DH Cadwell Earth Science Workshop

July 8-10, 2013 (Monday - Wednesday)

Register today for this three-day workshop (24 contact hours), that helps Earth Science teachers improve student test scores by increasing their familiarity with the geologic environment and geologic history of New York State.

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NYSM Geologists Capture Geology by the Gigapixel

Discover how important geological features of New York State are being documented using a special camera mount and software that generate super high resolution images.

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Published: A Global Time Scale for the Origin of Animals

New York's State Geologist, Dr. Ed Landing, delineates the Cambrian Evolutionary Radiation, a c. 30 million year-long interval that began about 545 million years ago and saw the probable origin of many living marine animal groups and the "explosion" of marine animals with mineralized (limey or phosphatic) skeletons.

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DH Cadwell Earth Science WorkshopJuly 8-10, 2013 (Monday - Wednesday)Register today for this three-day workshop (24 contact hours), that helps Earth Science teachers improve student test scores by increasing their familiarity with the geologic environment and geologic history of New York State.

More information »NYSM Geologists Capture Geology by the Gigapixel Discover how important geological features of New York State are being documented using a special camera mount and software that generate super high resolution images. More information »Published: A Global Time Scale for the Origin of AnimalsNew York's State Geologist, Dr. Ed Landing, delineates the Cambrian Evolutionary Radiation, a c. 30 million year-long interval that began about 545 million years ago and saw the probable origin of many living marine animal groups and the "explosion" of marine animals with mineralized (limey or phosphatic) skeletons. More information » featuredcontentslider.init({ id: "slider1", //id of main slider DIV contentsource: ["inline", ""], //Valid values: ["inline", ""] or ["ajax", "path_to_file"] toc: "#increment", //Valid values: "#increment", "markup", ["label1", "label2", etc] nextprev: ["Previous", "Next"], //labels for "prev" and "next" links. Set to "" to hide. revealtype: "mouseover", //Behavior of pagination links to reveal the slides: "click" or "mouseover" enablefade: [true, 0.1], //[true/false, fadedegree] autorotate: [true, 8000], //[true/false, pausetime] onChange: function(previndex, curindex){ //event handler fired whenever script changes slide //previndex holds index of last slide viewed b4 current (1=1st slide, 2nd=2nd etc) //curindex holds index of currently shown slide (1=1st slide, 2nd=2nd etc) } })

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