Session No. 11
Monday, 20 March 2006: 1:00 PM-4:00 PM
T9. Bringing Geoscience to the Community
1:05 PM
SERVICE LEARNING FOR SIXTH GRADERS IN SOUTHWESTERN VERMONT: ARSENIC CONTAMINATION OF GROUNDWATER AND CIVIC INVOLVEMENT
MANGO, Helen1, MACH, Diane
2 and LEA, Patty
2, (1)Natural Sciences, Castleton State College, 233 South Street, Castleton, VT 05735, (2)Mettawee Community School, Route 153, West Pawlet, VT 05775, helen.mango@castleton.edu, helen.mango@castleton.edu
1:45 PM
MUSEUM-SCIENTIST COLLABORATION FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION
SMITH, David Lee, Professional Development, Da Vinci Discovery Center, 3145 Hamilton Blvd. Bypass, Allentown, PA 18103-3686 and FOX, Robert A., Education, Da Vinci Discovery Center, 3145 Hamilton Blvd. Bypass, Allentown, PA 18103-3686, dsmith@davinci-center.org, dsmith@davinci-center.org
2:25 PM
PRESENTING GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL ORIENTATION DATA ON INTERACTIVE MAPS
DE PAOR, Declan G.1, MORLEY, Liam
1, MELANSON, Heather
2 and WILSON, Elizabeth
2, (1)Physics, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA 01609, (2)Earth Sciences, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, declan@wpi.edu, declan@wpi.edu
3:00 PM
IS THERE ARSENIC IN THE WATER? IS IT A PROBLEM? EXPLAINING RISK TO THE PUBLIC IN THE WALLKILL RIVER WATERSHED, NEW JERSEY
ROMAGNA, Terri, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, 401 East State Street, Trenton, NJ 08625 and
CENNO, Kimberly, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Box 418, Trenton, NJ 08625, Kimberly.Cenno@dep.state.nj.us, Kimberly.Cenno@dep.state.nj.us