Teacher's Corner is a column in our geologic newsletter, Survey Notes.

Earth Science Week Activities at the UGS Cancelled This Year

The bad news: the Utah Geological Survey (UGS) has had to cancel this year’s Earth Science Week (ESW) activities due to building construction at the Utah Core Research Center. 

The good news: the UGS will conduct “Rocks of the Mountains” presentations at the Utah State Fair with the hope that schools may attend the fair in place of ESW. 

The State Fair will be from September 4–14.  The UGS will present the “Rocks of the Mountains” on Tuesday (September 9th) and Thursday (September 11th) at 10:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.  Presentations will be held on the south side of the Wildlife building in the State Fairpark (155 N. 1000 W., Salt Lake City).

Integrating Survey Notes Articles in the Classroom

• The Great Energy Debate
• Earthquakes - Wasatch Fault
• Igneous and Metamorphic Geology of Utah
• Ground Water

Settling container activity.

Activities

• Reading a stone wall
• Use a settling container to determine the relative amount of sand, silt, and clay in sediment
• Geological Features and Processes in Utah:
  • Dome Mountains
  • Volcanoes

Articles

• Easily Accessible Examples of Igneous, Metamorphic, and Sedimentary Rocks in Wasatch Front Canyons
• Geologic Stretching - How many inches per year do Salt Lake City, Utah and Reno, Nevada move away from each other?
• The Earth's Surface, the only Constant is Change.