[Rockhounds] students looking for fossil help in Georgia

[Kreigh Tomaszewski]

I have had the great pleasure of coaching Science Olympiad teams for 
many years in both Fossils, and Rocks and Minerals. I can't help with 
this team, but I want to encourage everyone to look for a local team 
they can help.

The competition challenges the students to become experts on roughly a 
hundred fossils, or about a hundred rocks and minerals, from a 
specified list. They take a test that most rockhounds would fail 
miserably. Science Olympiad brings the excitement of sporting events to 
science.

Don't be surprised if the students know more than you do about the 
specimens on the official list. You can really help them by showing 
them many different examples, sharing what tidbits you might know about 
the specimens, and showing your passion for rockhounding.

The kids who participate in Science Olympiad are our hope for the 
future. They are the brightest and most motivated students. Any 
encouragement you can give them will be amply repaid.

Kreigh




On Tuesday, Mar 10, 2009, at 11:01 America/Detroit, pmodreski at aol.com 
wrote:

> Rockhounds list,
>
> I have a teacher friend in Georgia who is the coach for their school's 
> Science Olympiad team, and they would love to find someone in their 
> area who could help the kids review "Fossils" for one of the events in 
> Science Olympiad.? She says their team is advancing to the State Final 
> competition,?and can really use help to review for this event in which 
> the students must identify and answer questions about fossils.
>
> The school is in Cumming, GA (north of Atlanta), and what they hope to 
> find is someone who could meet with the kids (it would just be one or 
> two kids, who are responsible for doing this particular event) 
> probably just once or twice, to look at and discuss identification of 
> fossils, geologic age?in which different types of fossils occur, and 
> so on.? These are middle school kids, and they will need to do this 
> fairly soon, as the State Final event is coming up on March 28.
>
> If anyone lives in/near this area?who is a good "Fossil Hound" and is 
> willing to help, or knows of someone else in a club in that area who 
> could do so, I know it it would be very much appreciated if you could 
> contact directly,
>
> Patti Grammens
> PGrammens at forsyth.k12.ga.us
> South Forsyth Middle School, Cumming, CA
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> Thanks to any who can help!
> Pete Modreski
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