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GEO Podcast

Gary Lewis, GEOetc.com

79 episodes

7 months ago

You can find the GEO podcast on iTunes right here. You can also find GEO Podcast or all the major podcast capture platforms! (Go on...subscribe and do not miss the new episodes) In this episode, I talk about the major types of microfossils and how they are important for us to understand the environments in which rocks formed in the past. Visit our GEOetc Members Section - Over 100 teaching resources that are classroom-ready to help you teach Earth science. Check them out! Support the s...

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You can find the GEO podcast on iTunes right here. You can also find GEO Podcast or all the major podcast capture platforms! (Go on...subscribe and do not miss the new episodes) In this episode, I talk about the major types of microfossils and how they are important for us to understand the environments in which rocks formed in the past. Visit our GEOetc Members Section - Over 100 teaching resources that are classroom-ready to help you teach Earth science. Check them out! Support the s...

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GEO Podcast

You can find the GEO podcast on iTunes right here. You can also find GEO Podcast or all the major podcast capture platforms! (Go on...subscribe and do not miss the new episodes) In this episode, I talk about the major types of microfossils and how they are important for us to understand the environments in which rocks formed in the past. Visit our GEOetc Members Section - Over 100 teaching resources that are classroom-ready to help you teach Earth science. Check them out! Support the s...

7 months ago

8 minutes

GEO Podcast

Shale - and how we use it

You can also find GEO Podcast or all the major podcast capture platforms!(Go on...subscribe and do not miss the new episodes)In this episode, I talk about shale, some major types, and how humans have used shale over time.Visit our GEOetc Members Section - Over 100 teaching resources that are classroom-ready to help you teach Earth science. Check them out!Support the show

7 months ago

6 minutes

GEO Podcast

Sandstone - quartz, arkose and lithic

You can find the GEO podcast on iTunes right here.You can also find GEO Podcast or all the major podcast capture platforms!(Go on...subscribe and do not miss the new episodes)In this episode, I talk about sandstone and what the sand grains can tell us about how far away from he source rock the material has traveled. Visit our GEOetc Members Section - Over 100 teaching resources that are classroom-ready to help you teach Earth science. Check them out!Support what I do to help you...Suppor...

7 months ago

5 minutes

GEO Podcast

Apparent Polar Wandering & Plate Tectonics

You can also find GEO Podcast or all the major podcast capture platforms!(Go on...subscribe and do not miss the new episodes)In this episode, I explain what apparent polar wandering curves are and how the information was then used to work out the position of the continents over time. Visit our GEOetc Members Section - Over 100 teaching resources that are classroom-ready to help you teach Earth science. Check them out!Support the show

8 months ago

5 minutes

GEO Podcast

Seeing Inside the Earth

In this episode, I explain how seismic waves are used to see the internal structure of the Earth including the crust, mantle, outer core, and inner core.You can also find GEO Podcast or all the major podcast capture platforms!(Go on...subscribe and do not miss the new episodes)Visit our GEOetc Members Section - Over 100 teaching resources that are classroom-ready to help you teach Earth science. Check them out!Don't miss a thing! Join our email list.Support the show

11 months ago

9 minutes

GEO Podcast

Tectonic Plates - Lithosphere, Moho, Asthenosphere

In this episode, I talk about the structure of a tectonic plate and introduce the terms crust, mantle, lithosphere, moho discontinuity, and asthenosphere.You can find the GEO podcast on iTunes right here.You can also find GEO Podcast or all the major podcast capture platforms!(Go on...subscribe and do not miss the new episodes) Visit our GEOetc Members Section - Over 100 teaching resources that are classroom-ready to help you teach Earth science. Check them out!Support the show

1 year ago

4 minutes

GEO Podcast

Three reasons why civilizations grew up around volcanoes

In this episode, I talk about the three reasons why people and civilizations grew up around active volcanoes. Why did people need to live close to the dangers of eruptions? What was it that drove and kept them there?Visit our GEOetc Members Section - Over 100 teaching resources that are classroom-ready to help you teach Earth science. Check them out!Support the show

1 year ago

5 minutes

GEO Podcast

Salt Weathering

In this episode, I talk about how salt acts as a physical weathering agent to break down rocks. Physical weathering is the breaking down of rocks without a chemical change, and salt can act as the agent that breaks down rocks especially close to the ocean, but also in salt-rich soils, etc.Visit our GEOetc Members Section - Over 100 teaching resources that are classroom-ready to help you teach Earth science. Check them out!Support the show

