Rock identification laboratory

This term I opened with a playlist on rocks and minerals followed by a presentation on the use of AI to interpret images including images of rocks. Something about the introduction stretched the laboratory to a full three hours, with one student finishing after five hours. 

At the very start I again covered RMSE zero errors.


Students still are not realizing that when they obtain an RMSE zero analysis that an error has occurred.

Then followed the playlist and the present.

Emylia, Sucie, Kapualani 

My guess is that the up front emphasis on using AI apps to make identifications drove identifying each and every rock. In prior terms students struggled to make identifications from images of rocks collections and simply have up identifying the rocks.

Mirabella, Darsen  Brian.

The 8:00 section got off to a late start, not getting started until around 8:30. Students only really began working on identifications around 9:30, perhaps in part because in addition to the playlist and presentation a video on the Texas Alpha School in Austin was also included for the benefit of educational program students. That video was dropped at 11:00.

Sheral and Gabby

The 11:00 session would run past 14:00 with the penultimate pair leaving at 14:14. Lunch was handled by grabbing take-put at 10:52 - students at 8:00 were still in the laboratory working when I left.
Morgianna and Darla 

Nakisha and Sinae

Each student worked individually on their own ten chosen rocks. White fine grit sandpaper would be a real plus.

Jemara and Sonya 

Dantez researching 

Joann and Angelica 

Shawn Dee, Mirabella, and Delailah 

Mirabells and Denny-Ray 

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