SDSU - Department of Geological Sciences - Outreach to Schools and Teachers

Outreach to Schools and Teachers

The faculty and students of the Department of Geological Sciences actively supports teachers and science teaching in elementary, middle and high school. Our expertise is in environmental areas including:

Geology

Oceanography

Meteorology

Major elements of our outreach program includes:

Presentations at Schools

Presentations may be arranged for a class period or a day with demonstrations and student
participation.

Examples

Graduate Student Marck Maroun introducing rocks to Mrs. McGrael's 6th grade class at Carlton Oaks School in Santee

Rinaldo Dorman running the deep water wave tank in the RP Oceans Lab for a visiting school group

Visits to SDSU

Group visits to SDSU are welcome to labs with demonstrations and experiments. One example is the R/P Ocean lab land cruse that includes making waves in tanks and seeing ofthe effect of the Earth's rotation (please see http://www.geology.sdsu.edu/classes/oc320/ for some lab images). Geology Park at SDSU contains a special collection of modern plants with ancestors dating back to the time of dinosaurs (http://www.geology.sdsu.edu/facilities/geopark/). Another example is the very successful and sought-after Show-Me-Geology program for elementary school students (please see http://www.showmegeology.org/ for description).

Teacher's Rock Collection

Teacher's basic rock collections are available for school teachers teaching any aspect of Geology.
The collection consists of 16-20 hand-sized rocks representing the basic range of rocks included
in most text books. The rocks are labeled and a brief description accompanies the collection.
Please contact Dr. Dorman at the address a the bottom of this page to request a collection.

Teacher's Rock Collection
Part of the Teachers Rock Collection

Collections

Teacher's tracking a meteorological balloon sounding during an IDEAS field trip

Teacher Proficiency

The Department joins Science teacher proficiency projects as IDEAS
(http://www.lretprod.com/ideas/) and Science bridge/NSF-Ideas
(http://www.biobridge.us/programs/cyberbridge).

Examples

Consulting

Teachers are welcome to contact us for consulting in the areas of the departments expertise

Dr. Dorman is known to give advice on the big three: Earth, Ocean, Atmosphere

For more information contact:
Clive Dorman
Department of Geological Sciences, San Diego State University
cdorman@mail.sdsu.edu
619-594-5707

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If you need assistance, contact Geological Sciences at 619-594-5586, email: geology@mail.sdsu.edu
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