Geology

The Day the Dinosaurs Died

The Day the Dinosaurs Died

Dinosaurs lived and roamed the earth for hundreds of millions of years. But they disappeared from geological rock record about 66 million years ago. What happened to them? Don Peck, science educator and geologist, and long time colleague and friend has some answers to...

Acrylic Painting of the Geologic Map of Georgia

Acrylic Painting of the Geologic Map of Georgia

The art of the geology of Georgia is a painting I completed this week. It's an acrylic painting of the geologic map of Georgia. I painted it on a wood board, 10 1/4 inches x 8 1/2 inches that was cut in the shape of the state. I purchased it at a local gift shop. I...

Jack Hills Zircon: Evidence of a Very Old Earth

Latest Story In a report published in Nature Geoscience, a scientific team studying rocks in Australia, used Australian zircons in the Jack Hills that are embedded in the rocks to decide the age and history of these rocks. They found evidence that the Earth's crust...

2011 Science Education E-Books from the Art of Teaching Science

This blog was begun in 2005 with the publication of the first edition of The Art of Teaching Science.  Six hundred or so posts later, we find ourselves in at the end of 2011. This year, we published four eBooks based on blog posts made during 2011.  More eBooks will...

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