Later this spring, I'm teaching a geology course for a "Natural History Field Studies" certificate program offered by the USDA Graduate School and the Audubon Society. A friend informed me today that the course listing is online. NOVA's a better deal for students (and professors, frankly!), but I'm hoping to tap into a new population of students this way. Our field trips will be to (1) Shenandoah National Park, (2) the Shenandoah Valley and Massanutten Mountain, and (3) the Billy Goat Trail. As such, these NFHS students will get a nice cross-section of Appalachian geology, as recorded in three separate physiographic provinces (Blue Ridge, Valley and Ridge, and Piedmont, respectively). Just thought I'd mention it.

Labels: geology, nova, teaching