CEN 514 Geology of Long Island
Fall, 1997

Instructors: Steve Engelbright and Glenn Richard
Email Glenn.Richard@sunysb.edu
Telephone: 516-632-8336
FAX: 516-632-8140

Textbooks

A copy of Isachsen et al. is on reserve in the ESS library.

• Isachsen, Y.W. et al. (1991). Geology of New York: A Simplified Account. The University of the State of New York - The State Education Department Educational Leaflet No. 28
• Sirkin, L. (1995). Eastern Long Island Geology with Field Trips. Book and Tackle Shop, 7 Bay Street, Watch Hill, RI 02891
• Sirkin, L. (1996). Western Long Island Geology with Field Trips. Book and Tackle Shop, 7 Bay Street, Watch Hill, RI 02891

Schedule of Classes

• Classes are held on Thursdays from 7 to 10 PM in ESS room 131
• Mandatory Saturday field trips were conducted on October 25 and November 9, 1997
• The agenda October 25 field trip was changed and consisted of attending a conference on Earth Science education held at SUNY Stony Brook

Grading

The Course Project

Each participant in CEN 514 will be required to develop a lesson plan that is designed to familiarize secondary school students with Earth Science as an investigative process. The lesson plan is to describe a research project that the students are to perform that is designed to answer a specific question or test a specific hypothesis about Long Island's natural environment.

A one-paragraph project proposal is due on September 11. The instructors will review these and make suggestions. The lesson plan is to be submitted in printed form by December 4, 1997. In addition, each partcipant in CEN 514 will be required to deliver two class presentations on their project. The first presentation will consist of a five-minute progress report that will take place on October 30. The final presentations of the project will be about twenty minutes each in duration and will be delivered on November 20 and December 4.

Lesson plans must include the following:

• Objective
• The question or hypothesis that forms the basis of the project
• Grade level
• Materials list
• Brief background material
• List of resources for obtaining more information about the subject
• Description of procedure
• Sheets for collecting data

Useful Links

• Earth and Space Sciences Library
• Color Landform Atlas of the United States
• Earth Science and Geology Links by Category

Plate Tectonics

• Description of Plate Tectonics
• Earthquakes
• The Earth's Interior and Plate Tectonics
• Regional Earthquake Data

New York Geology

• New York Geology Resource Page
• Overview of New York Geology
• Physiographic Map of New York
• Physiographic Map of Northeastern U.S.
• Tectonic Map of Northeastern U.S.
• Virtual Geologic Field Trip from Oneonta to the Hudson
• Olga's Thumbnail Sketch of New York's Tectonic History
• Mohawk Valley Geology
• Sea Floor Geology offshore New York
• Catskill Geology
• Kaaterskill Cove, Green County, Catskill Mountains
• Gilboa Forest, Fossil Tree Trunks, Catskill Mountains
• Newark Basin Coring Project
• The Bluestone Industry, Rocks of the Catskill Mountains
• Geology and Geography of New York Bight Beaches
• The Highlands Region
• The Valley and Ridge Province
• Triassic-Jurassic Basins
• The Atlantic Coastal Plain
• Geology of Westchester County

Beaches in the New York Metropolitan Area

• The Transient Shore Line
• Sediments on Area Beaches
• Beaches and Barriers
• Rock Types on Beaches near New York City
• Shore Features of the New York Bight
• Shells on the New York Bight beaches
• "Fossils?" found on the New York Bight Beaches
• Anthropogenic Material on New York Bight Beaches
• Sea Floor south of New York City

Glaciers

• Photos of glaciers
• Images of glaciers and learn about glaciers University of Cincinatti

New York City, General

• New York City home page

New York City Water

• U.S. EPA, New York City Watershed Agreement
• Whole Farm Planning in NYC Watershed
• How Safe is New York's Water?
• New York State, NewYork City Watershed Agreement

Wetlands

• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• Challenge for Cape Cod Wetlands
• EPA Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds

Hudson River

• Clearwater News and Bulletins

Long Island Sound

• Long Island Sound Links
• National Estuary Program, Northeastern U.S.
• EPA Long Island Sound Study
• MSRC role in Long Island Sound Study
• Save the Sound

Pine Barrens

• Long Island Pine Barrens Burn One Year Later
• New Jersey Pine Barrens Plants

Earthquakes

Earthquakes in New York?

General Information

• Long Island's Natural Environment
• Long Island Geologists with links to other web sites in New York, Connecticut and New Jersey
• New York Environmental Gallery
• Geoscience Program SUNY Stony Brook
• Long Island Groundwater Research Institute
• New Jersey Geological Survey

Environmental Organizations

• Envirolink online environmental information resource

Sewage

• Septic Information Website

Petroleum Pollution

• Identifying gasoline as a contaminant in groundwater

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Last updated December 4, 1997