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Woods Hole Field Center Earth Science Week Activities
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November 1999 |
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In honor of Earth Science Week and the Cape Cod Pathways Walking
Weekend Project, Beth Schwarzman, Outreach Coordinator, led a geology
walk around Long Pond in Falmouth. The walk concentrated on the
basics of local geology, including glacial history and processes,
and local hydrology. Forty people followed our "pied geologist."
Many walkers indicated that they wanted to know even more about geology!
A second activity of Earth Science Week was to initiate a 4th-grade
curriculum development program with local elementary schools. Beth
met with 4th-grade teachers to design a field trip, class activities,
and local science resources that would help them meet their
teaching-standard requirements for incorporating Earth science
into their science curriculum. Although initiated during Earth
Science Week, this activity will continue throughout the next few
months as the curriculum is developed. Beth is also chairperson
for the local Woods Hole Science and Technology Partnership program,
which provides opportunities for partnering, networking, mentoring,
and small grants to encourage collaboration between the local
scientific community and the school system.
The WHFC was represented at the USGS WRD Northboro, MA, office open
house on August 27th. Beth staffed the WHFC display. The display
included 3 posters, many fact sheets about projects in Massachusetts,
and the video about the Boston outfall-pipe project. The open house
was well attended despite heavy rain and lightning.
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November 1999
in this issue:
Lake Tanganyika
Honduras
Grand Canyon Sediments
Grand Canyon GPR
Medicine Lake, CA
SWASH Project
Cruise News
cover story:
Earth Science Week in St. Pete
Earth Science Week in Woods Hole
R/V Gilbert
Nat'l Mapping Leadership
MARGINS
Great Lakes Mapping
Delmarva Bays Delta
Grand Canyon Research
Bratton in the News
Woods Hole Arrivals
Woods Hole Visitors
Marshall Islands Map
November Publications List
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U. S. Department of the Interior | U.S. Geological Survey
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