Comments on: Gifts for generations of geology students

By: Wooster Geologists » Blog Archive » Trays of trilobites, buckets of belemnites ….

Fri, 26 Nov 2010 13:20:07 +0000

[...] OHIO — Last weekend we picked up another load of rocks, minerals and fossils donated by the family of one of our loyal alumni. We will be sorting through them for months getting them ready for displays and our teaching [...]

By: Wooster Geologists » Blog Archive » Putting donated fossils to work

Wooster Geologists » Blog Archive » Putting donated fossils to work — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 14:52:55 +0000

[...] OHIO — Last month we began integrating a large collection of rocks, minerals and fossils into our teaching program in the Department of Geology. These specimens were donated by an Ohio [...]

By: sclayton

sclayton — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 00:01:44 +0000

What better place than a college indeed? These rocks are the physical manifestation of a lifetime (I’m guessing) of acquired knowledge, at least a particular niche of knowledge. When students examine them it will almost be a metaphor for learning.
On a more practical side, I’m wondering where you put them. This is more or less how we got our monkeys — a gift that has kept on giving (literally, as they reproduce) and that has had significant implications for our physical space!

By: Wooster Geologists » Blog Archive » And some useful donations are very small

Sun, 24 Oct 2010 21:51:55 +0000

[...] OHIO — The Wooster Geology Department is in the process of receiving a very large gift of geological specimens described in the last post. It is also worth noting that some very small gifts can be very [...]