National Association of Geoscience Teachers -- Far Western Section

Fall 2008 Conference
September 26-28, 2008
California State University - Chico

Conference Director: Ann Bykerk-Kauffman
(530)898-6305
abykerk-kauffman@csuchico.edu.

Program (Click on title for details.)

Saturday
Trip #1: Geology of the Lassen Volcanic Center
Trip #2: Living on the Edge: Geology and Paleontology of the Great Valley Group
Trip #3: Geology of the Northern Sierra Nevada along HWY 70
Trip #4: CANCELLED Sutter Buttes CANCELLED

Saturday evening keynote address: The Geologic History of the Lassen Region, Patrick Muffler, USGS.

Sunday
Trip #5: A Glimpse Into The Post Plutonic History Of The Sierra Nevada Mountains
Trip #6: Big Chico Creek Canyon - The Miocene Lovejoy Basalt and Pliocene volcaniclastic Tuscan Formation
Workshop #7: Teaching College-Level Earth Science to High-School Students
Workshop #8: Integrating GIS and GoogleEarth into course: Not as difficult as you think!

Registration form is available here.

Hotel information.

Participants will have the option of receiving one unit of continuing education credit (Course name and # is GEOS 801: Field Studies in Northern California Geology). The additional cost will be $60. Registration forms for GEOS 801 will be available at the conference or, upon request, by mail from Ann Bykerk-Kauffman.