Seniors fly to Miami and then head out to the Florida Keys, the Everglades, the Gulf Coast, and Cape Canaveral. In addition to great geology, we’ll see all kinds of exotic wildlife including roseate spoonbills, alligators, and manatees; if we are really lucky, we’ll get to see a mama sea turtle laying her eggs. Let’s [...]
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Houston 11th Grade Academy
Juniors will fly in and out of Portland Oregon. In between they will cross the Columbia River into Washington State to visit Mt. St. Helens, then head up the river to Cascade Locks, climb Mt. Hood (not on foot, silly, in a bus to the timberline and a ski lift to the snow) descend to [...]
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Houston 9th Grade Academy
Incoming GeoFORCE students start out with a bus trip to Austin, where we will get to know each other and learn a little about geology. Students will stay at the University of Texas in dorms, and we’ll see the campus and the local geology. Then we hop a plane to Tampa Florida, head down the [...]
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Southwest 12th Grade Academy
Seniors fly to Miami and then head out to the Florida Keys, the Everglades, the Gulf Coast, and Cape Canaveral. In addition to great geology, we’ll see all kinds of exotic wildlife including roseate spoonbills, alligators, and manatees; if we are really lucky, we’ll get to see a mama sea turtle laying her eggs. Let’s [...]
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Southwest 11th Grade Academy
Juniors will fly in and out of Portland Oregon. In between they will cross the Columbia River into Washington State to visit Mt. St. Helens, then head up the river to Cascade Locks, climb Mt. Hood (not on foot, silly, in a bus to the timberline and a ski lift to the snow) descend to [...]
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Southwest 10th Grade Academy
Sophomores fly to Las Vegas, where we hurry past the one-armed-bandits and onto a bus. We’ll drive through Arizona and into Utah on day 1. Then the trip proceeds through Zion National Park, to Glen Canyon Dam, and into the Grand Canyon. We’ll travel most of that way by bus, and several miles in [...]
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Southwest 9th Grade Academy
Incoming GeoFORCE students start out with a bus trip to Austin, where we will get to know each other and learn a little about geology. Students will stay at the University of Texas in dorms, and we’ll see the campus and the local geology. Then we hop a plane to Tampa Florida, head down the [...]
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Houston 10th Grade Academy
Sophomores fly to Las Vegas, where we hurry past the one-armed-bandits and onto a bus. We’ll drive through Arizona and into Utah on day 1. Then the trip proceeds through Zion National Park, to Glen Canyon Dam, and into the Grand Canyon. We’ll travel most of that way by bus, and several miles in [...]