone in
her physics class asked the prof. a question about geomagnetic reversal,
and the professor responded that "there is no evidence of the earth's
magnetic field ever switching."  My student did not know whether to laugh
or to cry... and at this point I don't know either.  What makes matters
worse is that this physics professor is a "magnet guy" so his opinions will
be taken at face value in this particular respect.



This professor doesn't believe in evolution as well... somehow that doesn't
surprise me.  I only hope all these visualization resources will help me
counter this misconception when these students enroll in my intro geology
course.



Sigh

juk



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"It is precisely for this that I love geology.  It is infinite and
ill-defined: like poetry, it immerses itself in mysteries and floats among
them without drowning.  It does not manage to lay bare the unknown, but it
flaps the surrounding veils to and fro, and every so often gleams of light
escape and dazzle one's vision."

R. Töpffer, Nouvelles genevoises (1841)

Dr. Prajukti (juk) Bhattacharyya
Assistant professor
Department of Geography and Geology
Upham Hall 119
800 Main St.
Whitewater, WI53190
Ph: (262) 472-5257
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Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 8:50 AM
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Subject: Re: good visualizations of the Earth's magnetic field?



Thanks Cathy very informative and useful not just for Tom but for us as
well. Have a nice Day Tibi






Tibi Marin



"Today the human race is a single twig on the tree of life, a single
species on a single planet. Our condition can thus only be described as
extremely fragile, endangered by forces of nature currently beyond our
control, our own mistakes, and other branches of the wildly blossoming tree
itself. Looked at this way, we can then pose the question of the future of
humanity on Earth, in the solar system, and in the galaxy from the
standpoint of both evolutionary biology and human nature. The conclusion is
straightforward: Our choice is to grow, branch, spread and develop, or
stagnate and die."
[IMAGE]Robert Zubrin, Entering Space, 1999



----- Original Message ----
From: Cathy Manduca <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, March 4, 2008 4:45:03 PM
Subject: Re: good visualizations of the Earth's magnetic field?

Here are a variety of approaches to this:



http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/visualization/collections/map_direction.html



and here is a visualizaiton of model data:



http://www.psc.edu/science/glatzmaier.html





Cathy



On Mar 4, 2008, at 3:01 PM, Eric J. Pyle wrote:





If you wish to see an idealized version (without the influence of the solar
wind), you can use Celestia with the magnetic field add-on.  The basic
program can be found at http://www.shatters.net/celestia and the addon at
http://www.celestiamotherlode.com.  There are a couple of tweaks to the
add-on that allow you to show (or not) various field lines and particle
pathways.

Regards,
Eric Pyle

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Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 12:13:30 -0800
From: Tom-Pierre Frappé <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: good visualizations of the Earth's magnetic field?
To: [log in to unmask]
>Hi all,
>
>I am teaching an online course ( university level, 3rd year). My
>students are having a lot of difficulty visualizing the geomagnetic
>field, and making sense of how the declination/inclination changes
>spatially.
>
>Does anyone knows of good online visualization for the magnetic field of
>the Earth?
>
>3D would be best, and interactive simulations would be ideal, but I
>might be wishing for the moon... you can email me your suggestions off
>list, I'll compile them and send a summary back to the list-serve.
>
>many thanks for your suggestions!
>Tom-Pierre
>
>--
>Tom-Pierre Frappé
>EOS-Science Education Initiative / ECAC & EOSC114 Administrator
>Dept. Earth and Ocean Sciences
>Universityof British Columbia
>6339 Stores Road
>Vancouver, B.C.
>V6T 1Z4, Canada
>
>Phone:(604)822-3063
>fax: (604)822-6047
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Dr. Cathryn A Manduca

Director, ScienceEducationResourceCenter

Executive Director, National Association of Geoscience Teachers

CarletonCollege

Northfield, MN 55057

507 646-7096

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