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Scenic Saturday: Wood in Streams
One of our field trips in my Fluvial Processes class takes the students to the lower reaches of Mallard Creek, the urban stream that drains the northern portion of Charlotte, including our campus. For most of its length, Mallard Creek … Continue reading
Scenic Saturday: Whitewater rafting in Charlotte, North Carolina.
This semester I am teaching a class on fluvial (river) processes that encompasses aspects of both hydrology and geomorphology. One of my goals is to take my students to as many of sizes and shapes of river as possible over … Continue reading
Geobloggers for DonorsChoose: Deep Sea News
During Earth Science Week, your friendly Highly Allochthonous Bloggers are supporting the
Geobloggers for Donorschoose: Maitri Erwin
Continuing our campaign to promote geoscience education during Earth Science Week, today we give you Maitri Erwin, who has thrown herself enthusiastically into this years DonorsChoose Science Bloggers for Students challenge as part of the Ocean and Geobloggers Collective. As … Continue reading
Geobloggers for DonorsChoose: Jacquelyn Gill
It’s a good week to promote geoscience education. Not only is it Earth Science Week, but science bloggers everywhere are involved in their annual drive to provide much needed educational resources to US schoolteachers through DonorsChoose. Forcing schools to beg … Continue reading
