Field excursion to soil mapping sites to look at soil profiles and mapping units. Using soils as natural labs. Teachers work in teams to apply their new knowledge and teaching skills to develop additional activities to be used in their classrooms. Field trip to practice map reading skills and to learn map construction. Teachers work in teams to apply their new knowledge and teaching skills to develop additional activities to be used in their classrooms.
Activities focus on using rocks to interpret earth's geologic history.
Classroom exercises will focus on Nebraska's rocks, sediments, and geologic history. Using river sediments as natural labs for studying rocks, minerals, and sedimentary processes. Teachers work in teams to apply their new knowledge and teaching skills to develop additional activities to be used in their classrooms. This workshop will not answer that question. But we will look at what governs the Climate System and how human impact on the atmospheric environment may be affecting the climate.