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