-Stage 4-
Geologic Movies
One of the things that I find fascinating is how bad a geology movie could be. They are surprisingly good teaching tools though, if you know how to use them right. Here I am going to give an overview of pretty much any geology movie out there as well as a worksheet with questions for students. If you are a geology professor and wish to use these go right ahead, I would just appreciate credit for it though. Eventually all the movies will have questions and overviews. For the question sheets, I recommend watching the movie first, then attempting the questions before reading my description for the answers. Some answers will be in there but not all of them. Email me for some help if you need it.
- Click on the title to go to the Geological Review webpage.
- Click on the Movie picture to go to Amazon.com
- Click on the "Extra Credit" icon for Question Sheets regarding the movie
Movie Geologic Genre
4.1 - Asteroid Impact
Armageddon (1998) Asteroid Impact
Deep Impact (1998) Asteroid Impact
4.2 - Global Change
The Day After Tomorrow (2004) Climate Change
The Core (2003) Global Magnetism
4.3 - Earthquakes
10.5 (2004) Earthquake
Earthquake (1974) Earthquake
4.4 - Meteorological
Category 6 - Day of Destruction (2004) Hurricane
Twister (1996) Tornadoes
Tornado! (1996) Tornadoes
Night of the Twisters (1996) Tornadoes
4.5 - Paleontology
Jurassic Park (1993) Paleontology
The Land Before Time (1988) Paleontology
Dinosaur (2000) Paleontology
4.6 - Volcanism
Dante's Peak (1997) Volcanism
Volcano (1997) Volcanism
Supervolcano Volcanism