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Google Earth (John Ghist)

Google Earth has become an Internet phenomenon which has opened up the world to examination and exploration. In today's technology-based classroom, it can be a powerful tool for Earth Science teachers to relate a large variety of science topics and concepts to actual places on the planet and allow students to put these facts and concepts into context. This course will give teachers the tools to create science activities that tie a wide variety of earth science topics into real-world settings. This session includes a large variety of activities on Earth Science topics that can be directly applied in your classroom or modified to fit into your current lesson plans or grade level.

Some of the topics that will be covered are:
A. Predict where the Magnetic North Pole will be over time;
B. Hawaiian Island Dates and Sea Floor Spreading Rates;
C. Where have Colorado Earthquakes been located since 1882;
D. Subducting Plates and Benioff Zones using USGS data

Lunch, Break

Please remember to bring your own sack lunch. This is a working lunch so participants will not have time to purchase lunch at another location.

River Watch (David Eick)

Google Earth (John Ghist)

Looking at Earth from Space (Carla-Rae Smith)

Speakers:

John Ghist

He is President CESN, Board Member Dinosaur Ridge, Past President of Western Interior Paleontological Society, and member of Colorado Science Convention Committee. He has recently presented a session on Google Earth at the Colorado Science Convention

Carla-Rae Smith

Carla-Rae is a teacher at Eagleview Middle School in District 20, Colorado Springs  

David Eick

David is a Fifth Grade teacher at Skyway Elementary in District 12, Colorado Springs. He also serves as Camp Invention Site Director