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Soil study to be scheduled before new Kaysville library is built

Last updated Thursday, May 9, 2013 - 11:04pm

FARMINGTON — A geotechnical soil study will begin before Davis County can build a $4 million library branch in Kaysville.

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Weber State University student Amanda Gentry labels rocks to go into kits for fourth-graders in the Weber School District who are learning about geology. (Courtesy photo)

Rock kits get fourth-graders rolling with geology

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, December 26, 2012 - 7:28am

OGDEN — Weber State University geoscience students spent hundreds of hours during the summer collecting rocks from locations all around Utah.

Next, the students broke or cut the rocks, collected the highest quality samples and incorporated them into educational kits. Each kit had samples of labeled igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks, and information about how the rocks were formed.

And this fall, the geoscience students presented a weighty gift to the Weber School District: 100 rock kits to be used for science education in the district’s fourth-grade classrooms.

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On Thursday, Sara Yearsley (left) and Amanda Gentry prepare 72-hour kits for the emergency-preparedness fair to be held Saturday at Weber State University. (NICHOLAS DRANEY/Standard-Examiner)

WSU fair to help families prep for quake

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, April 5, 2012 - 11:29pm

OGDEN — Eight hundred plastic Easter eggs aren’t destined for Sunday baskets.

No, the colorful eggs have Saturday duty, teaching the importance of earthquake preparedness to kids who attend Weber State’s “ShakeUp: Drop, Cover, Hold On” event.

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Steve Herbst, right, demonstrates the EM4 Stream Table to Brigham Young University senior John Hill in the Erying Science Center at BYU in Provo, Utah on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012. The EM4 Stream Table models the processes and features in stream and delta environments. (AP Photo/The Daily Herald, James Roh)

BYU geology students get hands-on experience with stream table

Paige Fieldsted Provo Daily Herald

Last updated Wednesday, March 7, 2012 - 5:59pm

PROVO -- Students in the geology department at Brigham Young University spend hours reading textbooks and looking at photos in hopes of understanding the complexities of river systems, but now a new tool is giving students a hands-on learning experience.

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Genealogy of the West's landscape examined

Bettina Boxall Los Angeles Times

Last updated Sunday, February 12, 2012 - 8:30am

"ROUGH-HEWN LAND: A GEOLOGIC JOURNEY FROM CALIFORNIA TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS." By Keith Heyer Meldahl. University of California Press. $34.95.

Think of the West and what comes to mind are vertiginous peaks, sculpted tablelands and the infinite vistas of basin and range country. In other words, geology.

Westerners live in the shadow of mountains that are still rising, on the edge of a continent on the move, over fault systems that can unleash the power of nuclear bombs. More so than any other region of the country, we are defined by geology.

In "Rough-Hewn Land," Keith Heyer Meldahl takes us on a field trip from San Francisco to the Rocky Mountains, tracing the genealogy of the landscape. He seasons the story with historical accounts and a synthesis of evolving geologic theory, providing a fascinating guide to the formation of the West.

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Public welcome to hear geologist speak at WSU

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - 12:18am

OGDEN — Geologist Scott F. Burns will speak at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday in Room 124 of the Lind Lecture Hall at Weber State University, 3848 Harrison Blvd.

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Geologist finds man's body near Delta

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, December 19, 2011 - 9:47am

DELTA -- Authorities are trying to identify man whose body was found partially decomposed in the Sevier Dry Lake area west of Delta.

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(MATTHEW ARDEN HATFIELD/Standard-Examiner) Shadow Valley Elementary School opened at 4911 S. 1500 East in Ogden at the beginning of the 2009 school year.

'Green' school in Shadow Valley area promotes learning about environment

Jamie Lampros Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, August 28, 2011 - 9:54am

OGDEN -- When ideas about building a new Ogden elementary school were being tossed about, the thought of having an environmentally friendly facility caught everyone's attention.

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Students study geology of Mars with help of NASA photos

Amy Macavinta, Standard-Examiner correspondent

Last updated Wednesday, June 8, 2011 - 11:21pm

BRIGHAM CITY -- A group of seventh-graders at Adele C. Young Intermediate School had the unique experience of working on a Mars education project with NASA this year.

Just more than a dozen students enrolled in an elective science class where they learned about geology and how it affects the terrain on Mars.

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