A Conversation for Mnemonics and Other Learning Devices
Geology
Demon Drawer Started conversation Aug 16, 2002
Which colums forms upwards and which downwards in caves.
Stalictites hold tight (to the ceiling)
stalicmites might.
Geology
Saavik2 Posted Aug 16, 2002
I remember being taught an amusing, if rather lengthy, mnemonic for the Geological Time Periods, thus:-
Pink = Precambrian
Camels = Cambrian
Often = Ordovician
Sit = Silurian
Down = Devonian
Carefully. = Carboniferous
Perhaps = Permian
Their = Triassic
Joints = Jurassic
Creak = Cretaceous
Painfully. = Paleocene
Early = Eocene
Oiling = Oligocene
Might = Miocene
Possibly = Pliocene
Prevent = Pleistocene
Rheumatism! = Recent
Tell you what, it works! I filled in almost all the time periods correctly without having to refer to my 28-year-old Geology textbook!!
Key: Complain about this post
Geology
More Conversations for Mnemonics and Other Learning Devices
Write an Entry
"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a wholly remarkable book. It has been compiled and recompiled many times and under many different editorships. It contains contributions from countless numbers of travellers and researchers."