Each semester the students in my Environmental Earth Science class are tasked with a research-based term paper. Generally something that relates to the course and it doesn’t always have to be one of the topics we’ve covered in class. This term I got some great papers on subjects such as Carbon Footprints and Energy Production in Brazil, The Evolution of the Hawaiian Islands, Recent Changes in the Course of the Mississippi River, and even one on the debate surrounding the designation of a new geological time period called the Anthropocene (a new suggestion of a period where humans have started to impact upon the geological record).
But I’m always open to new ideas and ways for students to show me they’ve conducted some research and are able to present this research in a logical format. Two students this semester asked if they could make a short film discussing the geologic conditions at two important sites around Dublin. The sites they chose were the famous (well, famous to geologists, anyways) chevron folding at Loughshinny, 15 miles north of Dublin, and the evidence for glaciation and cliff erosion at Killiney Beach, about 6 miles south of the city.
The beauty of such projects is that they can be shared through the wonder of YouTube. So here it is, a short film by Justin Keskin and Eric Pollock, on the geological wonders of the Dublin area.
Stephen