Detailed Syllabus for Geology, 2nd Year of the New Secondary
- 57 pages, school year 2008 to 2009, scientific series.
- Geology has one period a week, 30 a year, in the common trunk.
- Themes include rocks, volcanoes, earthquakes, water, soils and the structure of the Earth.
- Geomorphology covers the types of relief, the geomorphology of Haiti, marine geomorphology and aerial photographs.
- Later themes cover economic geology, the origin of the Earth and of life, stratigraphy and paleontology.
- The crisis themes include the Cretaceous to Tertiary crisis, Laramide tectonics in Haiti and the Beloc formation.
Issued for 2008 to 2009, the syllabus opens with the finalities of Haitian education and a study plan in which geology has one period a week, 30 a year, in the common trunk. Its framework table, for the scientific series in mathematics and physics and in life and earth sciences, distributes themes across the four years: magmatic, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks, volcanoes, earthquakes and seismic scales, environmental education, the planet Earth and the oxygen cycle, water as a resource, soils, the structure and dynamics of the Earth, geomorphology including that of Haiti, economic geology and minerals, the origin of the Earth and of life, stratigraphy and paleontology, and biological and geological crises. The detailed program lists competencies, contents and suggested activities.
How to cite
Ministry of National Education and Vocational Training (MENFP), 2008, Detailed Syllabus for Geology, 2nd Year of the New Secondary, accessed via HaitiDocs, https://www.haitidocs.org/doc/menfp-nouveau-secondaire-geologie-s2