Summary: Independent Study IGISST Eastern Iowa Geology

Our final project for the Independent Content-based learning of Eastern Iowa Geology included the following:

• Visited numerous local sites with noted earth science teacher, Bill Desmarais.
• Photographed sites.
  
• Took rough field notes in notebooks.
• Converted and expanded notes to create a blog. We are using 21st Century Technology skills to share our findings. (http://igisstsummer2009.blogspot.com/)
• Constructed a summary of our learning in a Tri-fold board, a draft of which was first presented at the July 3, 2009, final meeting of the summer course. We claim: "The Cedar Rapids area provides abundant evidence of glacial activity that dates forward from the Pre-Illinois glaciers." Delivered final Tri-Fold to C. Soldat in mid-August.
  
• Developed a list of lesson options for consideration in our teaching. These include: field trips; speakers such as Bill Desmarais and staff of Bluestone, a local rockshop; review of our iGISST blog; Teacher Domain website lessons, and the CRCSD earth science curriculum.

Entries appear in reverse chronological order. To successfully read the blog one can click on the menu on the right side or start at the bottom and read forward. To clarify the dates shown, on June 13, we entered a template of a post for the various locations we planned to or already had visited. The actual entries were completed at a later time.

We hope you enjoy reading our content-based experiences and observations.

Terri S. Schott 558-1007
Marion J. Patterson 558-4257

Stone City and Maquoketa Caves

Stone City is a small community located about thirty minutes northeast of Cedar Rapids. The remnants of quarrying glory and Artists' inspirations provoke strong nostalgia even today. Practical people live nearby and frequent the Stone City General Store, a patron-friendly establishment with deep connections to the quarry industry. The Weber Stone Company provides year-round employment and a glimpse into Iowa's geologic history.

Directions: Getting to Stone City - North on Iowa Hwy 13 to County Home Road (E34). which becomes Friendship Road in Viola. East about nine miles to Co Rd. X 28. North three miles to Stone City. Mt. Hope quarry is to the west about a half mile at the bottom of the road at the Wapsipinicon River. The active quarry is to the east through the village and on the north. An excellent stop for refreshment is the General Store.
From the Weber Stone Company website:

Geological Information

Anamosa Limestone, a Dolomitic limestone, is a prominently laminated magnesium limestone that was deposited regionally approximately 420 million years ago across the Midwest in the Silurian interval of geological time. Numerous independent lines of evidence confirm that, at that time, Iowa lay in the tropics south of the equator. This distinctive stone forms part of the Gower Formation, the youngest Silurian strata in Iowa. It represents the accumulation of lime extracted from seawater by animals and plants for support of their soft body tissues. Soon after deposition, the calcareous limestone was altered by infiltration of magnesium from the seawater to form dolomite. Crinkly laminations reflect the geometry of thin algal mats on the sea bottom, and planar laminations likely formed in response to seasonal or periodic changes in water chemistry. Alternations of lime mud and sand document the history of calm water interrupted by periodic storms. The rarity of most fossil groups reflects the biologically hostile marine environment. Identical laminated dolomite strata are found associated with thick rock salt deposits in the Silurian of Michigan, and scattered evidence of the former presence of gypsum salts is also noted at Stone City. In shallower water areas adjacent to the sites of Anamosa Limestone deposition, corals, brachiopods and other marine invertebrates built spectacular contemporaneous reefal mounds that are now prime sources of concrete aggregate at other Iowa quarries. Storm erosion of these mounds provided the source of interbedded lime sands locally seen within Anamosa beds, although very few fossils are present in the Anamosa Limestone quarried at Stone City."

Coralville Spillway and the Devonian Gorge

The Floods of 1993 and 2008 reveal the immense power of water. These floods carried a fraction of this power compared to the water that shaped our world in glacial times. The layers and weight of ice, the outflow of glacial meltwater, and the erosive rains that interspersed the time periods must have been incredible. Today's evidence includes the river valleys with their "underfit" streams, bluffs along rivers, bedrock with glacial grooves running east and west, fossils embedded in the limestone layers below the spillway at Coralville, and the highly eroded bank further down the Devonian Gorge.

The theory of the jostling of the plates as South America shoved into North America is evident with the bending of the rock layers. A prominent fracture running NE to SW across the Gorge demonstrates how water flows and the karst development of the dolomite.

