{"id":5988,"date":"2020-12-18T15:08:54","date_gmt":"2020-12-18T15:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joycecountrygeoparkproject.ie\/?page_id=5988"},"modified":"2021-08-24T15:06:06","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T15:06:06","slug":"third-level","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/joycecountrygeoparkproject.ie\/en\/learning\/third-level\/","title":{"rendered":"Third Level (Irish Colleges)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><section class=\"vc_section vc_custom_1599830249738\"><section class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid liquid-row-shadowbox-69d529d707e41\"><div class=\"ld-container container\"><div class=\"row ld-row\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12 liquid-column-69d529d707fea\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper \"   ><div class=\"wpb_wrapper-inner\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid liquid-row-shadowbox-69d529d7081b7\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-6 liquid-column-69d529d7083d9\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper \"  ><div class=\"wpb_wrapper-inner\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h3><strong>Third Level (Irish Colleges)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<style>.ld_spacer_69d529d7084ab{height:32px;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"ld-empty-space ld_spacer_69d529d7084ab\"><span class=\"liquid_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>This page has been designed to give ideas to teachers on how to link the Joyce Country &amp; Western Lakes geopark project region with the Irish curriculum.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We have also developed some resources which can be viewed in our dedicated <a href=\"https:\/\/joycecountrygeoparkproject.ie\/learning\/learning_resources\/\">resource<\/a> section, so please check them out!<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-6 liquid-column-69d529d7086b8\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper \"  ><div class=\"wpb_wrapper-inner\">\n\t<div  class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_left  liquid_vc_single_image-69d529d718311\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper   vc_box_border_grey\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,&lt;svg xmlns%3D&#039;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg&#039; viewBox%3D&#039;0 0 1024 683&#039;%2F&gt;\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-large ld-lazyload\" alt=\"\" title=\"Third_level_courses\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/joycecountrygeoparkproject.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Third_level_courses-1024x683.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/joycecountrygeoparkproject.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Third_level_courses-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/joycecountrygeoparkproject.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Third_level_courses-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/joycecountrygeoparkproject.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Third_level_courses-scaled-16x12.jpg 16w\" data-aspect=\"1.4992679355783\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><style>.ld_spacer_69d529d718382{height:32px;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"ld-empty-space ld_spacer_69d529d718382\"><span class=\"liquid_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p><strong>Using the JCWL geopark project region as a case study for the various geological modules at Third Level\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Below are suggestions and ideas for lecturers and professors on how the Joyce Country &amp; Western Lakes geopark region as a whole, or specific sites within it, can be used as a case study\/ as case studies to teach specific geological modules at Third Level.<\/p>\n<p>This can either be done in the classroom, or by going on a fieldtrip to visit these places. We want to encourage using the geopark region as an outdoor classroom, as a case study area, and for the people living within it to realise what a special area it is and be proud of where they live.<\/p>\n<p>We hope to design resources in conjunction with teachers, so if you are interested in working with us, please <a href=\"https:\/\/joycecountrygeoparkproject.ie\/contact-us\/\">contact us<\/a>. We look forward to hearing from and working with you.<\/p>\n<p>Please note, the curriculum information is correct as of April 2020. Only the modules that apply to the geopark project are mentioned here.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<style>.ld_spacer_69d529d71847f{height:32px;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"ld-empty-space ld_spacer_69d529d71847f\"><span class=\"liquid_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><style>.vc_accordion_69d529d71f0a8 .accordion-title a{background:rgb(0, 152, 160);}.vc_accordion_69d529d71f0a8 .active .accordion-title a{background:rgb(0, 152, 160);}<\/style><div class=\"accordion accordion-xs accordion-active-has-fill vc_accordion_69d529d71f0a8\" id=\"vc_accordion_69d529d71f0a8\" role=\"tablist\" aria-multiselectable=\"true\">\n\n\t<div class=\"accordion-item panel  \">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-heading\" role=\"tab\" id=\"heading_1605795997183-220ab934-bf83\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"accordion-title\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"collapsed\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#vc_accordion_69d529d71f0a8\" href=\"#1605795997183-220ab934-bf83\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"1605795997183-220ab934-bf83\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tUniversity College Dublin (UCD)\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div