These pages are intended to support a geology field trip to Stone Mountain, such as the 4th grade program Fernbank leads for DeKalb County Schools. Included are vocabulary, math exercises, a panorama from the mountain top, and an activity in which students can build a 3D model of the mountain while learning about topographic maps.
Aimed at 6th grade Discovery students, these pages present a self-paced lesson, about 2-1/2 hours in duration, in which students choose and learn about a particular volcano using the Internet. Each student then writes a story describing an imaginary visit to the volcano on the day of a specific major eruption. The story can be saved as a web page. Links to stories recently submitted by DeKalb County students (during visits to Fernbank) are also provided.
These pages are designed as a supplement to the article, "Those Rocks in Your Backyard", published in the Summer 1998 issue of Fernbank Magazine. Written for adults or high schoolers with an interest in science and natural history, these colorful pages introduce the use of the polarizing microscope with metamorphic rocks.
Ms. Sigmon’s 7th Grade classes at Chamblee Middle School