Very nice series so far. I love when geology “appears” in the middle of city. At my undergrad we had a field trip showing the students how geology affects everything around them (whether they were aware of it or not). Thanks.
I suppose I should clarify, the field trip was showing them geologic features located on campus and immediately surrounding campus (high water mark of floods, damaged foundations due to shrink-swell clays, etc).
Callan Bentley is Associate Professor of Geology at Piedmont Virginia Community College in Charlottesville, Virginia. He is a Fellow of the Geological Society of America. For his work on this blog, the National Association of Geoscience Teachers recognized him with the James Shea Award. He has also won the Outstanding Faculty Award from the State Council on Higher Education in Virginia, and the Biggs Award for Excellence in Geoscience Teaching from the Geoscience Education Division of the Geological Society of America. In previous years, Callan served as a contributing editor at EARTH magazine, President of the Geological Society of Washington and President the Geo2YC division of NAGT.
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Very nice series so far. I love when geology “appears” in the middle of city. At my undergrad we had a field trip showing the students how geology affects everything around them (whether they were aware of it or not). Thanks.
I suppose I should clarify, the field trip was showing them geologic features located on campus and immediately surrounding campus (high water mark of floods, damaged foundations due to shrink-swell clays, etc).