Presentations and handouts from the

2014 MMEW short courses can be downloaded

from links on the short course schedule below.

2014 MMEW Program and Field Guide

(includes lists of participants, instructors, and sponsors)

Introductory PowerPoint

Field Trip Review

Final Report for the 2014 MMEW

Executive Summary

Financial Summary

Participant Survey Results

• 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