Workshop Program
8:00 - 8:15 Registration and light breakfast in Room 210A of the Academic Building
8:15 - 8:30 Welcome and Opening Remarks
- Introduction of workshop leaders
- Introduction of SAGE 2YC Faculty as Change Agents project
8:30 - 9:00 Introduction of Workshop Participants (activity)
9:00 - 9:30 What is 'science identity' and why it is important to your student's success
9:30 - 9:45 Break
9:45 - 11:00 Introduction to "research" in 2YCs (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 8.8MB Apr22 19)
- goals
- class length projects
- semester length projects
- multi - semester length projects
- resources for support: URE_2YC.docx (Microsoft Word 2007 (.docx) 15kB Apr22 19)
11:00 - 12:00 Using field-based activities to improve students' geoscience skills
- field sketches
- map reading
- interpretation
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch with discussion on favorite field trip sites in Illinois. Have your site added to the GIS database.
1:00 - 4:00 Field trip to Rocky Glen Park, Peoria Park District
- Rocky Glen is the newest park in the Peoria Park District. Located in West Peoria, it features steep trails leading to a former coal mine and exposed rocks with a fascinating history from the Pennsylvanian Period, Ice Age floods, and modern human history.
- Participants will travel to the field site in college vans as there is limited parking. We will return to the Illinois Central College campus by 4 p.m.
- Dress for the field (closed toed shoes, pants, long-sleeve shirts, hat, water bottle).
- Click on this web link for more information about Rocky Glen Park and its geology: https://friendsofrockyglen.org/geology/