Questions: Looking at the pools teeming with life, can this be an example of how mudstone formed and the fine layerings of sediments? (Provided that no other flooding or water release were to happen, which is unlikely.) Where did the peat come from? How thick was the loess soil that rested on top of the rock and peat?

Directions: From I-80 take exit 244, take Dubuque Street north 3 miles to West Overlook Road turn east and proceed 1/4 mile to the park entrance. Follow the signs once in the park to the desired area.

Palisades-Kepler State Park

Palisades-Kepler State Park located a few miles southeast of Cedar Rapids is an area rich with crinoids in the Palisades-Kepler Mound Facies. Experts describe this area as "...a series of coalesced mounded features termed a mound complex." Essentially multitudes of brachiopod molds, crinoid wackestone and packstone fabrics, rugose corals, gastropods, nautiloids, and trilobites are present. What this means for amateurs explorers is an opportunity to observe ancient formations and begin to grasp the significance of our earth's history. (see Palisades-Kepler guidebook # 68)

During our tours to Palisades-Kepler a major question emerged: Why did the Cedar River cut through the rock here instead of making its way around through softer materials? In at least three places that we know, the Cedar did just that - cut through hard rock. One is just up river at the intersection of Hwys 30 and 13. The Cedar cut through a bank and before it did, much ancient glacial sand was left behind and is evident today along with the newer layers of sand left from modern floods. Another cut through is at the old landfill, formerly known as the quarry on the south east edge of the City, but on the SW side. It is diagonally across from Cargill and the remainder of the ledge is evident there. So, why did the Cedar cut through instead of go around? John Dunkhase posits with a similar case of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, that, a channel started by cutting through a softer material on top of the hard rock. Then, when the water ground down to the hard rock, the channel was in place and the water continued on this path as the one of least resistance.

Questions: How close did the glacier come in relation to Palisades?
How are paleosols different from "newer" soils? {Is a fossil soil, usually buried; indicates weathering of an earlier, stable land surface. Prior}
What is the relation between the Mt. Vernon Paha and Palisades formation?
An environmental issue rose: Prairie Soils hold water (G Wilhelm) sometimes up to 50%! Today's soils are degraded. What impact does this degradation of the soils have on flooding? In what ways would we have been less vulnerable if the soils were in better condition?

Directions: Travel South on I-380, East on US Hwy 30 about 12 miles. Look for sign on south side of road before Mt. Vernon. Follow park road to the River.

Linn County

How lucky we are to live in Linn County, Iowa! A bedrock map of Iowa reveals that Linn County lies at the junction of distinct landforms and geological history. So amateur geologists have at their disposal a variety of formations to examine in a relatively close area. As per the Iowa Geological Society maps (Iowa Geology # 22, 1997, page 5), two distinct bedrock formations underlie the area: Precambrian and Devonian. We will primarily be investigating Linn and northern Johnson Counties' geological past.

Annotated Diagram of Bever Park

A crude first attempt at digital annotated diagram on Blogger. (I had to take a picture and then put that up rather than put in the original document which is in the larger three ring binder.)

Questions: * Why is the valley so large for such a tiny stream that appears to come from nowhere other than storm drains? It appears rounded so perhaps is glacial but also shows influence of water flowing through.
* Is the ledge along the stream by the animal farm bedrock?
* Where do the drainage pipes come from and why were they inserted?

Directions: Travel on Bever Ave SE in Cedar Rapids. Between Memorial Drive SE and 30th St SE turn into the park on the north side of the road. The large boulder is to the west of the pool. Follow the stream down past the avian display. Another entrance accesses Bever off Grand Ave SE.

KWL

What we know about geology in the area.

• Iowa is impacted by deposition and erosion as evidenced by uplift in the west and continental glaciation.
• Iowa is underlain by Precambrian rock.
  

What We Want to Know: PBL Cedar Rapids area demonstrates evidence of past glacial history.

• What were the geologic forces that shaped Cedar Rapids?
• What are the major geologic time periods and their characteristics?
• How do lay people read the surface of the landscape?
  
• What are some pieces of evidence that we see today that indicate what happened in the past?
• What are some notable local sites we can visit to show students these forces?
• Why is Sioux Quartzite exposed in NW Iowa and SE South Dakota?
  

