EAST TENNESSEE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Proudly Celebrates

Earth Science Week 2003

EARTH SCIENCE FAIR at the UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE

Selected Activities

Aerial photo interpretation
Engineering measurements & accuracy
Geologic time trail
Geology & fossil history of Tennessee
Gold panning
Hydrogeology
Impact craters
Investigating volcanic eruptions
Minerals in everyday life
Mineral fluorescence
The Moon
Natural hazards & mineral resources of east Tennessee
Roving around Mars
Terrestrial remote sensing & map interpretation
Web-based remote sensing
The world of caves

Teacher's Workshop (Led by Professor Emeritus Dr. Don Byerly)
Geology of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (7 participants)

Photos by Dr. Ed Perfect, Barbara Burton, and Seaira Stephenson.


Left: UT's Earth Science Fair 2003	Right: Students learn about the many uses of minerals in everyday life.

Left: Exploring Earth through maps and aerial photography.	Right: Understanding natural hazards.

Left: Mineral resource of eastern Tennessee.	Right: Panning for gold.

Left: Interactive games demonstrate the relationships between geologic processes and natural hazards.	Right: Exploring the oil and gas resources of Tennessee.

Left: Geology of the Moon.	Right: Discovering how sinkholes and karst affects buildings and other infrastructure in Tennessee.

Left: Interpretation of three-dimensional aerial photographs.	Right: Web-based remote sensing of the Earth's surface.

Left: Students travel along the geologic time trail.	Right: Geology and fossil history of Tennessee at McClung Museum.

Left: Creating a volcanic eruption.	Right: One of fifteen schools and six home-school groups attending the 2003 Earth Science Fair. More than 630 elementary, middle, and high school students (28 groups) celebrated Earth Science Week with 46 teachers and home-schooling parents.
Schools Centerview Elementary (Newport) Cherokee Middle (Kingston) Heritage Middle (Maryville) Jacksboro Middle (Jacksboro) Karns High (Knoxville) Maryville Christian Academy (Maryville) Middlesboro High (Middlesboro, KY) Mount Juliet Christian Academy (Mount Juliet) Natures Way Montessori (Knoxville) New Center Elementary (Sevierville) Northwest Middle (Knoxville) Oak Ridge High (Oak Ridge) South Cumberland Elementary (Crossville) South Doyle Middle (Knoxville) Temple Baptist Academy (Powell)	Home-School Groups Athens Knoxville Lenoir City Maryville Morristown New Tazewell
The 2003 Earth Science Fair was made possible by more than 70 volunteers!
Presenters Faculty & students from UT Earth & Planetary Sciences Faculty & students from UT Geography Faculty & students from TN Geographic Alliance Faculty from UT Civil & Environmental Engineering Staff from UT McClung Museum Geologists from TN Division of Geology Volunteers from ETGS & private industry	Guides & Assistants Faculty, staff & students from UT Earth & Planetary Sciences Students from UT Geography Students from UT Education Volunteers from ETGS & private industry
Congratulations to Stephanie Drumheller, winner of the T-shirt design competition. Her winning design was based on this year's theme "Eyes on Planet Earth" and was used on the volunteers' T-shirts.
Financial Support Total budget: ~$5,500 ~$1,500 from UT Earth & Planetary Sciences ~$2,000 from UT College of Arts & Sciences Outreach ~$2,000 from ETGS/AIPG funds donated by private industry ETGS thanks the following companies for their generous support of the Earth Science Fair! ARCADIS BWXT Y-12 Barge Waggoner Sumner & Cannon, Inc. Bechtel Jacobs Company LLC Continental Aerial Surveys, Inc. Knoxville Gem & Mineral Society Rinker Materials SAIC Shaw Environmental & Infrastructure

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