June 24, 2014
Geologic Column: Beyond geology, field camps teach teamwork and inspire leadership
For undergraduate geology students, field camp is a rite of passage. And the importance of the experience, in terms of properly training and …
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July 24, 2013
Blogging on EARTH: A letter from field camp
Bryce Mitsunaga, a recent graduate of Williams College in Williamstown, Mass., is currently attending field camp at the Yellowstone-Bighorn …
July 19, 2013
Location, Location, Location
Although field camps based east of the Mississippi River do exist, and a handful of American schools run camps abroad in places like Ireland, …
July 19, 2013
Home sweet home for field campers
With a few exceptions — including available meal choices and entertainment options for when students have limited free time — accommodations at …
July 19, 2013
Mapping field camp's past and present: Exploring a mainstay of geoscience education
Every spring, troops of geoscience students set out to observe firsthand the minerals, rocks, folds, faults, unconformities, ore bodies and other …
July 16, 2013
Bare Earth Elements: The field camp experience in photos
For the August issue of EARTH, I wrote about some of the ways in which geology's longstanding rite of passage — field camp — has changed over the …
January 5, 2012
Surviving field school: Better than reality TV
David Harwood’s geology field course for future teachers is not a network reality show — but it should be. The three-week course has all the …
January 5, 2012
Geology 101: Reading the story in the rocks
David Harwood’s field geology course gives future teachers an introduction to several of geology’s most fundamental principles, including the …