id=\"1605795997183-220ab934-bf83\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"heading_1605795997183-220ab934-bf83\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-content\">\n\t\t\t<div  class=\"vc_do_toggle vc_toggle vc_toggle_round vc_toggle_color_vista_blue vc_toggle_color_inverted vc_toggle_size_lg vc_toggle_active\"><div class=\"vc_toggle_title\"><p style=\"font-size: 20px;text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading\"  >Igneous Petrology (GEOL30240)<\/p><i class=\"vc_toggle_icon\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"vc_toggle_content\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/sisweb.ucd.ie\/usis\/!W_HU_MENU.P_PUBLISH?p_tag=MODULE&amp;MODULE=GEOL30240\"><strong>GEOL30240<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Geopark area as a fieldtrip\/ case study for module<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div  class=\"vc_do_toggle vc_toggle vc_toggle_round vc_toggle_color_turquoise vc_toggle_color_inverted vc_toggle_size_lg\"><div class=\"vc_toggle_title\"><p style=\"font-size: 20px;text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading\"  >Applied Palaeontology (GEOL30010)<\/p><i class=\"vc_toggle_icon\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"vc_toggle_content\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/sisweb.ucd.ie\/usis\/!W_HU_MENU.P_PUBLISH?p_tag=MODULE&amp;MODULE=GEOL30010\"><strong>GEOL30010<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Geopark area as a fieldtrip\/ case study for module e.g. looking at trace fossils in limestone and behaviour and environment they represent. Detail of uses of trace fossils and micro fossils. Role of fossils in biostratigraphy and chronostratigraphy<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div  class=\"vc_do_toggle vc_toggle vc_toggle_round vc_toggle_color_turquoise vc_toggle_color_inverted vc_toggle_size_lg\"><div class=\"vc_toggle_title\"><p style=\"font-size: 20px;text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading\"  >Metamorphic Petrology (GEOL30110)<\/p><i class=\"vc_toggle_icon\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"vc_toggle_content\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/sisweb.ucd.ie\/usis\/!W_HU_MENU.P_PUBLISH?p_tag=MODULE&amp;MODULE=GEOL30110\"><strong>GEOL30110<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Geopark area as a fieldtrip\/ case study for module<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div  class=\"vc_do_toggle vc_toggle vc_toggle_round vc_toggle_color_turquoise vc_toggle_color_inverted vc_toggle_size_lg\"><div class=\"vc_toggle_title\"><p style=\"font-size: 20px;text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading\"  >Geological Fieldwork - Stage 3 (GEOL30320)<\/p><i class=\"vc_toggle_icon\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"vc_toggle_content\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/sisweb.ucd.ie\/usis\/!W_HU_MENU.P_PUBLISH?p_tag=MODULE&amp;MODULE=GEOL30320\"><strong>GEOL30320<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Develop a fieldtrip especially for this module which includes areas for logging, mapping, structural analysis, faults, depositional environments and palaeogeographic settings<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div  class=\"vc_do_toggle vc_toggle vc_toggle_round vc_toggle_color_turquoise vc_toggle_color_inverted vc_toggle_size_lg\"><div class=\"vc_toggle_title\"><p style=\"font-size: 20px;text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading\"  >Geosynthesis (GEOL30400)<\/p><i class=\"vc_toggle_icon\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"vc_toggle_content\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/sisweb.ucd.ie\/usis\/!W_HU_MENU.P_PUBLISH?p_tag=MODULE&amp;MODULE=GEOL30400\"><strong>GEOL30400<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Develop an activity for this module e.g. deducing geological history using the geological map, interpreting geological map, using ArcGIS\/ QGIS to do an activity<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div  class=\"vc_do_toggle vc_toggle vc_toggle_round vc_toggle_color_turquoise vc_toggle_color_inverted vc_toggle_size_lg\"><div class=\"vc_toggle_title\"><p style=\"font-size: 20px;text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading\"  >Earth and Humanity (GEOL10050)<\/p><i class=\"vc_toggle_icon\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"vc_toggle_content\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/sisweb.ucd.ie\/usis\/!W_HU_MENU.P_PUBLISH?p_tag=MODULE&amp;MODULE=GEOL10050\"><strong>GEOL10050<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Geopark area as a case study for how the geological history has shaped and affected the landscape and how this has influence where we live and what businesses\/ industries you can find<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div  class=\"vc_do_toggle vc_toggle vc_toggle_round vc_toggle_color_turquoise vc_toggle_color_inverted vc_toggle_size_lg\"><div class=\"vc_toggle_title\"><p style=\"font-size: 20px;text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading\"  >Geoscience Research Project (GEOL30390)<\/p><i class=\"vc_toggle_icon\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"vc_toggle_content\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/sisweb.ucd.ie\/usis\/!W_HU_MENU.P_PUBLISH?p_tag=MODULE&amp;MODULE=GEOL30390\"><strong>GEOL30390<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Offer research ideas for this module for what can be done in geopark e.g. using petrology and isotope geochemistry to deduce geological history of geopark and to help determine the oldest rocks found etc<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div  class=\"vc_do_toggle vc_toggle vc_toggle_round vc_toggle_color_turquoise vc_toggle_color_inverted vc_toggle_size_lg\"><div class=\"vc_toggle_title\"><p style=\"font-size: 20px;text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading\"  >Geological Mapping Research (GEOL40510)<\/p><i