USING LOCAL GEOLOGY IN K-16 AND PUBLIC GEOSCIENCE EDUCATION

Northeastern Section (39th Annual) and Southeastern Section (53rd Annual) Joint Meeting (March 25–27, 2004)
Paper No. 50-1

Presentation Time: 1:10 PM-1:30 PM
USING LOCAL GEOLOGY IN K-16 AND PUBLIC GEOSCIENCE EDUCATION
HUEBNER, Nancy, Fernbank Scienc Ctr, 156 Heaton Park Drive, Atlanta, GA 30307, n.huebner@fernbank.edu, BEAN, Christine, Education Department, Fernbank Museum of Nat History, 767 Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30307-1221, GORE, Pamela J.W., Geology, Georgia Perimeter College, 555 North Indian Creek Drive, Clarkston, GA 30021, and LOYD, Kerrie Anne, Stone Mountain Memorial Association, PO Box 689, Stone Mountain, GA 30086 Stone Mountain is a prominent granite outcrop located in the metro Atlanta region. This presentation will examine the ways that both formal and informal educational institutions incorporate Stone Mountain into their curriculum, and it will highlight collaborative efforts among regional geoscience educators. Nearly everyone in metro Atlanta is familiar with Stone Mountain, and it is one of the top-visited tourist sites in the region. This has led to many popular misconceptions about the origin and extent of the granite. Geoscience educators are playing an instrumental role in helping the public better understand this regional feature. Local geoscience educators are working to provide accurate information through field trips, museum exhibits, teacher training, and various curriculum resources, some of which are available online. These efforts are aimed at K-16 students, classroom teachers and the general public.
Northeastern Section (39th Annual) and Southeastern Section (53rd Annual) Joint Meeting (March 25–27, 2004) General Information for this Meeting

Session No. 50 Geoscience Education: K–12 Hilton McLean Tysons Corner: Sully B 1:00 PM-5:00 PM, Friday, March 26, 2004 Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 36, No. 2, p. 122
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