Ever since our ancestors ventured onto the African savanna, human beings have searched, explored, and wondered about the world. Nowadays, and certainly for most, science is the vehicle that takes us along a path towards understanding nature. It can bring us from sub-atomic realms to the most distant galaxies. Largely through the discipline of geology, science allows us to push back the mists of time and peer into a past measured in billions of years, and aptly referred to as “Deep Time.”
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Deep Time: Discovering an Ancient Earth
University of Colorado BoulderAbout this Course
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Communicate and teach the underpinnings of geology and deep time.
Evaluate the evidence supporting the age of the earth, and review the geologic story of the Rocky Mountains.
Apply geological data, models, and investigations.
Skills you will gain
- Critical Assessment of Science
- Geological Methods
- Evidence for Ancient Earth
- History of Science
- Geologic History of the Rocky Mountains
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Beginner Level
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Approx. 10 hours to complete
English
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
3 hours to complete
Science and Geology in Search of Deep Time
3 hours to complete
6 videos (Total 55 min)
2 hours to complete
Origins: Stars to Planets, Continents, Oceans, and Atmospheres
2 hours to complete
5 videos (Total 57 min)
3 hours to complete
Seas and Ancient Mountains of North America
3 hours to complete
6 videos (Total 62 min)
3 hours to complete
The Rise of the Modern Rocky Mountains
3 hours to complete
5 videos (Total 66 min)
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