class=\"vc_toggle_icon\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"vc_toggle_content\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/sisweb.ucd.ie\/usis\/!W_HU_MENU.P_PUBLISH?p_tag=MODULE&amp;MODULE=GEOL40510\"><strong>GEOL40510<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Geopark as an alternative fieldtrip to what they already offer e.g. Lough Mask Kilbride peninsula has everything for you need to practise your mapping skills<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div  class=\"vc_do_toggle vc_toggle vc_toggle_round vc_toggle_color_turquoise vc_toggle_color_inverted vc_toggle_size_lg\"><div class=\"vc_toggle_title\"><p style=\"font-size: 20px;text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading\"  >Igneous Petrology and Ore Geology (GEOL40190)<\/p><i class=\"vc_toggle_icon\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"vc_toggle_content\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/sisweb.ucd.ie\/usis\/!W_HU_MENU.P_PUBLISH?p_tag=MODULE&amp;MODULE=GEOL40190\"><strong>GEOL40190<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Geopark area as a case study for this module e.g. why mineralisation occurred in geopark and why different places have different\/same mineralisation<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div  class=\"vc_do_toggle vc_toggle vc_toggle_round vc_toggle_color_turquoise vc_toggle_color_inverted vc_toggle_size_lg\"><div class=\"vc_toggle_title\"><p style=\"font-size: 20px;text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading\"  >Quaternary Geology (GEOL40490)<\/p><i class=\"vc_toggle_icon\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"vc_toggle_content\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/sisweb.ucd.ie\/usis\/!W_HU_MENU.P_PUBLISH?p_tag=MODULE&amp;MODULE=GEOL40490\"><strong>GEOL40490<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Develop an activity for this module e.g. the glacial process that shaped the landscape we see today in the geopark, methods used to analyse the past 2.6 million years, Quaternary and mineral exploration<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"accordion-item panel  \">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-heading\" role=\"tab\" id=\"heading_1605795997357-599f285a-ab6c\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"accordion-title\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"collapsed\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#vc_accordion_69d529d71f0a8\" href=\"#1605795997357-599f285a-ab6c\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"1605795997357-599f285a-ab6c\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tTrinity College Dublin (TCD)\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div id=\"1605795997357-599f285a-ab6c\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"heading_1605795997357-599f285a-ab6c\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-content\">\n\t\t\t<div  class=\"vc_do_toggle vc_toggle vc_toggle_round vc_toggle_color_turquoise vc_toggle_color_inverted vc_toggle_size_lg\"><div class=\"vc_toggle_title\"><p style=\"font-size: 20px;text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading\"  >Geological Field Skills 1 (GLU33924)<\/p><i class=\"vc_toggle_icon\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"vc_toggle_content\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcd.ie\/Geology\/undergraduate\/modules\/year3\/glu33924.php\"><strong>GLU33924<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Geopark as an alternative fieldtrip to what they offer. Develop a fieldtrip\/ \u2018pack\u2019 for this module which includes basic field mapping skills<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div  class=\"vc_do_toggle vc_toggle vc_toggle_round vc_toggle_color_turquoise vc_toggle_color_inverted vc_toggle_size_lg\"><div class=\"vc_toggle_title\"><p style=\"font-size: 20px;text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading\"  >Geological Field Skills 2 (GLU33925)<\/p><i class=\"vc_toggle_icon\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"vc_toggle_content\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcd.ie\/Geology\/undergraduate\/modules\/year3\/glu33925.php\"><strong>GLU33925<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Geopark as an alternative fieldtrip to what they offer. Develop a fieldtrip\/ \u2018pack\u2019 for this module which includes basic field mapping skills and a focus on tectonics of a region and the geological evolution of a mountain belt<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div  class=\"vc_do_toggle vc_toggle vc_toggle_round vc_toggle_color_turquoise vc_toggle_color_inverted vc_toggle_size_lg\"><div class=\"vc_toggle_title\"><p style=\"font-size: 20px;text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading\"  >Sedimentology (GLU33926)<\/p><i class=\"vc_toggle_icon\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"vc_toggle_content\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcd.ie\/Geology\/undergraduate\/modules\/year3\/glu33926.php\"><strong>GLU33926<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Develop an activity to recognise sedimentary depositional environments e.g. in the road section from Finny \u2013 Kilbride: shallow to deep water<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div  class=\"vc_do_toggle vc_toggle vc_toggle_round vc_toggle_color_turquoise vc_toggle_color_inverted vc_toggle_size_lg\"><div class=\"vc_toggle_title\"><p style=\"font-size: 20px;text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading\"  >Structural Geology (GLU33928)<\/p><i class=\"vc_toggle_icon\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"vc_toggle_content\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcd.ie\/Geology\/undergraduate\/modules\/year3\/glu33928.php\"><strong>GLU33928<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Develop an activity using minor folds e.g. in the marble and how this can be used to infer