Tag: earth science
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ESCONI Field Trip to Danville Shale Pile Fossils – Saturday, September 27th, 2025
Danville Field Trip Rules for Saturday, September 27th, 2025 An ESCONI field trip to the Danville IL Shale Pile for Pennsylvanian fossils is scheduled for Saturday September 27, 2025 starting at 10 AM. This is on private property and there is an attendance limit of 25 people. The gate will be secured once we are…
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Throwback Thursday #280: Braceville Trip 05/16/2009
Here’s a great report from Andrew Young of the Braceville Field Trip on May 16th, 2009. Notice that the spoil pile is much bigger!
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PBS Eons: The Graveyard at the Center of the Earth
PBS Eons has a new episode. This one is about plate tectonics… how and why. Scientists have been trying to solve the mystery of why plate tectonics works the way it does for over a hundred years. And they might have just uncovered a key to cracking it.
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PBS Eons: Did Asteroids Spark Life?
PBS Eons has a new video. This one is about the very early history of the Earth, a period called the Hadean. How did the building blocks of life form? Harold Miller did some experiments in the 1950s attempting to recreate the conditions. The impacts of a large asteroid might have provided the perfect condition…
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Throwback Thursday #120: What is “Earth Science”?
This is Throwback Thursday #120. In these, we look back into the past at ESCONI specifically and Earth Science in general. If you have any contributions, (science, pictures, stories, etc …), please send them to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! This Throwback Thursday is a look back at a column published in April 1952 called “What is “Earth…
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AGI’s Earth Science Week Update Newsletter
Some highlights of the Earth Science Week Newsletter: Meg Town, a teacher at Redmond Junior High School in Redmond, Washington, has been named the 2012 recipient of the Edward C. Roy, Jr. Award for Excellence in K-8 Earth Science Teaching. Town, who earned her master’s degree in education from the University of Washington, has spent…
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Does More Boron Make a Diamond More Blue?
Via the New York Times: “The Hope Diamond’s 45.52 sparkling, steely blue carats make it the most famous diamond in the world — shrouded in mystery and intrigue since it was pulled out of the ground in 17th-century India… … Scientists already knew that natural blue diamonds had a smattering of boron. It gives them…
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Earth Science Things to Do Today 11/19
Lizzadro Museum has a public opening for their Rock & Mineral Experience November 19th (10 a.m. to 5 p.m.) Free Admission! Also, they are having a lapidary day too! Learn how gemstone jewelry is made and the types of lapidary art with members of the West Suburban Lapidary Club. See demonstrations of cabochon cutting, faceting, silversmithing,…
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NU Earth Science Course for High School Students
Northwestern University, the Center for Talent Development’s Gifted LearningLinks program is offering an online course which will allow advanced high school students to earn university credit. The course title is “Climate Catastrophes in Earth History: Earth 105“, offered through the Earth & Planetary Science Department at Northwestern University. The course begins on March 29 and…
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Earth Science Animations
Teaching resources and animations from federal organizations about science and earth science.
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Exploring Earth Visualizations
Chock full of interesting information…. Exploring Earth Visualizations
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Field Study Scholarship
From National Association of Geoloscience Teachers: Each year, NAGT makes several $500 awards to undergraduate students to facilitate their study of field geoscience. These awards, previously given to students who attend a traditional summer field camp, are now available for students attending field-based courses at any time of year…. applications due by February 16, 2009
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More Gift Ideas
The Great Dinosaurs by Darren Naish. and for kids… Indiana Jones Lost City Archaeological Treasure Dig
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Now You Can Have an Earth Science Image A Day
Good for bookmarking: Earth Science Image of the Day. Also, many members have photos that would be great for this site. (Photo: George Higginson)
