Resources for Undergraduates

Research Grants

Several GSA Sections offer undergraduate student research grants.

Landscape Collection - K-16 students in Vermont are creating a web-based archive of historical and modern photograph pairs documenting 150 years of human interaction with the Vermont landscape. K-12 students work with UVM students to learn how to use GPS, a digital camera, and computer imaging equipment as part of ongoing research to document change in the Vermont landscape from the mid-1800s to the present.

www.uvm.edu/perkins/landscape/

The Earth Around Us: Syllabus - The following syllabus was developed for a freshman course whose goal is to teach students the geology of environmental issues and to attract them to geology as a course of study. The course is built around the book The Earth Around Us: Maintaining a Livable Planet (Westview, 2003). The book consists of short, readable essays that provide solid grounding in the geology of environmental issues. The book offers an alternative to traditional geology texts. {Link to Syllabus (attached)} Available at the GSA Bookstore

Syllabus: www.geosociety.org/educate/EARTHAROUNDsyllabus.pdf

Sample Chapter: Read Chapter 31 from the book "The Earth Around Us", entitled "What Else Should My Neighbor Know", by Caryl Edward Buchwald

Purchase Book: granite.geosociety.org/bookstore/

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