Teaching
Never regard your study as a duty, but as the enviable opportunity to learn to know the liberating influence of beauty in the realm of the sprit for your own personal joy and to profit of the community to which your latter work belongs.
- Albert Einstein
Discovering Iowa's diverse geologic landscapes
Do you have a geology lesson or activity that is fun and helps people learn? Are you looking for one? One of the primary IGEIN goals is to provide Iowa’s teachers, parents, and naturalists with engaging geology lessons and activities. A secondary goal is develop lessons and activities that are specifically linked Iowa’s parks, playgrounds, backyards (landscapes)! If you have something to share or would like some feedback on a lesson that you have been developing? Please contact us IGEIN@uni.edu
K-12 grade specific activities
University of Northern Iowa (Dr. Heinzel)
Inquiry into Earth and Space Science
Capstone : Environment, Technology, and Society - Southern Italy
Techniques for Science Teachers - Using GIS in science classrooms and activities
UNI Earth Science/Geology (Professional Development) Opportunites
Geology of Iowa For Teachers Course (2001-2011)
Earth Science Update Conferences
2012 (Informaton coming soon - Sponsored by the Iowa Limestone Producers Association)
Tools & Ideas
Using Google Earth to help your student's learn about the Geology of Iowa (Super cool!)
The Science Education Resource Center @ Carleton College, MN (Teaching activities)
Links for Environmental Sustainability in Education
Interesting reading
Forget what you know about good study habits (NY Times - Benedict Carey)
Classroom techniques
Amazing Quick Links
Earning a Geology Degree In Iowa
Understanding Science (UC Berkeley)
Science Education Resource Center (Carleton College)
National Earth Science Teachers Association (NESTA)
Current events
John Deere Engineers Week Classroom Vists by Maureen Hanson and Cathy Campbell