This full day field trip will provide an opportunity to visit multiple sites in the vicinity of Indianapolis, including collection opportunities. We will be spending some time at various areas of the Hanson Aggregates Midwest, Inc.’s Harding Street Quarry. This quarry is a sand and gravel pit. We will be observing the operations and looking at layers of dolomite, black shale, and Devonian / Silurian limestone. Dr. Nelson R. Shaffer from the Indiana Geological Survey will be guiding the trip and explaining the various layers. This will be a collecting trip so bring your collecting bags.
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This half-day (afternoon) field trip will be to the IMI (Irving Materials, Inc.) Pendleton Quarry. This site is well known for their amber colored calcite as well as their twin calcite crystals. Time permitting we will make a couple of other quick stops including Mounds archeological site built by the prehistoric Adena culture indigenous peoples of eastern North America. Dr. Nelson R. Shaffer from the Indiana Geological Survey will be guiding the trip and giving us a peak into Indiana’s past. A printed Field Guide will be provided.
Join more than 20 NESTA members and other education specialists as they share their favorite classroom activities. Lots of free handouts!
Presenter(s): Michelle C. Harris (Wakefield High School: Arlington, VA); Ardis Herrold (National Earth Science Teachers Association: Plymouth, MI); Roberta Johnson (National Earth Science Teachers Association: Boulder, CO)
Join more than 20 NESTA members and other education specialists as they share their favorite classroom activities. Lots of free handouts!
Presenter(s): Michelle C. Harris (Wakefield High School: Arlington, VA); Ardis Herrold (National Earth Science Teachers Association: Plymouth, MI); Roberta Johnson (National Earth Science Teachers Association: Boulder, CO)
Join more than 20 NESTA members and other education specialists as they share their favorite classroom activities. Lots of free handouts!
Presenter(s): Michelle C. Harris (Wakefield High School: Arlington, VA); Ardis Herrold (National Earth Science Teachers Association: Plymouth, MI); Roberta Johnson (National Earth Science Teachers Association: Boulder, CO)
Join us as we share tested hands-on activities and resources about the Sun's dynamic atmosphere and magnetic field, Earth's magnetic field, and dramatic space weather events!
Presenter(s): Roberta Johnson (National Earth Science Teachers Association: Boulder, CO); David F. Mastie (Retired Educator: Chelsea, MI)
Join us for a panel discussion that examines Earth and Space Science education status, trends, and opportunities to advance ESS education at the state and national levels.
Presenter(s): Missy Holzer (Chatham High School: Chatham, NJ); Roberta Johnson (National Earth Science Teachers Association: Boulder, CO); Wendy Van Norden (Harvard-Westlake School: North Hollywood, CA)
In this fast-paced workshop, educators and scientists share their repertoire of inquiry-based hands-on activities spanning the five "spheres" of Earth system science. Handouts.
Presenter(s): Jennifer Bergman ( Middletown, MD); David F. Mastie (Retired Educator: Chelsea, MI)
Join leading Earth science educators to learn successful strategies for teaching about "charged" topics such as evolution and climate change. What works? What doesn't?
Presenter(s): Missy Holzer (Chatham High School: Chatham, NJ); Roberta Johnson (National Earth Science Teachers Association: Boulder, CO); Michael Passow (Dwight Morrow High School: Englewood, NJ)
Join more than 20 NESTA members and other education specialists as they share their favorite classroom activities. Lots of free handouts!
Presenter(s): Michelle C. Harris (Wakefield High School: Arlington, VA); Ardis Herrold (National Earth Science Teachers Association: Plymouth, MI)
Get introduced to a baker's dozen of free online activities and videos about changes in the Earth system, including three activities the group will do together!
Presenter(s): Missy Holzer (Chatham High School: Chatham, NJ); Jennifer Bergman ( Middletown, MD); Roberta Johnson (National Earth Science Teachers Association: Boulder, CO)
NESTA offers more than 50 specimens to choose from for a chance to win display-quality specimens of rocks, minerals, fossils, and other Earth science–related materials.
Presenter(s): Kimberly Warschaw (Wakefield High School: Arlington, VA); Roberta Johnson (National Earth Science Teachers Association: Boulder, CO); Ardis Herrold (National Earth Science Teachers Association: Plymouth, MI)
