Posts tagged: geology

Unlocking the Climate Secrets of the Polar Regions

Join us for our next virtual STEM Café, scheduled for February 17, 2021, 6:00 P.M. (CST), Unlocking the Climate Secrets of the Polar Regions.  Our guest speaker will be Dr. Reed Scherer, NIU Professor of Geology and Environmental Geosciences.  Dr. Scherer spent 10 seasons on the Antarctic continent and five shipboard expeditions around the world, including the Arctic, Antarctic and

Geology: Dinosaurs & More!

Announcing Saluki Teen Science Café: Geology! THURSDAY, January 21 @ 6pm (CST). The Saluki Teen Science Café Team looks at rocks, fossils, dinosaurs and more! You and your students and families are invited. REGISTER TODAY! Our presenter is Alexandra Apgar, SIU Geology Student Researcher and Dinosaur Hunter. We will discuss Geology research, interests, experiences and your questions. Grab

Teen Science Cafe: Zuhl Collection

Students will connect, live, with a geologist for a look at some of the Zuhl Collection’s finest fossils and learn how specimens like these help write the history of life on Earth. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER  

Is There Anywhere on Earth Like Mars?

Authored by M. Goosman, Youth Leader Boulder's March Café featured Laura Grace Beckerman, a Ph.D. candidate in Geology, who studies Mars' environment. Laura Grace does her research in Costa Rica and Nicaragua where she examines places that may share similar histories and characteristics to places on Mars. Is there anywhere on Earth like Mars? Students learned about the