Taught by Mr. Rogers, this Magnet elective offered second semester both to any Magnet junior or senior, or to any Blair student who has taken Honors Chemistry. The course is a perusal of plate tectonic theory and its relation to physical and marine geology. Initial students will develop a level of competency using image processing tools. Students then use these skills to investigate several concepts of plate tectonic theory (such as earthquakes and volcanism) and diastrophism. Several activities involving the Internet will extent topics covered in the text. Similarly, the second part of the course begins with a more in-depth use of image processing techniques as it related to the investigation of Earth's ocean environs. This portion of the courses concentrates on current topics of physical oceanography and marine geology.