 PD1: Round and Round with Rocks and
Minerals
(The rock cycle and crustal geology)
A guided journey through the rock
cycle from intrusion to mineralised veins, volcano to sediment and everything
inbetween and how we mine and utilise geo-resources
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PD2: Riding the Climate Roller
Coaster
Looks back over the last 4.6 billion
years to find the drivers of climate change throughout geological time and
discusses the impact climate fluctuations have had in the past as revealed by the
rock record. This PD also examines the additional impact human activity is
thought to have and the geological evidence for it and provides guidance on how
teachers and students can access raw data to evaluate the results for
themselves.
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PD3: Greening coal (carbon capture and
storage)
Discusses the origins of coal, the
processes of coal formation and the methods by carbon capture and storage
technologies can be utilised to reduce greenhouse emissions from coal and other
hydrocarbons and the role renewable technologies can play.
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PD4: Fossil sunlight (the hydrocarbon
story)
Highlights the geology of the
conversion of the sun's energy into chemical energy and its storage in
hydrocarbons. Discusses the methods employed by exploration geologists to find
hydrocarbons within rocks that are hundreds of millions of years old.
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PD5: Wet rocks (ground water)
PD5 examines the importance of
groundwater in the story of the hydrological cycle and its role in everything
from dry land salinity to sustainable farming. The workshop was developed by the
Victorian Chapter of the International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH), with
support from DSE, and aims to improve teachers' knowledge of groundwater.
Participants receive a teacher resource package which provides written and
electronic documentation of groundwater basics, class room exercises,
experiments, references and case studies. The PD allows for practical experience
with the teacher resource package. The package was developed by Louise Goldie
Divko (geologist and former teacher) of the DPI, Chris McAuley (hydrogeologist
from IAH and DSE) and Megan Bourke (geographer from GTAV).
Wet rocks has its own web page! Follow
this link: http://www.wetrocks.com.au/
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PD6: Hot rocks (geothermal
energy)
Hot rocks examines the role geothermal
energy plays across the globe at the moment and the future role it can play, with
current Australian developments highlighting the value of this new
technology.
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PD7: Our Place in Space
Discusses the position we occupy on
planet Earth within the context of the atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere and
biosphere.
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PD8: Powerful stuff (the uranium
debate)
Examines the geology and physics of
uranium and how this fuel works in modern reactors and places the common fears
associated with this technology in context. This PD also compares all sources of
electrical energy: renewables and non-renewables and discusses them within the
context of the Australian situation.
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