What We Learned about geology:

• Both repeated uplifts and erosion shaped Iowa's surface. {Uplifts in the west and repeated glaciations.} (Iowa Geological Society and Landforms of Iowa)
• Major geological time periods are readily available in geology books and take time to learn and understand.
• Reading the surface: Aerial maps, becoming familiar with characteristics of landforms such as pahas (nw to se), bogs (fines hold in moisture and remnants of glaciers), cut bank strata (top soil, subsoil, parent material and bedrock)
• Evidence from today and notable sites in Eastern Iowa: glacial erratics (Bever Park), alluvial deposits in the river (especially after the flood), eolian deposits (sand dunes in NE Iowa), Stainbrook Geological Preserve (glacial grooves), pahas (Hwy 13 and Mt. Vernon), and cut banks with exposed layers (Ely).
• Why is Sioux Quartzite exposed: During the Cretaceous Period these sandstones formed and then erosion took off layers that were on top. (pgs 80-82 Landforms of Iowa).
  

Activity Log

Headings for log information: Date; Location; Time in hours; Activity

6-4 and 6-14-09 Quarry; 2.00 hours; Walk perimeter, discuss forces, examine topograpghy, take pictures and notes, collect samples

6-7 and 6-14-09 Mehaffey-Stainbrook and Road Cut in Ely; 5.00 hours; Examine road cuts, visit bedrock, discuss forces, formed questions, took pictures and notes, collected samples

6-8-09 Bever Park; 1 hour; Walk, observed features, formed questions, took pictures and notes

(6-13-09 Kent Co. Park; Marion; 3 hours; IOWATER level two training, notes, pictures)

6-13-09 Indian Creek Nature Center; 1.30 hours; Wetland dedication and walk with staff, information on background of and changes to wetland, notes, pictures

6-15-09 Bever Park; 3.30 hours; Observe valley, take pictures and notes, form questions; Background work on blog, notes, developing PBL question

6-16-09 KCC; 6.00 hours; Iowa Core Curriculum with Phyllis Anderson, update skills for Twenty-first Century Learners

6-17-09 2 hours. Work on blog notes. Entered pictures. Annotated pictures of Bever Park.

6-18-09 2 hours. Work on pictures and blog entries.

6-19-09 4 hours. Visit to Marion Bog, Mt. Vernon Paha with Bill Desmarais. Discussed radiocarbon dating, uses of peat, formation of Pahas. Work on blog entries and notes.

June and July Readings; 12+ hours; Landforms of Iowa; Iowa Geologic Survey pdfs on locations in Eastern Iowa: Palisades-Kepler State Park, Coralville, Macbride State Park, and Eastern Linn County

June and July Background work; 12+ hours; schedule activities and visits, decide blog format, organize and enter notes in blog, select readings.

Bever Park Glacial Erratic and Old Martin Marietta Quarry

Who doesn't know "The Rock" at Bever Park?

As far back as I can remember "The Rock" has always been a part of the Bever Park landscape. The giant rock, the roaring lions, the wooded oasis set amid a residential backdrop. According to Jean Prior it is the unusual size of many Iowan Surface boulders that characterize this region. "Many of the largest erratics have been broken apart by dynamite for use in building foundations or simply to remove them from cropped fields." She sites examples of many erratics that still exist, but our Bever Park Boulder is not one that she mentions.

The rock sits next to a small stream that winds its way through the park. The stream seems to originate from underground out of nowhere and it flows through a V-shaped valley. As we walked through the park many questions came to mind. Was this stream once more powerful and did it carry more water that carved out this river valley? We can only guess the answers to these questions, but we believe that this erratic was deposited during the Pre-Illinoian Glacial and Interglacial stages some 500, 000 years ago. Since the rock sits in a valley, we conclude that this glacial erratic was revealed by the down-cutting of the once more powerful stream over time.

Here is a response from the Cedar Rapids Parks Superintendent to a query I made regarding the rock...

We do not have any information on this boulder. It seems to me that there was some research being done a few years ago on these big boulders that are scattered around and serve as a kind of “ landmark” but I never got a copy of the article if the author actually compiled his information and printed it.
Sorry I could not help you on this. We have had questions on this boulder from time to time which have ranged from people thinking it was a meteor to a former Parks Commissioner who asked me why we left the rock down in the creek and did not pull it up by the playground when we put it in the park. Apparently he missed his geology training altogether.
Dave Smith
Parks Superintendent
Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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Less well-known is the old Martin Marietta quarry near the Cedar River with clear water, good fishing and a garden variety of glacial till. The lake is well over 60 acres, with an informal two-mile walking trail which circles the lake. Native fish include bass, bluegill, and walleye. Grasses and poison ivy are the dominant vegetation. The quarry was a rich source for sand and gravel. The steep banks along the edge of the lake reveal a mixture of sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rocks and fossils. The sheer volume of this glacial till is evidence of massive glacial outwash. According to Bill Desmarais, geologists can determine the origin of these rocks based on their mineral structure. While these are just "garden variety samples" they are local and easy to access. (Watch out for the poison ivy!)

