Going beneath the surface for a better PD
Teachers mined a wealth of information and materials for their classrooms at a workshop held by the Kentucky Crushed Stone Association.
Association offers workshop on Kentucky’s rocks, minerals
The Kentucky Crushed Stone Association will hold its annual teachers’ workshop, “Rocks and Minerals in Modern Society,” June 21-22 at Georgetown College. The free workshop is designed for science teachers in grades 3-12, but is also open to other teachers who would like to learn more about rocks and minerals. The workshop will focus on the identification, economic value and uses [...]
Rocks and minerals workshop set for June
The Kentucky Crushed Stone Association will hold its annual teachers workshop – Rocks and Minerals in Modern Society – June 21-22 at Georgetown College.
Geoscience teachers invited to Wyoming workshops
GeoScience Adventures will host two educational workshops for geoscience teachers in grades K-12 and other geoscience enthusiasts in July near Shell, Wyoming. The workshops are conducted as a series of three-day short courses that explore the geological and paleontological record of northern Wyoming. Participants will learn geological and paleontological concepts from professional scientists. The workshops: “Introduction to Paleontology,” July 5-7: [...]
Campus program helps blind/visually impaired students prepare for their futures
INSIGHT program lets students experience everything from navigating a college campus and taking a college course to preparing for a job interview.
Tracking Kentucky through geologic time periods
An educational poster, Kentucky Landscapes through Geologic Time, is a 40- x 36-inch poster with a section for each of the major periods of geologic time, stretching back nearly 500 million years to the Ordovician Period. The inspiration for this poster came from Chris Scotese of the University of Texas at Arlington. The website www.scotese.com illustrates the position of the [...]
Geology resources
The Kentucky Geological Survey has developed many resources to support K-12 geology and earth science classes. Visit the resources here and the geology of Kentucky pages online at here. There are online keys to rocks, minerals and fossils of Kentucky. Also, there is a Citizen’s Guide to geologic maps and issues in Kentucky geology for land use planning, an interactive [...]