1 year ago

6 minutes

GEO Podcast

Current Iceland Volcanic Activity 101

In this episode, I explain in simple terms what is happening in Iceland these last few years on the plate boundary. I explain the two geological phenomena in Iceland, the recent eruptions and earthquake activity, and how they are related to Plate Tectonics.Support the show

1 year ago

8 minutes

GEO Podcast

Fake & Pseudo Fossils

In this episode, I talk about fake fossils and why people create them, as well as pseudo fossils such as dendrites.Visit our GEOetc Members Section - Over 100 teaching resources that are classroom-ready to help you teach Earth science. Come and check out all we have to offer at GEOetc.comSupport the show

1 year ago

5 minutes

GEO Podcast

Where does magma come from?

In this episode, I talk about how molten rock is formed inside the Earth - what are the mechanisms that cause our planet to produce molten rock to feed volcanoes?Visit our GEOetc Members Section - Over 100 teaching resources that are classroom-ready to help you teach Earth science. Check them out!Support the showSupport the show

1 year ago

6 minutes

GEO Podcast

All about limestone

In this episode, I talk about the different forms of limestone and how they form including chalk, coquina, fossiliferous limestone, travertine, and oolitic limestone. Visit our GEOetc Members Section - Over 100 teaching resources that are classroom-ready to help you teach Earth science. Check them out!Support the show

2 years ago

9 minutes

GEO Podcast

Bowens Reaction Series

In this episode I talk about Bowen's Reaction Series - and how it tells us the order of crystallization of minerals from molten rock.Support the show

2 years ago

7 minutes

GEO Podcast

Earth's Major Systems

The Earth is a huge system made up of a number of 'spheres' - the geosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere. What are each of these spheres and how can they interact? This episode explains each sphere and gives examples of the interaction between them.Visit our GEOetc Members Section - Over 100 teaching resources that are classroom-ready to help you teach Earth science. Check them out!Support the show

2 years ago

6 minutes

GEO Podcast

Buying a rock (geologic) hammer

In this episode, I talk about the things to consider when buying a geologic hammer - what to look for and the decisions you will need to make. You can find this information and more in my blog post about buying a forever hammer. Visit our GEOetc Members Section - Over 100 teaching resources that are classroom-ready to help you teach Earth science. Check them out!Support the show

2 years ago

5 minutes

GEO Podcast

Earth's largest volcano erupts - Mauna Loa 2022

In this episode, I talk about the recent eruption of Mauna Loa on the Big Island of Hawaii. The eruption was in 2022 and lasted just two weeks - but produced massive around of lava.Come and join us in Hawaii, or on any of our field adventures. See here for the trips for educators and here for the trips for geocachers.Visit our GEOetc Members Section - Over 100 teaching resources that are classroom-ready to help you teach Earth science. Check them out!Support the show

2 years ago

7 minutes

GEO Podcast

Have I found gold? Simple tests to find out!

In this episode, I talk about the three common minerals that fool people into thinking they have found gold - pyrite, chalcopyrite, and mica. I talk about the simple tests you can do to find out if what you found was really gold or one of these three. Visit our GEOetc Members Section - Over 100 teaching resources that are classroom-ready to help you teach Earth science. Check them out!Support the show

2 years ago

5 minutes

GEO Podcast

Hawaii - why I love taking people to visit the volcanoes

In this episode, I talk about the four reasons I just love to take people on tours around the volcanoes in Hawaii. It is about the accessibility of seeing the planet's largest and most active volcanoes and more.Come join us on an field adventure: www.geoetc.com/field-adventuresSupport the show

2 years ago

9 minutes

GEO Podcast

The 5 Great Extinctions

In this episode, I talk about the five great extinction events - events in which more than 70% of species on Earth become extinct. When did these occur and what might have caused each event.Visit our GEOetc Members Section - Over 100 teaching resources that are classroom-ready to help you teach Earth science. Check them out!Support the show

2 years ago

8 minutes

GEO Podcast

In this episode, I talk about the extinct colonial animal we call graptolites. These are fascinating fossils as they not only show an evolutionary trend that goes from complex to simple, but their wold-wide distribution makes them a perfect index fossil.Visit our GEOetc Members Section - Over 100 teaching resources that are classroom-ready to help you teach Earth science. Check them out!Support the show

2 years ago

6 minutes