the bigger picture of what happened in geopark area. Also opportunity for stereonet practice<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div  class=\"vc_do_toggle vc_toggle vc_toggle_round vc_toggle_color_turquoise vc_toggle_color_inverted vc_toggle_size_lg\"><div class=\"vc_toggle_title\"><p style=\"font-size: 20px;text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading\"  >Introduction to Geochemistry (GLU33934)<\/p><i class=\"vc_toggle_icon\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"vc_toggle_content\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcd.ie\/Geology\/undergraduate\/modules\/year3\/glU33934.php\"><strong>GLU33934<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Geopark area as a case study on how geochemistry can be used to determine the tectonic regimes of the geopark area and how to determine if a mineral is economic<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div  class=\"vc_do_toggle vc_toggle vc_toggle_round vc_toggle_color_turquoise vc_toggle_color_inverted vc_toggle_size_lg\"><div class=\"vc_toggle_title\"><p style=\"font-size: 20px;text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading\"  >Microscopy and Crystalline Rocks (GLU33936)<\/p><i class=\"vc_toggle_icon\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"vc_toggle_content\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcd.ie\/Geology\/undergraduate\/modules\/year3\/glu33936.php\"><strong>GLU33936<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Geopark area as a case study for how we can infer the parent rock of metamorphic rocks in the area based on microscopy<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div  class=\"vc_do_toggle vc_toggle vc_toggle_round vc_toggle_color_turquoise vc_toggle_color_inverted vc_toggle_size_lg\"><div class=\"vc_toggle_title\"><p style=\"font-size: 20px;text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading\"  >GIS and Mapping Techniques (GLU33937)<\/p><i class=\"vc_toggle_icon\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"vc_toggle_content\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcd.ie\/Geology\/undergraduate\/modules\/year3\/glu33937.php\"><strong>GLU33937<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Develop an activity for this module e.g. deducing geological history using the geological map, interpreting geological map, using ArcGIS\/ QGIS to do an activity<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div  class=\"vc_do_toggle vc_toggle vc_toggle_round vc_toggle_color_turquoise vc_toggle_color_inverted vc_toggle_size_lg\"><div class=\"vc_toggle_title\"><p style=\"font-size: 20px;text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading\"  >Economic Geology (GLU44919)<\/p><i class=\"vc_toggle_icon\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"vc_toggle_content\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcd.ie\/Geology\/undergraduate\/modules\/year4\/glu44919.php\"><strong>GLU44919<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Geopark area as a case study for the ore deposits found in the area. Gold, Lead and Silver. Where mineralising fluids came from, why they concentrated, types of mineralisation and how mineral exploration has occurred<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div  class=\"vc_do_toggle vc_toggle vc_toggle_round vc_toggle_color_turquoise vc_toggle_color_inverted vc_toggle_size_lg\"><div class=\"vc_toggle_title\"><p style=\"font-size: 20px;text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading\"  >Project (GLU44901)<\/p><i class=\"vc_toggle_icon\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"vc_toggle_content\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcd.ie\/Geology\/undergraduate\/modules\/year4\/glu44901.php\"><strong>GLU44901<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Geopark area as an ideal and suitable location for independent project as it has a lot to offer in such a small area<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div  class=\"vc_do_toggle vc_toggle vc_toggle_round vc_toggle_color_turquoise vc_toggle_color_inverted vc_toggle_size_lg\"><div class=\"vc_toggle_title\"><p style=\"font-size: 20px;text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading\"  >Micropalaeontology and Evolution (GLU44924)<\/p><i class=\"vc_toggle_icon\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"vc_toggle_content\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcd.ie\/Geology\/undergraduate\/modules\/year4\/glu44924.php\"><strong>GLU44924<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Geopark area as a fieldtrip\/ case study for module e.g. looking at trace fossils in limestone and behaviour and environment they represent. Detail of uses of trace fossils and micro fossils. Role of fossils in biostratigraphy and chronostratigraphy<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div  class=\"vc_do_toggle vc_toggle vc_toggle_round vc_toggle_color_turquoise vc_toggle_color_inverted vc_toggle_size_lg\"><div class=\"vc_toggle_title\"><p style=\"font-size: 20px;text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading\"  >Hydrology and Water Quality (GLU34923)<\/p><i class=\"vc_toggle_icon\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"vc_toggle_content\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcd.ie\/Geology\/undergraduate\/modules\/year4\/glu34923.php\"><strong>GLU34923<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Using Lough Carra as a case study for this module<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div  class=\"vc_do_toggle vc_toggle vc_toggle_round vc_toggle_color_turquoise vc_toggle_color_inverted vc_toggle_size_lg\"><div class=\"vc_toggle_title\"><p style=\"font-size: 20px;text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading\"  >Isotope Geochemistry and Geochronology (GLU44927)<\/p><i