Geology is the science and study of the solid and liquid matter that constitutes the Earth. The field of geology encompasses the study of the composition, structure, physical properties, dynamics, and history of Earth materials, and the processes by which they are formed, moved, and changed. The field is a major academic discipline, and is also important for mineral and hydrocarbon extraction, knowledge about and mitigation of natural hazards, some engineering fields, and understanding past climates and environments with reference to present-day climate change.

Etymology
The word "geology" was first used by Jean-André Deluc in the year 1778 and introduced as a fixed term by Horace-Bénédict de Saussure in the year 1779. The science was not included in Encyclopædia Britannica's third edition completed in 1797, but had a lengthy entry in the fourth edition completed by 1809.[1] An older meaning of the word was first used by Richard de Bury to distinguish between earthly and theological jurisprudence.

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Corpus Christi Geological Society
P.O. Box 1068
Corpus Christi, TX 78403

Coastal Bend Geophysical Society
P.O. Box 2471
Corpus Christi, TX 78403






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Owen Hopkins made a Maps in Schools and Bones in Schools presentation at this rural school near Sandia, Texas Feb 17, 2009. The school has 10 students from age 6 to 16. They had fun learning that they eat rocks, that their teeth have calcium from the mineral calcite, that oil is used to make plastic chairs, formica tables, tennis shoes, computers, that Green on the Map is where one could find dinosaur bones or footprints or dinosaur aged rocks.

All of the students took notes, even the 1st grader! Her neighbor helped her to spell GEOLOGY and to put "study of Earth" under it and she drew a rainbow and put the color names in the proper order on the rainbow using the Rainbow Boy - Roy G. Biv. I was very impressed with the students, how they paid attention, how they took notes, how they asked me questions.

The proximal femur joint of a Mammoth that was presented to the school was found 10 miles away in the Wrights Brothers Gravel Pit near Bluntzer, Texas. The students were very, very surprised to know that mammoths and saber tooth cats used to roam around their school.

The oldest student entered her rock mineral collection in a regional competition last year and now she also has a fossil collection she is working on. On my next visit she will bring the collections to school.

So you can do this same thing - putting a map and bone in a rural school - all schools need the Geologic Map and the Bones - the cost is minimal to the long range benefit to not only the current students, but future students as they come up through the grades will also see the Map and the Bone and wonder and think and be curious.

Call Owen Hopkins 361-510-6224 to see how you can put a Map/Bone into a school of your choice.

 

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