Heading to the GSA Annual Meeting in Houston?   Want to know more about scientific ocean drilling (IODP) and how you can use it with your undergrad and high school students?   Then join us forField Trip 413, Hands On at IODP's Gulf Coast Repository -- Authentic Scientific Ocean Drilling Samples and Data for Earth Systems Science Inquiry  

Date:  Sat., 4 Oct.

Cosponsored by: Deep Earth Academy; Consortium for Ocean Leadership; Integrated Ocean Drilling Program; National Science Foundation.

Leaders:  Leslie Peart, Consortium for Ocean Leadership, Washington, D.C., +1-202-787.1603; Kristen St. John, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.; Debbie Thomas, Texas A&M University, College Station, Tex.; John Firth, Texas A&M University, College Station, Tex.

Price: US$25 (B, L, D, R).

Description:  Participants will be transported from Houston to the Gulf Coast Repository (GCR) at Texas A&M University in College Station, a distance of 90 miles, for a full day of hands-on open and guided inquiry with cores and data highlighting major results from the scientific ocean drilling programs (DSDP, ODP, and IODP). The proximity of the GCR, coupled with the depth and breadth of the collection, offers an unprecedented opportunity for meeting attendees to study and sample a variety of ocean cores during the conference and to field-test lab and classroom activities designed specifically for undergraduate and upper-level secondary students. New paleoclimate and ocean crust resources will be introduced--this field trip is suitable for past IODP and School of Rock participants. Meals and materials will be provided.

For more information, see https://www.acsmeetings.org/programs/field-trips-and-tours/

Deadline for registration — 2 September!