ESRI has put together a fun Halloween themed Geography Treasure Hunt that uses their story map technology to test your halloween trivia and world geography knowledge. Good luck. Another exciting Halloween opportunity for those in the Ames area is Reiman Gardens Spirits in the Gardens event. Participants will enjoy walking through a garden path of
Get outside today. Take a kid outside and enjoy the beautiful world around us. Here are a list of suggested activities to help celebrate this day: How Can You Test Your Soil Grades 5-9 Make Your Own Compass Grades 6-8 Plant an Ozone Monitoring Garden Grades 6-9 Sky and Cloud Windows Grades 3-8 Soil Properties
Today think about how you use minerals in your daily life. Join the Earth Science Week team in raising awareness of and appreciation for minerals and mineralogy among the general public as well as K-12 and higher education students and teachers in both formal and informal educational settings. Check out the Earth Science Week Minerals
Focus Days Earth Science Week is happy to announce special days focusing on specific themes during the week-long celebration, October 11 – 17, 2020. Sunday, October 11International Earthcache Day. Explore the world with this GPS scavenger hunt! Monday, October 12Minerals Day. Join us in raising awareness of and appreciation for minerals and mineralogy! Tuesday, October
Next week is Earth Science Week. This year the theme is Earth Materials in Our Lives. Throughout the week we will be exploring different aspects of earth sciences, finding ways to connect to the earth, and looking at careers and organizations that are devoted to the study of our earth. Check back all week for
Iowa Nutrient Research Center Virtual Water Quality Seminar Series Dates and Information
This year due to safety concerns with the COVID-19 pandemic the Iowa Technology and Geospatial (ITAG) Conference 2020 was cancelled. Instead of the typical four-day in person event, ITAG hosted a half-day virtual event. Here is the link to the recording: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Y31tVqT2Y2dt68kFsefBqSNOTzq0ycIj/view?usp=sharing. Below are descriptions of presentations and links to presenters’ powerpoints: What’s New with
This week marks 40 years since the Mount St. Helens eruption. The image above is from the USGS Earthshots trading card series. The images are displayed in color infrared which is useful for showing living vegetation in red. The mountains surrounding Mount St. Helens are primarily forest. Notice the extreme change in the landscape from
Dr. Chandana Mitra of AlabamaView along with other member of her team are hosting “Mother Earth as Art”, which features USGS Earth as Art images as well as other inspired images, at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University during Spring 2020. The exhibit is also available online. Here is the
Join the OpenStreetMap US Virtual Mappy Hour. Members of the OpenStreetMap (OSM) Community present short, informational talks related to OSM and other mapping related topics. Here are links to some the past and upcoming Mappy Hour topics. Up-to-date Events Schedule: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/Local_Chapters/United_States/Virtual_Mappy_Hours (To attend in real-time you will need to register on the form) Upcoming EventsWednesday,