At Michigan Tech
Nine teachers from across Michigan recently spent five days on the Michigan Technological University campus, learning about the geology and natural resources of the Upper Peninsula, as well as engineering and societal issues related to mining.
Among the teachers was Caleb Miller from St. Johns Public High School.
During the institute, participants took field trips to explore the geology of the western Upper Peninsula, visiting both historic and active mines. They learned how earth caching can help enhance their teaching. They explored rock identification, geologic history and time scales, plate tectonics, geologic control of mineral resources, mining engineering and the environmental impacts of different mining techniques.
Alexandra Guth, online and graduate coordinator in Tech’s Department of Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences, was the lead instructor for the institute.
The institute was supported in part by the Michigan Space Grant Consortium.