Questions: Where are other notable examples of "glacial erratics" in the area to observe? Is there a difference between an "erratic" and just a glacial boulder? (This comes from a question posed at the July meeting about how we know this is an erratic?)

Directions: Travel South on Memorial Dr. SE. At Otis Rd. Turn west. At intersection of Otis Rd SE and Otis Ave (how brilliant is this!) is Cole St SE. Drive down Cole St. Cross on set of tracks. Park before the active tracks. Walk West about 1/4 mile to the Quarry. A rough trail circumnavigates the quarry. Beware Poison Ivy!

to Bever Park travel Bever Ave. Between Memorial Dr. SE and 30th St. SE is the park. Enter and look for the boulder just west of the swimming pool.

Iowa Core Curriculum Workshop

The Iowa Core Curriculum interfaces well with iGISST concepts especially the scientific rigor and relevance of the inquiry process. This day-long workshop, led by Phyllis Anderson, provided an overview of the state-wide efforts to "ensure that all Iowa students learn specific essential skills and concepts that will prepare them for success in the 21st Century." In part this effort seeks to align Iowa curriculum with the needs of Twenty-first Century Learners. Important skills these learners have or need include being adaptable to technologies that have not been invented; using available technologies to communicate and present information; being networked, digitally literate, and tethered to the Internet; able to multi-task and interact; having strong visual-spatial skills; and desire to be challenged and learn information that matters.
Digital literacy includes creating information, being innovative, activist, and responsible as global citizens. These require the ability to access and process information. Scientific skills developed through the inquiry process meet such requirements.

Wetland Dedication and Nature Walk

WOOD DUCK WAY is a new trail that winds from the Otis Road bridge over Indian Creek through a moist forest a half mile to the Lynch Wetland. The trail was dedicated at 1 p.m. on Saturday, June 13, 2009. The "ribbon", made of vines, was cut and the group of participants made its way down the trail amid the voracious mosquitoes ever present during the walk. Part of the trail is on an elevated walkway that allows people to enjoy this habitat without getting muddy.

"The project is more than a trail. Over the winter volunteers created openings in stands of cottonwoods and silver maples. In those openings other volunteers planted bur and swamp white oak, sycamores, Kentucky Coffee Trees, and other wetland species. Our goal is to diversify the forest," said Jean Wiedenheft, Facility Steward. The young trees were encased in plastic tubes to protect them from animals until they grow bigger. The tubes had netting placed over the top so birds did not fly down there looking for a nesting site and then couldn't get out. It was evident that much care was taken when planning this massive project.

Wood Duck Way was funded by a lead grant from Cargill, Inc. and support from Rockwell Collins, Alliant Energy, Trees Forever, the Linn County Trails Association, the Union Pacific Foundation, the Myron and Ester Wilson Fund at the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation, and others. 'Because of its diverse funding and volunteerism this trail is really the creation of our community, not just the Nature Center,' said Indian Creek Nature Director, Rich Patterson.

Questions: What role do wetlands play in naturally regulating and filtering water in the hydrosphere? What other plant species (besides the trees) typically inhabit Eastern Iowa wetlands? What soils typify wetlands?

Directions: Travel East on Mt. Vernon Rd. to Bertram Rd. SE. Turn South past Touch of Class, over the Blue Bridge. Angle right and turn into the Nature Center Parking Log within a 1/4 mile. Cross Otis Rd. SE to the barn. Or to go directly to the wetland boardwalk, cross the bridge and enter the trail on the south side of Otis Rd.

Following directions - as usual...

StainbrookGeologic Preserve - Mehaffey Bridge

The Mehaffey Bridge-Stainbrook Geologic Preserve area is an excellent location for exploration of geological forces in Iowa. Layers of sedimentary rock (to left) revealed in a road cut, indicate various periods of deposition. The fossil and shell-laden riprap that supports the duct was imported from nearby quarries and gives novice rock hounds great opportunities to find colony and individual corals, fossils, concretions and various colored rocks that reveal mineral content. Hexagonaria, horned coral, crinoids, brachiopods, chert, composites, concretions, favosites.

