 
At our recent GCAGS convention in Corpus Christi, the AAPG and the CCGS funded a 'Rocks In Your Head' Seminar on the Saturday before our convention for 73 teachers from 22 different schools in Corpus Christi and surrounding counties. The picture above shows the materials that the teachers receive: bag of marked minerals, bag of marked rocks, moh's harness scale, notebook of "how to teach earth science", rolled USGS Geologic Map of the USA with teachers guide. Plus they receive 5 hours of lectures from geologist, Janie Schultie. the other picture shows the teachers holding up the framed Geologic Maps of the USA--these framed, laminated maps were funded by the Corpus Christi Geological Society and the GCAGS and were given to a teacher representing each school campus. Janie allowed Owen Hopkins. CCGS Past President, some time to present the maps to the teachers and taught them 4 facts about the map that they should tell their students and to get those students to share the facts also. At the GCAGS Board meeting held during the convention, the Board approved a motion to fund giving a rolled USGS Geologic Map of the USA to every ' Rocks In Your Head' attendee for one year-- could be 12 seminars with 50-75 teachers each--for any city in the U.S. Janie will use the map in her seminar and present the map as Owen did. The East Texas Geological Society is planning on giving out framed ones for each campus at a 'Rocks In Your Head' seminar at their annual section meeting in Spring 2008, funded by the ETGS, like was done at our GCAGS convention in Corpus Christi. Our goal is to "place a Geologic Map of the USA in every school in the USA" and this is a great start in that process. Owen Hopkins Past President CCGS |