Special Announcements:

Earth Science Week 2010 is coming in October!

NEW**Check in with WMU graduate student, Travis Hayden, aboard the IODP Expedition 318: Wilkes Land Glacial History Expedition. Travis is on shipboard from Jan. 5 to March 9, 2010 and will keep us up-dated on the expedition's progress and on ship-board life on his blog.

** Earth Science Picture of the Day at http://epod.usra.edu/blog/

**Learn about Carbon Dioxide Sequestration on our new MichCarb page.

** Download the new Earth Science Literacy Principles document from the National Science Foundation! Earth scientists and educators worked together to outline the most important "Big Ideas and Supporting Concepts of Earth Science" for students and the public to know. For more information on this document visit www.earthscienceliteracy.org.

**The final report from the 2009 Keystone Youth Policy Summit on Greenhouse Gas Reductions in Michigan is now available! For information on the upcoming 2010 Youth Policy Summit contact Susan Grammer at susan.grammer@wmich.edu.

**To schedule a CoreKids classroom visit for the 2009/2010 school year contact Jennifer Porter at jennifer.porter@wmich.edu. Or you can submit your request for information or for a field trip or visit using our on-line form.
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Welcome to CoreKids

WMU-MGRRE’s K-12 Earth Science Outreach Program

The scientists and staff of WMU Geosciences Department’s Michigan Geological Repository for Research and Education (MGRRE) are anxious to share our geology and earth science resources with teachers, students and parents.

CoreKids helps students, teachers and the public to understand more about the earth, its processes and its natural resources. We do this by visiting classrooms and other community groups in SW Michigan, hosting field trips to the MGRRE Core Lab and making our presentations about geology and geologists available on our website.

Click on the links at left to explore our educational resources and activities. We want you to know that:

Earth is ancient…
Earth is constantly changing…
Earth is rich in natural resources…
Earth impacts us, and we impact our planet.

** Why is science education important? Learn about the work of Sciencedebate2008 at http://sciencedebate2008.com/www/index.php?id=70 _______________________________________________________

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Susan F. Grammer

Education Outreach Coordinator

Michigan Geological Repository for Research and Education (MGRRE)
Department of Geosciences

Western Michigan University

1903 W. Michigan Ave.

Kalamazoo, Michigan 49008-5241
(269) 387-8642

susan.grammer@wmich.edu