Geology of Iowa for Teachers ( 2008 Projects)
The following samples are projects and ideas for projects that Iowa's teachers developed after taking the Geology of Iowa for Teachers course.
Field Trips
Tracy Corell (Rockford Fossil and Prairie Preserve)
Terri Schott (Limestone bedrock of Cedar Rapids)
Virginia Tull (Lake Red Rock field trip, Pella, Iowa)
Minerals
Barb Bates (Mineral and rock solubility)
Dave Langtimm (Minerals and rocks of Iowa)
Mike Lazere (Limestone solubility)
Rocks and Fossils
Denise Andrusyk (Common Iowa Rocks)
Dan Fraker (Ordovician and Silurian Fossils of Iowa and Illinois)
Morgan Masters (Geologic resources of Iowa)
Jim Surat (Iowa's fossil record and mondern biology)
Landforms/soil
Molly Pisarik (Local landscape formations)
Anne Althoff (School yard soil sampling and analysis)
Bill Gipperich (Soil permeability)
Other
Jon Maifield (Sand characterization)
Cynthia Bell (The geologic time scale)
Kyle Hoffman (Fossilization process)