class=\"vc_toggle_icon\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"vc_toggle_content\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcd.ie\/Geology\/undergraduate\/modules\/year4\/glu44927.php\"><strong>GLU44927<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Geopark area as a case study for how we can infer the parent rock of metamorphic rocks in the area and the order of events based on the geochemistry of the rocks<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"accordion-item panel  \">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-heading\" role=\"tab\" id=\"heading_1605803723200-dc5e1e5f-a78b\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"accordion-title\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"collapsed\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#vc_accordion_69d529d71f0a8\" href=\"#1605803723200-dc5e1e5f-a78b\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"1605803723200-dc5e1e5f-a78b\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tUniversity College Cork (UCC)\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div id=\"1605803723200-dc5e1e5f-a78b\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"heading_1605803723200-dc5e1e5f-a78b\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-content\">\n\t\t\t<div  class=\"vc_do_toggle vc_toggle vc_toggle_round vc_toggle_color_turquoise vc_toggle_color_inverted vc_toggle_size_lg\"><div class=\"vc_toggle_title\"><p style=\"font-size: 20px;text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading\"  >Geological Evolution of Ireland (GL1004)<\/p><i class=\"vc_toggle_icon\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"vc_toggle_content\"><p>Geopark area as a case study as has rocks from many different ages spanning most of the geological evolution of Ireland<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div  class=\"vc_do_toggle vc_toggle vc_toggle_round vc_toggle_color_turquoise vc_toggle_color_inverted vc_toggle_size_lg\"><div class=\"vc_toggle_title\"><p style=\"font-size: 20px;text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading\"  >Introductory Sedimentology for non-Geologists (GL2001)<\/p><i class=\"vc_toggle_icon\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"vc_toggle_content\"><p>Develop an activity to recognise sedimentary depositional environments e.g. in the road section from Finny \u2013 Kilbride: shallow to deep water<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div  class=\"vc_do_toggle vc_toggle vc_toggle_round vc_toggle_color_turquoise vc_toggle_color_inverted vc_toggle_size_lg\"><div class=\"vc_toggle_title\"><p style=\"font-size: 20px;text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading\"  >Sedimentological Processes and Sedimentary Petrology (GL2011)<\/p><i class=\"vc_toggle_icon\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"vc_toggle_content\"><p>Develop an activity to recognise sedimentary depositional environments e.g. in the road section from Finny \u2013 Kilbride: shallow to deep water<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div  class=\"vc_do_toggle vc_toggle vc_toggle_round vc_toggle_color_turquoise vc_toggle_color_inverted vc_toggle_size_lg\"><div class=\"vc_toggle_title\"><p style=\"font-size: 20px;text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading\"  >Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology (GL2012)<\/p><i class=\"vc_toggle_icon\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"vc_toggle_content\"><p>Geopark area as a destination to see how some metamorphic and igneous rocks formed<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div  class=\"vc_do_toggle vc_toggle vc_toggle_round vc_toggle_color_turquoise vc_toggle_color_inverted vc_toggle_size_lg\"><div class=\"vc_toggle_title\"><p style=\"font-size: 20px;text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading\"  >Easter Field Course (GL2016)<\/p><i class=\"vc_toggle_icon\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"vc_toggle_content\"><p>Geopark area as an alternative fieldtrip to what they offer. Includes stratigraphy, sedimentology, volcanology, structure, palaeontology and basic mapping skills<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div  class=\"vc_do_toggle vc_toggle vc_toggle_round vc_toggle_color_turquoise vc_toggle_color_inverted vc_toggle_size_lg\"><div class=\"vc_toggle_title\"><p style=\"font-size: 20px;text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading\"  >Fossils as Living Organisms (GL2019)<\/p><i class=\"vc_toggle_icon\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"vc_toggle_content\"><p>Geopark area as a fieldtrip\/ case study for module e.g. looking at trace fossils in limestone and behaviour and environment they represent. Detail of uses of trace fossils and micro fossils. Role of fossils in biostratigraphy and chronostratigraphy<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div  class=\"vc_do_toggle vc_toggle vc_toggle_round vc_toggle_color_turquoise vc_toggle_color_inverted vc_toggle_size_lg\"><div class=\"vc_toggle_title\"><p style=\"font-size: 20px;text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading\"  >Sedimentary Environments (GL3013)<\/p><i class=\"vc_toggle_icon\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"vc_toggle_content\"><p>Develop an activity to recognise sedimentary depositional environments e.g. in the road section from Finny \u2013 Kilbride: shallow to deep water<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div  class=\"vc_do_toggle vc_toggle vc_toggle_round vc_toggle_color_turquoise vc_toggle_color_inverted vc_toggle_size_lg\"><div class=\"vc_toggle_title\"><p style=\"font-size: 20px;text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading\"  >Crustal Evolution of NW Britain (GL3023)<\/p><i class=\"vc_toggle_icon\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"vc_toggle_content\"><p>Have an Irish option for this, as the geology of geopark area is similar geology and processes to those of NW Britain (part of same continent). Igneous and metamorphic rocks, structural