Geology of Utah's National Parks
The 2011 course will be offered June
14 - July 1
Dinosaur National Monument, Utah
Dinosaur National Monument, Utah
Photo courtesy of Vince Duperron
OVERVIEW
This
course is designed to bring together professional teachers, undergraduate
students that are interested in secondary science education, and undergraduate
geoscience majors for a two-week-long field course. The goals of the course are
to provide undergraduate students and teachers with meaningful field
experiences, and to encourage motivated and well-trained geoscientists to enter
the teaching profession.
Development
of this course is made possible by support provided by the National Science
Foundation, Michigan Space Grant and Michigan Tech's Departments of Geological and Mining Engineering
and Sciences and Cognitive and Learning Sciences.
Geology
of Utah's National Parks makes use of exposures of Pennsylvanian through
Cretaceous rocks in southeastern Utah. Five National Parks and Monuments are
the sites of investigations conducted during the course.
This
site was constructed to provide information about what happens during the
course. The syllabus section (below) gives detailed information about the
activities on each day of the course. The photo gallery provides geologic
overviews and photographs (with captions) of geologic features. You can get to
the photo gallery from the syllabus or vice versa so take some time and wander
around!
Don't
miss your chance to visit Utah's canyon country and learn about geology in the
nation's best outdoor classroom.
Map of Field Sites
This link takes you to a map of the field sites. You can select the
numbers on the map and be directly transferred to the syllabus for each day of
the course.
Course Description and
Syllabus
This contains the itinerary, with detailed descriptions of the field sites and
exercises, as well as links to photos of each site.
Photo Gallery
This section leads to photos of sites that are investigated during the course.
What to Bring
This section contains a list of equipment that you should bring if you
participate in the course.
Course Facts
Information about credit hours, lab
fees, equipment provided, and other important facts are available through this
link.
How
to Register
If you are a Michigan Tech student you can register using Banweb. If you are
not a Michigan Tech student you need to enroll as a non-degree seeking student
in the University before you can enroll in the class. Graduate students and
professional teachers register for GE5130. Undergraduates register for a
Special Topics course (with permission of instructor. Lori Witting (lori@mtu.edu) can provide more information.
If
you are a teacher, contact Lori Witting (lori@mtu.edu)
so she can help you register and help you obtain financial aid.
Course Personnel and Contact
Information
This section contains information about the instructors and teaching
assistants.