Geology Training Model Maker

Introduction - Block Models
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Training geology students how to understand the intersection of complicated geological surfaces and complicated topography can be challenging.

Simple concepts such as the ["Rule of V's"](http://nagt-jge.org/doi/pdf/10.5408/0022-1368-11.3.98?code=gete-site) can be taught with simple block models that allow students to see and understand how a dipping layer can make identifiable patterns on the Earth's surface.

Therefore, there is a [long history](http://www.sites.hps.cam.ac.uk/whipple/explore/models/geologicalmodels/) of using wooden blocks to demonstrate everything from [relatively complex](http://www.dataisnature.com/?p=2183) structural geology to [very simple](http://www.marlimillerphoto.com/Vblocks.html) cases.

These models can be [purchased](https://www.realscienceinnovations.com/rule-of-v-s-blocks.html), or made by hand.

3D printing provides the opportunity to construct lesson-specific block models, and