Author Archives: Anne Jefferson

From Weather Detectives to Water Warriors

Posted on October 21, 2010 by Anne Jefferson

Earlier this week, I was incredibly humbled by the outpouring of geoblogospheric support for a DonorsChoose project to help South Carolina elementary school students become weather detectives. With only minutes to spare before the project lost its chance, with help … Continue reading →

Categories: by Anne, science education

Blog Action Day: Water! (And floods! energy! education!)

Posted on October 15, 2010 by Anne Jefferson

Sneaking in another Friday Floods post, this time perfectly coinciding with Earth Science Week and Blog Action Day‘s focus on Water. My offering for this day is actually a guest post at AGU’s Geospace blog, where I had the privilege … Continue reading →

Categories: by Anne, hydrology, science education

Oregon’s fossil forests

Posted on October 13, 2010 by Anne Jefferson

Today is National Fossil Day, and half way through Earth Science Week. In honor of the occasion, I present a few notes and photos from a trip I took with my botanist mother to the John Day Fossil Beds in … Continue reading →

Categories: by Anne, Cenozoic, fossils, outcrops

Quick programming notes

Posted on October 12, 2010 by Anne Jefferson

It’s Earth Science Week. I hope you all are busy spreading the fun and science of the Earth this week. Chris is in the lab dungeon collecting paleomagnetic data and I’m alternately in proposal purgatory and grading jail (i.e., the … Continue reading →

Categories: bloggery, by Anne

Teaming up with DonorsChoose to bring Earth Science to schools

Posted on October 9, 2010 by Anne Jefferson

Last year we raised $10,000 for earth science education. This year we’re going to do even more to bring needed supplies, books, and field experiences to science classrooms around the US. Continue reading →

Categories: by Anne, science education