17th Annual MMEW
17th Annual MMEW
July 17-19, 2014
July 17-19, 2014
Southwest Minnesota State University
Southwest Minnesota State University
Marshall, Minnesota
Marshall, Minnesota
Presentations and handouts from the
2014 MMEW short courses can be downloaded
from links on the short course schedule below.
Other Downloads:
Other Downloads:
2014 MMEW Program and Field Guide
(includes lists of participants, instructors, and sponsors)
Final Report for the 2014 MMEW
Executive Summary
Financial Summary
Participant Survey Results
Short Course Schedule:
Short Course Schedule:
Short Course Files:
Short Course Files:
- Jigsaw on Heat - A Lab Activity
- History of Hydrogeology
- Glacial Geology of SW Minnesota
- Crystallography Basics - Handout 1, 2 and 3.
- Teaching Plate Tectonics - Handout 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.
- Ground Water Basics
- The Sioux Quartzite and the Rock Cycle
- Rock and Mineral Identification
- Place-based Teaching Approaches
- Sustainability of SW MN Groundwater
- Aggregate Resources - Handout 1, 2, and 3.
- Mineral Deposits - How, Where, When and Why Here? - Handout 1 and 2.
- Resource Lesson Plan Sharing
- Protecting Groundwater Instead of Mitigating Mistakes - Handout 1, 2, and 3.
- Applied Geology: Assessing and Mitigating Geological Risks - Handout, kmz file.
- Mineral Uses