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Geology Adventure at the Wint Nature Center - March 28, 2009

Welcome to Wint Nature Center

The Rules

Learning about geology

Mrs. T shows us a big block of Coal

Mrs. T shows us some Galena

Mrs. T shows us some Mica

Mrs. T shows us some Copper right here from Michigan

Mrs. T shows us some Lead

Miss Jamie tells us about the THILL

Hey... can you see the beaver house?

A vent added to stop the flooding of the road... be nice Mr. Beaver.

Hey... did your feet get wet?

Oooooo its Crooked Lake....

Miss Jamie tells us about the autograph left by the glacier... A glacier scrape.

Looking to match the rocks.

I found one of the ones we are looking for.

We found all of them... Miss Kathy said we are good to go.

I think this is the last one...

Our team found them all too.

Miss Jamie said we found them all too.

Learning about the three types of rocks

Now this is pretty interesting.

Wow... I didn't know that!

Yep... I knew that was shale.

Hmmm, I didn't know that.

Hey... I know that one.

Boys... This is sandstone.

Mr. Z catching some Zzzz.

Mr. Q says your didn't just take that picture did you?

Figuring out which are which.

Let's finish the pretzels first.

This is cool!

Investigating the hardness factor.

Investigating the hardness factor.

Investigating the hardness factor.

Investigating the hardness factor.

Investigating the hardness factor.

This is cool!

Learning about a tornado and seeing the inside of one.

I am not a turkey!

Neither am I.

This Red headed woodpecker is cheating.

Right out the window of the nature center is.... well nature.

Help... I am burning... not really.

I can see the future!

It doesn't burn... really.

Mr. Q's hand giving it a test.

 

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