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See more from this Session: Geoscience Education I: Learning Geoscience in the Outdoor Classroom
Abstract:
Meeting-related fieldtrip texts that explicitly explore such topics have been published for Akron, Ohio (whose core is located on a geological high) and Evansville, Indiana (built on the bluffs above an oxbow). A walking-tour brochure on the building stones and cultural geology of downtown Akron (based on the more extensive guidebook) has been developed with the aid of the Department of Geology and Environmental Science of the University of Akron under the sponsorship of the University, the City of Akron, and the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. This brochure has been utilized in city-sponsored trolley trips led by University of Akron faculty. Michael Velbel of Michigan State University has developed a successful program on the cultural geology of the Michigan State University campus as an honors research seminar, demonstrating the concept's use as a way of engaging students, the broader campus community, and alumni. Thus, as a concept that links familiar materials and sites with geological concepts, cultural geology has the potential of enlarging the audience for our discipline.
See more from this Division: General Discipline Sessions
See more from this Session: Geoscience Education I: Learning Geoscience in the Outdoor Classroom