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Geoscience Educational Adventures In the Bighorn Basin of Wyoming Click on links below for more information! |
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Prepare yourself for the “Moment of Discovery”
CONTACT Cliff Manuel, Chairman Bighorn Basin Geoscience Center 537 Greybull Avenue Greybull, Wyoming 82426 Phone: 307.765.2286 or 888.224.3590 toll free Cell: 406.672.1462 e-mail: cliff@bbgeoscience.org |
Smithsonian
Outreach for EARTH science teachers, authors, media writers, and geoscience
enthusiasts Educational Workshops – 2013 JURASSIC PARK CSI . . .
Paleogeography, changing climates, geomapping, and much
more! DATE: June
24 thru 26, 2013 INSTRUCTORS: Dr. Erik Kvale and Kim Sowder GISP The Bighorn
Basin in Wyoming is the setting for one of the finest, natural, teaching
laboratories in the western hemisphere. We will spend three days looking at
both terrestrial and marine sequences that document the changing history of
ancient life during the “Age of Dinosaurs” - the Jurassic Period. Attendees will
be introduced to topographic mapping and Global Positioning System (GPS)
concepts. They will be using coordinates and compass information to
reconstruct the paleogeography of the area and to
map the evidence of dinosaur activity. They will also use compasses to adjust
for the paleomagnetic shifts. Compasses will be
provided by the Bighorn Basin Geoscience Center.
Attendees are asked to bring either a smart phone with GPS capabilities or a
GPS unit to use in the field. Dr. Erik Kvale and Kim
Sowder, GISP, will be the instructors. DINOSAURS AND LIFE IN THE
MESOZOIC ERA DATE: July 6 thru 8, 2013 INSTRUCTORS:
Dr. Michael Brett-Surman and Dr. Carol Hotton A
three day field course, supplemented with classroom lectures, which will show
teachers what we can, and cannot, know about fossils. Participants will see
dinosaur bones and footprints, visit fossil dig sites, and watch how
professional paleontologists reconstruct the life of the past. TV specials
that misrepresent paleontology will also be discussed. Dr. Michael Brett-Surman will be the
instructor, assisted by Dr. Carol Hotton. NOTE: Participants
should be physically able to spend three days in the field in rugged open
terrain, carrying their own water and supplies – backpacks and good hiking
shoes recommended. Compasses will be provided by the
Bighorn Basin Geoscience Center. Attendees are
asked to bring either a smart phone with GPS capabilities or a GPS unit to use
in the field. COSTS AND RESERVATIONS – Click
on Registration College and Professional Certification
Credits: University of Wyoming Outreach Program will offer two (2)
hours graduate credit for each workshop. - UWYO course for "Dinosaurs and Life
in the Mesozoic”: GEOL 5959 - two graduate credit hours (pending). - UWYO course for “Jurassic CSI”: GEOL 5959 - two graduate credit hours
(pending). Copyright © 2013, Bighorn Basin
Geoscience Center. All rights reserved
(except for images and text as noted) Last updated: January 24, 2013 Bighorn
Basin GeoScience Center ~ 537 Greybull Avenue ~
Greybull, Wyoming 82426 Web
site maintenance by: Cliff Manuel |
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