The young students came to the Roux Center for a lesson on Maine geology. They got it, as well as Jell-O, Play-Doh, chocolate, puzzles, and interactive games. Two events overlapped serendipitously ...

Even teachers spend time in summer school. Teachers spent time this week traipsing through Garden of the Gods, touching rocks and learning about such things as alluvial fans, ancestral Rocky Mountains ...

I enjoyed reading the Times’ recent articles on the Roaring Fork River. The more we all know and understand our valley’s environment, the better we can appreciate and protect it. However, let’s keep ...

Some years past when I was pulling weeds in my yard, I unearthed a dirt-covered rock. This is not unusual or really worth mentioning except that when I brushed off the dirt, one side unveiled a dark, ...

A FUNNY THING happened on the way to Western Maryland in 1983, when road crews blasted through a portion of Washington County's Sideling Hill to make way for Interstate 68. After excavating 10 million ...

I love the Grand Canyon, both personally (because of all the good memories I have of my adventures there), and as a scientist. I first saw it in the early summer of 1981 when I went on a six-week-long ...

WEST GOSHEN – West Chester University students received a hands-on geology lesson this week. As part of a collaboration, about 30 students and approximately 35 seasoned professionals watched side by ...

Bicyclists who take part in next month’s Cycling Scandia event will get a geology lesson in addition to a 15-mile workout. Geologist Dale Setterholm, who retired in February as associate director of ...