Announcements
"Save the World Through Science & Engineering” Video Contest - The Kavli Foundation is challenging Grades 6-12 students across the world to brainstorm and share their ideas!
Accept the Biology Challenge: Become part of the USA Biology Olympiad
The USA Biology Olympiad (USABO) is the premiere US biology competition for high school students at http://www.usabo-trc.org.
Annual National STEM Video Game Challenge for Students and K–12 Teachers
is now open for entries and is accepting submissions of original video game concepts and designs from students and educators in four categories – middle school, high school, collegiate, and educator. Deadline: March 12, 2012.
April 27-29, 2012
USA Science and Engineering Festival
The 2nd USA Science & Engineering Festival will inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers with school programs and nationwide contests throughout the 2011/2012 school year and a finale Expo in Washington DC on April 27-29, 2012. JMU is a Titanium Sponsor of the USA Science and Engineering Festival.
Grade 5-12 STEM Education Program Opportunity for School District and School Communities
An 8-week experiment design competition in the community, held Spring 2012, will allow grade 5-12 student teams to design real microgravity experiments vying for their community’s reserved mini-lab slot on ISS.
The 39th Annual Virginia Geological Field Conference October 2-3, 2009
Geology of Shenandoah National Park Region, Virginia
Big Meadows Byrd Visitor Center, Shenandoah National Park
Scott Southworth, Bill Burton - U.S. Geological Survey
Chuck Bailey, Greg Hancock - College of William & Mary
L. Scott Eaton - James Madison University
Shenandoah National Park lies astride the Blue Ridge Mountains in north-central Virginia. Rocks in the region include Grenvillian basement rocks, Neoproterozoic sedimentary and volcanic rocks, and early Cambrian siliciclastics. The structural geometry of the Blue Ridge is the product of late Neoproterozoic rifting, Paleozoic contractional deformation, and Mesozoic extension. The modern landscape developed during the Cenozoic as differential erosion at a regional scale generated the highlands.
The VGFC will be based at Big Meadows (Mile Post 51). A pre-trip reception with introductory
talks will be held at the Byrd Visitors Center on Friday evening, October 2nd, at 7:00 p.m. The field trip will leave from the parking lot at the Byrd Visitors Center at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday and return at about 5:00 p.m. Transportation, lunch, and guidebook will be provided. There will be a few short (approximately one mile roundtrip) hikes on trails during the trip; participants should be prepared to walk over rugged terrain.
Due to logistics in the park, two 54-passenger buses will convey the field trip participants. No
other vehicles will be permitted on the field trip. Given the space limitation, attendance will be
limited to 100 participants. Register early to ensure your place at the Conference. Additional information and the Field Conference registration form (by Sept. 16th 2009) are available at http://web.wm.edu/geology/vgfc/2009.php