Stainbrook Geologic Preserve is just up the hill on the other side of the road through poison ivy and into "moraine terrain." The lay of the land causes a visitor to think it was excavated for the road. But, according to Bill Desmarais, a local geology expert, this is the remnants of glacial activity. Smack in the middle of the boggy bowl is a huge chunk of bedrock with impressive glacial grooves. What is particularly interesting and a great question to pose to students is how these grooves lay on the rock and in relation to the Cardinal Points. Some enterprising youth with a GPS on his cell phone will figure out the directions and wonder.

So a great conversation can emerge on how glaciers flow - where they come from, how they move, "tongues of glaciers", what happens when they meet resistance, the extent of their reach over the eons and episodes, land features they leave behind.



Questions: How do we know something is attached to the earth and is, thus, bedrock? Why are the low, poorly drained areas lying between Ely and Solon? Does some limestone weather better than other limestone and why? On what type structure does Mt. Mercy College lie? (Its steepest side faces the River.) How do we find the Marion Bog? What is the high point in Cedar Rapids and how high is it?

Terms: Silurian, The Wisconsin Glacial Epoch, dolomite and marble.

Directions: South on C Ave SW. East on Ely Rd. (W6E) just south of Hwy 30. East on St 382 into Solon. South to 180th Ave. on south side of town. West along 180th which becomes Mehaffey Bridge Rd. and park just before the causeway. The Cut bank is obvious on either side. Stainbrook Geologic Preserve has a little trail and takes visitors just above the road and the cut.

Geo-Physical-Chemical Core Instruction

We plan to investigate local geological features that demonstrate learning opportunities through the earth systems approach. The Earth Systems Approach helps students (people) connect their thinking and later behavior more interactively and comprehensively. Formerly, science has been taught by specialists in discreet subject areas and often the result was enthusiasm for specific subjects and a lack of knowledge in or understanding of related subjects. For example, a person may have deep knowledge geology but not connect hydrology to the process.

Elements of our investigations will include:

• Content development: such as field trips with specialists Jean Weidenheft, Indian Creek Nature Center; Bill Desmarais, Science Teacher in the Cedar Rapids School District; and IOWATER workshops.
  
• In-depth reading Landforms of Iowa, by Jean Prior; Iowa's Geological Past: Three Billion Years of Change by Wayne Anderson, and selected readings from Iowa Geologic Society "Classic Geological Exposures, Old and New, Coralville Lake and Spillway," "The Natural History of Palisades-Kepler State Park, Linn County, IA," and "Silurian Stratigraphy of Eastern Linn and Western Jones Counties, IA."
  
• Update at a Twenty-first Century Skills Iowa Core Curriculum workshop with Phyllis Anderson of Grant Wood AEA.
• Develop Field Investigation ideas for middle and high school students.
• Construct a Tri-fold board presentation to summarize our learning and to accompany our blog.
  

Participant Biographies...

My name is Terri Schott. I am currently a 7th grade science teacher at Franklin Middle School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Our curriculum is heavy in the area of Earth Science and includes: Soils, Erosion and Deposition, Rocks and Minerals, and Plate Tectonics. Besides these I also teach a unit in Force and Motion and Ecology. I am originally from Cedar Rapids and I attended the University of Northern Iowa where I obtained both my BA and MA degrees. In my spare time I like to travel, ride my bike, kayak, and decorate gourds. I have two Bengal cats that keep me entertained and amused.



I am Marion Patterson, a resource teacher in the Home School Assistance Program with the Cedar Rapids Community School District, Iowa. Our department works with families that choose to home school their students and we prepare a variety of lessons to supplement their education. My initial educational background is in health, physical education and recreation which I have since expanded through professional writing, study, and teaching in various disciplines and venues. A Yankee who has lived in the deep South, the Inland Empire, and "Ozland" I find I am "at home" in the upper Midwest, and that the landscape fascinating. So, getting down and dirty with an Earth Systems Approach to geology is right up my alley. Bunnies, chickens, and a garden keep my husband and me busy along with some travel, muscle powered sports, photography, reading, and stamping.

In this summer course we plan to explore local sites that exemplify geological stories and develop preliminary plans to use in our courses in the next academic year.

Final Proposal...

