Teacher's Corner is a column in our geologic newsletter, Survey Notes.

Earth Science Week Kicks off with Ceratopsian Unveiling

2007 ESW Photos
2007 Declaration
  signed by Governor Huntsman

Reporters from television stations and newspapers were on hand during the first day of Earth Science Week (ESW) which was celebrated at the UGS's Utah Core Research Center. During a break in ESW activities, UGS paleontologists Jim Kirkland and Don DeBlieux unveiled the reconstructed skull of the Last Chance Ceratopsian. Some of the 4th-grade students present were even interviewed by several reporters.

This year's ESW activities were held for three days, during which 685 students participated in activities such as panning for "gold" and identifying rocks and minerals.

Integrating Survey Notes Articles in the Classroom

• The Great Energy Debate
• Earthquakes - Wasatch Fault
• Igneous and Metamorphic Geology of Utah
• Ground Water

Settling container activity.

Activities

• Reading a stone wall
• Use a settling container to determine the relative amount of sand, silt, and clay in sediment
• Geological Features and Processes in Utah:
  • Dome Mountains
  • Volcanoes

Articles

• Easily Accessible Examples of Igneous, Metamorphic, and Sedimentary Rocks in Wasatch Front Canyons
• Geologic Stretching - How many inches per year do Salt Lake City, Utah and Reno, Nevada move away from each other?
• The Earth's Surface, the only Constant is Change.