GeoScience Educational Adventures

GeoScience Adventures, Inc., a public outreach organization comprising an instructional staff of professional geoscientists, offers teacher workshops that carry both recertification and graduate credits. These summer workshops are conducted as a series of three-day short courses that explore the geological and paleontological record of the Bighorn Basin and Big Horn Mountain in northern Wyoming.

Workshop participants learn to read and interpret the geological record of paleoenvironments, paleoclimate, ancient ecosystems, and mountain building events. In addition, new techniques and concepts are taught that can be readily adapted to various grade levels. Teachers taking the workshops for recertification credit must develop and submit a lesson-plan derived from their workshop experience. Assessment of the program based on discovery-based exercises, post-workshops evaluations, and anecdotal feedback indicate that participants substantially increase their confidence and interest in teaching earth-science concepts. Professional recertification credits or college credits available – see workshops .

Our educational workshops utilize the extensive geological and dinosaur fossil resources of Shell Valley in Wyoming’s Bighorn Basin, along with the nearby Big Horn Mountains, as “living classrooms” in order to increase the participant’s knowledge of earth science. These workshops will visit world-class dinosaur fossil-bearing localities with researchers who are currently conducting research on these deposits.

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The majority of the field activities are conducted near Shell, Wyoming, which is ideally located 15 miles east of Greybull, Wyoming, 60 miles east of Cody, Wyoming, and is only 2 hours drive from the east entrance to Yellowstone National Park. Shell is situated in the midst of some of the most significant and impressive dinosaur-bearing deposits in North America.

We invite you to browse through this site to learn more about:

- Combining “Lifelong Learning” with an authentic “Real West Vacation”

- Why paleontologists call Shell Valley the “Real Jurassic Playground”

- The multi-layered geology and natural resources of Wyoming’s Bighorn Basin

A vacation in the Bighorn Basin that includes one or more of our workshops would allow you to pursue “Lifelong Learning” while enjoying the area’s natural resources.

Last Modified: 12-13-2009

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