Final - Proposal for completion of IGISST credits for Summer 2009
By
Marion Patterson and Terri Schott
marion.patterson@gmail.com and mpatterson@cr.k12.ia.us
tschott@cr.k12.ia.us and terri.schott@mchsi.com

Rationale: Given that the Lakeside Lab component of the IGISST summer course work for Earth Science Endorsement was cancelled; and given that the time slot of June 13 through June 19, 2009, has been set aside by the above participants for IGISST studies; and given that these two professionals have other commitments later in the summer which make the late June and early July options difficult or impossible to consider; and given that Christopher Soldat, lead instructor of the IGISST grant, has visited with us about the proposed options that help fulfill the requirements, Marion Patterson and Terri Schott propose the following in-depth, independent work to fulfill the requirements of the summer 2009 component of IGISST. The following proposal has two {2} parts:

I. Cooperative Work with Terri Schott:

Address the Essential Question of the IGISST grant through a continuation of observations, inferences and direct investigations:
“How does the present landscape give evidence of past geological history.” (paraphrased)
Goal: To learn content of local geological landform structures and resources to develop into a final presentation to IGISST professors, and for practical use in classes with public school students.
Objectives: The students will:
Investigate landforms in Linn County and to some extent Eastern Iowa using an earth systems’ approach {bio-chemical-geological}. (Content piece)
Complete a K-W-L of what we know and how we know it.
Develop an PBL Inquiry question.
Gather materials to present and use. (i.e. a rock box, digital documentation, or other options that become available)
Produce a tri-fold that demonstrates the essence of our PBL Inquiry question and the interface of the water, earth, and human systems. {Overlap of the three circles.}
Resources:
Landforms of Iowa. Jean Prior
Mr. Bill Desmarais, retired earth science teacher and acknowledged geology expert, who has agreed to work with us.
Websites:
i. Educational sites that feature geological information
ii. Iowa Geological Survey website http://www.igsb.uiowa.edu/
iii. Iowa Geological Survey website guidebooks: http://gsbdata.igsb.uiowa.edu/gsipubs/gsiMasterCatalog.asp
iv. Other sources as provided to us.

Plan:
Read various sections of Landforms of Iowa, particularly those that concentrate on Eastern Iowa and Linn County, Iowa, geological features.
Discuss with Mr. Desmarais points within the book.
Perform a K-W-L.
Visit physical sites that exemplify the major geological forms on Linn County.
i. Possible Sites: Devonian Gorge; Oakdale Campus geology area; Old Quarry off Otis Rd. SE; Večňy Woods on Otis Road, Bever Park, Czech Museum collection of rocks outside building, tour downtown and discuss various materials used. (possible resource is Mark Hunter, local historian), tour an active quarry,
ii. On-site Process:
1. Document resources keeping notes in field journals, digital photography; possibly set up a blog for professors and later students to access. We will document the dates, times and scientific reflections.
2. Map directions to locations (Google Maps)
3. Inventory lesson options (drafts)
4.
Develop a PBL inquiry question and draft of a lesson that can be implemented with middle and/or high school students.
Final Product of a Tri-fold for presentation in (presumably late summer)
Anticipated Hours: Thirty-two (32) contact hours
Reading: Twelve (12) contact hours
Discussions with Mr. Desmarais: eight (8) contact hours
Visits to physical sites: twelve (12) contact hours
Materials preparation six (6) hours

Requested credit hours:
For the above work of thirty-two {32} contact hours, two (2) graduate credit hours to apply to the Earth Science Endorsement that is part of IGISST program.
For the additional work proposed below for Marion, one (1) graduate credit hour to apply to the Earth Science Endorsement that is part of IGISST program.
Participants:
Ms. Terri Schott, earth science middle school teacher, Franklin Middle School, Cedar Rapids. Participant.
Mrs. Marion Patterson, resource teacher, Home School Assistance Program, Cedar Rapids Community Schools. Participant.
Mr. Bill Desmarais, retired earth science teacher with the Cedar Rapids Community School District and recognized expert in geology. Resource.
IGISST supervisor (optional, depending on availability) Resource.



II. Marion proposes
1. Participate in IOWATER level II Bacteria Monitoring for which she is already registered (June 13, 2009) (three (3) contact hours)
2. Participate in the three (3) days (estimated 24 contact hours)
July 1, 2, 3, 2009, to participate in local IGISST events.
Graduate hour for this option - one (1).

Signed: Marion J. Patterson and Terri S. Schott June 09, 2009