Friday, July 29, 2011

Friedegg poem

on the street
just because we can
this is your ass-fault

Thursday, July 28, 2011

fall fossil teacher workshop

October 18, West Central Alabama, be there or be square!

Fossils of the Black Belt – A Hands-On Field Workshop

Where: University of West Alabama in Livingston and vicinity.
When: Tuesday, October 18, 2011, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Cost: $15, preregister early
Who Should Attend: In-service and pre-service science teachers who will be teaching earth science or other science courses with earth-science components, life science, biology, and environmental science.
Contact: Dr. David C. Kopaska-Merkel, Geological Survey of Alabama, P.O. Box 869999, Tuscaloosa AL 35486-6999. Phone: (205) 247-3695 (office) or (205) 246-9346 (cell). Fax: (205) 349-2861. Email: dkm@gsa.state.al.us
Registration Form

Name: _______________________________ Position: _________________ School:
Address:



Home phone: _____________ School phone: _____________ Email:

Return to David Kopaska-Merkel, Geological Survey of Alabama, P.O. Box 869999, Tuscaloosa AL 35486-6999.
Make checks payable to Alabama Geological Society.

Workshop Summary
A 1-day workshop in paleontology (the study of fossils) for elementary to high school science teachers (both in-service and pre-service). The workshp will help integrate real earth science into curricula. Participants will be better able to recommend meaningful science-fair projects in earth science and to assist students with them. Objectives:
Participants will learn about fossils and geology, so they will be more comfortable teaching these subjects.
Participants will learn about sites that can be visited by classes, or used to provide material for classes.
Teachers will make fossil kits for classroom use.
Teachers will get the book Lost Worlds in Alabama Rocks, a major resource for teaching the geology and geologic history of Alabama, 3 Discovering Alabama DVDs (Geologic History of Alabama, Tracks Across Time, and Black Belt Part I) & more.
This course supports Alabama Course of Study/Science Processes & Applications in all grades, high school Geology & Earth & Space Science electives, and life-science concepts at all grade levels.
Alabama is one of the best places in the world for fossil collecting. In an area the size of England, Alabama has well-preserved fossils of almost every age. Paleontologists come from all over to collect in Alabama.
The workshop begins at the University of West Alabama, where participants learn basic geologic field techniques. Next, they visit 2 or more fossiliferous outcrops near Livingston. Fossils include oysters, other bivalves, snails, bryozoa, worm tubes, and shark teeth. If very lucky, someone might find remains of sea turtles or a mosasaur (a giant sea lizard). Back at UWA, participants will identify and label fossils that were collected that morning, making kits they will take back to their schools.
Workshop Leaders
Dr. David C. Kopaska-Merkel has studied trilobites and other fossils, and has led workshops and field trips for teachers, children, and others.
Dr. Andrew K. Rindsberg studies marine invertebrate paleoecology. Dr. Rindsberg has written numerous reports on Alabama geology, including field trip guidebooks and educational publications on fossils.
Dr. Doug Wymer has co-led geological and biological workshops for teachers and the general public. His specialty is ecological restoration. Workshop participants will visit his prairie restoration project.
Dr. John C. Hall has led archaeological and paleontological programs throughout Alabama and has published on Alabama meteorites and famed naturalist William Bartram.

no matr how fast we go, thursday's here

not another
inane humorku
yes

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

lunch at the seminar

old enough to talk
about retiring all day
too young to try



hot flash
in a cold room
not just for women



dead Honda
in a Kansas parking lot
she's walkin'



dragon slept
halfway to Rigel
boy is she hungry

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Saturday, July 23, 2011

Friday, July 22, 2011

ef ride eh

the latest novel
by Martin Ganzglass
how much is fact

Thursday, July 21, 2011

oh yeah, this 1 4 real

don't make some short-term
deal & let the greedy win
we all must pay

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Monday, July 18, 2011

moanday

chains clanking and all
kinds of ectoplasmic gore
no stains

Friday, July 15, 2011

Thursday, July 14, 2011

thursty poem

late fireworks
welder joins big black pipes
for new heating plant

Trace-fossil book

Ready for pre-publication reviews. Anyone interested?

DN 89 ontrib copies still on desk. Under tarp. Rain needs 2 stop so roof can b fixed!

Canadian postal strike over?

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Monday, July 11, 2011

Thursday, July 7, 2011

a pome

tiny feet impressed
this mud when it WAS mud
5 toes say reptile

Friday, July 1, 2011

Friday's pome

cooked and raw mushrooms
for lunch plus divers veggies
feel hobbitish