Middle School: Natural History in Your Backyard

Explore your surroundings, uncovering the ancient tales beneath familiar landscapes.

 

Connect to the natural history of wherever you are, both in the form of hands-on activities and providing tools for basic research, including databases of geologic maps and other publicly accessible info. Long before we were here, “here” was a different place. What is now mountains was once bays. What are now waterways were once the roots of ancient volcanoes. This class connects you to the natural history of wherever you are, both in the form of hands-on activities and providing tools for basic research, including databases of geologic maps and other publicly accessible info. We learn both about our common shared heritage as inhabitants of earth and a little about one another’s. Each course is tailored to the unique locations our students inhabit.

What You Will Learn

Students in Middle School: Natural History in Your Backyard will:

• Recognize common rock forming minerals in their neighborhood
• Identify faults and folds
• Understand the role of soil formation in the rock cycle and identify their local soil
• identify the connection between continent scale phenomenon and local geologic features
• Read and interpret geologic and topographic maps

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Note: Upon successful enrollment of a section, students will receive a confirmation email from our Student Services team. This email will include a link to an authorization form that is required to be completed within 72-hours of enrollment.

Course Number: GEOG-90015
Credit: 1.50 unit(s)