processes, Archaean and Proterozoic metamorphism, Caledonian magmatism, Palaeogene magmatism. Include Dalradian<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div  class=\"vc_do_toggle vc_toggle vc_toggle_round vc_toggle_color_turquoise vc_toggle_color_inverted vc_toggle_size_lg\"><div class=\"vc_toggle_title\"><p style=\"font-size: 20px;text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading\"  >Geological Map Interpretation (GL3030)<\/p><i class=\"vc_toggle_icon\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"vc_toggle_content\"><p>Develop an activity for this module e.g. deducing geological history using the geological map, interpreting geological map, using ArcGIS\/ QGIS to do an activity<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div  class=\"vc_do_toggle vc_toggle vc_toggle_round vc_toggle_color_turquoise vc_toggle_color_inverted vc_toggle_size_lg\"><div class=\"vc_toggle_title\"><p style=\"font-size: 20px;text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading\"  >Advanced Field Geoscience Techniques (GL3033)<\/p><i class=\"vc_toggle_icon\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"vc_toggle_content\"><p>Geopark area as an alternative fieldtrip to what they offer. Includes stratigraphy, sedimentology, volcanology, structure, palaeontology and basic mapping skills<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div  class=\"vc_do_toggle vc_toggle vc_toggle_round vc_toggle_color_turquoise vc_toggle_color_inverted vc_toggle_size_lg\"><div class=\"vc_toggle_title\"><p style=\"font-size: 20px;text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading\"  >Geology Field Project (GL4030)<\/p><i class=\"vc_toggle_icon\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"vc_toggle_content\"><p>Geopark area as an alternative fieldtrip to what is offered. Includes stratigraphy, sedimentology, volcanology, structure, palaeontology and basic mapping skills<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div  class=\"vc_do_toggle vc_toggle vc_toggle_round vc_toggle_color_turquoise vc_toggle_color_inverted vc_toggle_size_lg\"><div class=\"vc_toggle_title\"><p style=\"font-size: 20px;text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading\"  >Igneous and Metamorphic Terrain Mapping (GL6002)<\/p><i class=\"vc_toggle_icon\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"vc_toggle_content\"><p>Geopark area as an alternative fieldtrip to what is offered. Includes stratigraphy, sedimentology, volcanology, structure, palaeontology and basic mapping skills. Concentrate on the areas with igneous and metamorphic rocks and how to use small scale structures e.g. minor folds to determine bigger events<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div  class=\"vc_do_toggle vc_toggle vc_toggle_round vc_toggle_color_turquoise vc_toggle_color_inverted vc_toggle_size_lg\"><div class=\"vc_toggle_title\"><p style=\"font-size: 20px;text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading\"  >Structural Geology for Mineral Exploration (GL6012)<\/p><i class=\"vc_toggle_icon\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"vc_toggle_content\"><p>Geopark area as a case study for the ore deposits found in the area. Gold, Lead and Silver. Where mineralising fluids came from, why they concentrated, types of mineralisation and how mineral exploration has occurred<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div  class=\"vc_do_toggle vc_toggle vc_toggle_round vc_toggle_color_turquoise vc_toggle_color_inverted vc_toggle_size_lg\"><div class=\"vc_toggle_title\"><p style=\"font-size: 20px;text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading\"  >Geology of Ore Deposits (GL6013)<\/p><i class=\"vc_toggle_icon\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"vc_toggle_content\"><p>Geopark area as a case study for the ore deposits found in the area. Gold, Lead and Silver. Where mineralising fluids came from, why they concentrated, types of mineralisation and how mineral exploration has occurred<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div  class=\"vc_do_toggle vc_toggle vc_toggle_round vc_toggle_color_turquoise vc_toggle_color_inverted vc_toggle_size_lg\"><div class=\"vc_toggle_title\"><p style=\"font-size: 20px;text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading\"  >Field Training 2 (ER3005)<\/p><i class=\"vc_toggle_icon\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"vc_toggle_content\"><p>Geopark as an alternative fieldtrip to what is offered. Develop a fieldtrip\/ \u2018pack\u2019 for this module which includes basic field mapping skills<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div  class=\"vc_do_toggle vc_toggle vc_toggle_round vc_toggle_color_turquoise vc_toggle_color_inverted vc_toggle_size_lg\"><div class=\"vc_toggle_title\"><p style=\"font-size: 20px;text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading\"  >Field Training 1 (ER2002)<\/p><i class=\"vc_toggle_icon\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"vc_toggle_content\"><p>Geopark as an alternative fieldtrip to what is offered. Develop a fieldtrip\/ \u2018pack\u2019 for this module which includes basic field mapping skills<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div  class=\"vc_do_toggle vc_toggle vc_toggle_round vc_toggle_color_turquoise vc_toggle_color_inverted vc_toggle_size_lg\"><div class=\"vc_toggle_title\"><p style=\"font-size: 20px;text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading\"  >Dissertation in Field Geology (GL6018)<\/p><i class=\"vc_toggle_icon\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"vc_toggle_content\"><p>Geopark area as an alternative fieldtrip to what is offered. Includes stratigraphy, sedimentology, volcanology, structure, palaeontology and basic mapping skills<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"accordion-item panel  \">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-heading\" role=\"tab\" id=\"heading_1605803807319-a7e08350-ec8c\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"accordion-title\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"collapsed\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#vc_accordion_69d529d71f0a8\" href=\"#1605803807319-a7e08350-ec8c\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"1605803807319-a7e08350-ec8c\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tNational University of Ireland Galway (NUIG)\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div id=\"1605803807319-a7e08350-ec8c\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"heading_1605803807319-a7e08350-ec8c\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-content\">\n\t\t\t<div  class=\"vc_do_toggle vc_toggle vc_toggle_round vc_toggle_color_turquoise vc_toggle_color_inverted vc_toggle_size_lg\"><div class=\"vc_toggle_title\"><p style=\"font-size: 20px;text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading\"  >Introduction to Fieldskills (EOS2101)<\/p><i class=\"vc_toggle_icon\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"vc_toggle_content\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nuigalway.ie\/course-information\/module\/EOS2101\"><strong>EOS2101<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Geopark area as an alternative fieldtrip to what is offered. Develop a fieldtrip\/ \u2018pack\u2019 for this module which includes volcanic rocks, sedimentary rocks, sedimentary structures and depositional environments, trace fossils, field relationships, rock contacts, dipping rocks, areas to collect data and a GIS component e.g. digitising maps<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div  class=\"vc_do_toggle vc_toggle vc_toggle_round vc_toggle_color_turquoise vc_toggle_color_inverted vc_toggle_size_lg\"><div class=\"vc_toggle_title\"><p style=\"font-size: 20px;text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading\"  >The Earth: From Core to Crust (EOS2102)<\/p><i class=\"vc_toggle_icon\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"vc_toggle_content\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nuigalway.ie\/course-information\/module\/EOS2102\"><strong>EOS2102<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Geopark area as a case study using its geological history to explain processes that occur<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div  class=\"vc_do_toggle vc_toggle vc_toggle_round vc_toggle_color_turquoise vc_toggle_color_inverted vc_toggle_size_lg\"><div class=\"vc_toggle_title\"><p style=\"font-size: 20px;text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading\"  >Fieldskills Training (EOS3104)<\/p><i class=\"vc_toggle_icon\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"vc_toggle_content\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nuigalway.ie\/course-information\/module\/EOS3104\"><strong>EOS3104<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Geopark area as an alternative fieldtrip to what is offered. Develop a fieldtrip\/ \u2018pack\u2019 for this module which includes volcanic rocks, sedimentary rocks, sedimentary structures and depositional environments, trace fossils, field relationships, rock contacts, dipping rocks, areas to collect data and a GIS component e.g. digitising maps<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div  class=\"vc_do_toggle vc_toggle vc_toggle_round vc_toggle_color_turquoise vc_toggle_color_inverted vc_toggle_size_lg\"><div class=\"vc_toggle_title\"><p style=\"font-size: 20px;text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading\"  >Sediments and the Sedimentary Record (EOS323)<\/p><i class=\"vc_toggle_icon\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"vc_toggle_content\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nuigalway.ie\/course-information\/module\/EOS323\"><strong>EOS323<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Day trip to geopark area to collect data about sedimentary structures, do sedimentary logs, palaeocurrent data, look at a range of sedimentary rocks, sedimentary depositional environments e.g. Finny \u2013 Kilbride road<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div  class=\"vc_do_toggle vc_toggle vc_toggle_round vc_toggle_color_turquoise vc_toggle_color_inverted vc_toggle_size_lg\"><div class=\"vc_toggle_title\"><p style=\"font-size: 20px;text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading\"  >Palaeontology &amp; Evolution (EOS3103)<\/p><i class=\"vc_toggle_icon\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"vc_toggle_content\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nuigalway.ie\/course-information\/module\/EOS3103\"><strong>EOS3103<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Geopark area as a fieldtrip\/ case study for module e.g. looking at trace fossils in limestone and behaviour and environment they represent. Detail of uses of trace fossils and micro fossils. Role of fossils in biostratigraphy and chronostratigraphy<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div  class=\"vc_do_toggle vc_toggle vc_toggle_round vc_toggle_color_turquoise vc_toggle_color_inverted vc_toggle_size_lg\"><div class=\"vc_toggle_title\"><p style=\"font-size: 20px;text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading\"  >The Crystalline Crust (EOS3105)<\/p><i class=\"vc_toggle_icon\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"vc_toggle_content\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nuigalway.ie\/course-information\/module\/EOS3105\"><strong>EOS3105<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Day trip to geopark area to observe in-the-field specimens of igneous and metamorphic rocks and infer relationship between metamorphic rocks and parent rocks<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div  class=\"vc_do_toggle vc_toggle vc_toggle_round vc_toggle_color_turquoise vc_toggle_color_inverted vc_toggle_size_lg\"><div class=\"vc_toggle_title\"><p style=\"font-size: 20px;text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading\"  >Advanced Fieldskills (EOS4103)<\/p><i class=\"vc_toggle_icon\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"vc_toggle_content\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nuigalway.ie\/course-information\/module\/EOS4103\"><strong>EOS4103<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Geopark area as an alternative fieldtrip to what is offered. Develop a fieldtrip\/ \u2018pack\u2019 for this module which includes volcanic rocks, sedimentary rocks, sedimentary structures and depositional environments, trace fossils, field relationships, rock contacts, dipping rocks, areas to collect data and a GIS component e.g. digitising maps<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div  class=\"vc_do_toggle vc_toggle vc_toggle_round vc_toggle_color_turquoise vc_toggle_color_inverted vc_toggle_size_lg\"><div class=\"vc_toggle_title\"><p style=\"font-size: 20px;text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading\"  >Final Year Project (EOS403)<\/p><i class=\"vc_toggle_icon\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"vc_toggle_content\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nuigalway.ie\/course-information\/module\/EOS403\"><strong>EOS403<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Geopark area as an alternative fieldtrip to what is offered. Develop a fieldtrip\/ \u2018pack\u2019 for this module which includes volcanic rocks, sedimentary rocks, sedimentary structures and depositional environments, trace fossils, field relationships, rock contacts, dipping rocks, areas to collect data and a GIS component e.g. digitising maps<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div  class=\"vc_do_toggle vc_toggle vc_toggle_round vc_toggle_color_turquoise vc_toggle_color_inverted vc_toggle_size_lg\"><div class=\"vc_toggle_title\"><p style=\"font-size: 20px;text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading\"  >History of Life (EOS407)<\/p><i class=\"vc_toggle_icon\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"vc_toggle_content\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nuigalway.ie\/course-information\/module\/EOS407\"><strong>EOS407<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Liaise with NUIG for History of Life module \u2013 suggest topics about geopark area e.g. evolution of landscape today, evolution of bogs etc. Video can then be featured on JCWL website<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div  class=\"vc_do_toggle vc_toggle vc_toggle_round vc_toggle_color_turquoise vc_toggle_color_inverted vc_toggle_size_lg\"><div class=\"vc_toggle_title\"><p style=\"font-size: 20px;text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading\"  >Diploma in Scientific Studies<\/p><i class=\"vc_toggle_icon\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"vc_toggle_content\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nuigalway.ie\/science\/school-of-natural-sciences\/disciplines\/earth-ocean-science\/undergraduate\/earthoceansciencesdiploma\/#course_outline\">Diploma in Scientific Studies<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Geopark area as a fieldtrip destination for diploma to visualise the theory discussed in class e.g. going in to geological history of geopark, the rock type and how they formed, structural features etc<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div  class=\"vc_do_toggle vc_toggle vc_toggle_round vc_toggle_color_turquoise vc_toggle_color_inverted vc_toggle_size_lg\"><div class=\"vc_toggle_title\"><p style=\"font-size: 20px;text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading\"  >Diploma in Gemmology<\/p><i class=\"vc_toggle_icon\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"vc_toggle_content\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nuigalway.ie\/science\/school-of-natural-sciences\/disciplines\/earth-ocean-science\/undergraduate\/gemmology.html#course_outline\">Diploma in Gemmology<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Geopark area as a fieldtrip destination for diploma to visualise the theory discussed in class e.g. going in to geological history of geopark, the rock type and how they formed, structural features etc<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"accordion-item panel  \">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-heading\" role=\"tab\" id=\"heading_ld-1608284410079-ed6b52af-2aa1\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"accordion-title\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"collapsed\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#vc_accordion_69d529d71f0a8\" href=\"#ld-1608284410079-ed6b52af-2aa1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"ld-1608284410079-ed6b52af-2aa1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tOpen University Ireland (online access)\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div id=\"ld-1608284410079-ed6b52af-2aa1\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"heading_ld-1608284410079-ed6b52af-2aa1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-content\">\n\t\t\t<div  class=\"vc_do_toggle vc_toggle vc_toggle_round vc_toggle_color_turquoise vc_toggle_color_inverted vc_toggle_size_lg\"><div class=\"vc_toggle_title\"><p style=\"font-size: 20px;text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading\"  >Science: The Frozen Planet (SG075)<\/p><i class=\"vc_toggle_icon\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"vc_toggle_content\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openuniversity.edu\/courses\/short-courses\/sg075\"><strong>SG075<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Geopark area as a case study\/ fieldtrip\/ online resource for this module, including landscape shapes by ice, drumlins, corries, erratics, till etc<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div  class=\"vc_do_toggle vc_toggle vc_toggle_round vc_toggle_color_turquoise 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