Resent articles by the "Geoscience Canada" from The Free Libraryhttp://www.thefreelibrary.comen-usFarlex, Inc.Wed, 6 Jan 2010 17:35:01 GMT360http://www.thefreelibrary.comhttp://www.thefreelibrary.com/_/static/TFLbyFarlex.gif17565Tue, 1 Sep 2009 00:00:00 http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Ghost+Mountains+and+Vanished+Oceans%3a+North+America+from+Birth+to...-a0211365385
Ghost Mountains and Vanished Oceans: North America from Birth to Middle Age

By John Wilson and Ron Clowes

Key Porter Books

ISBN: 1554700477

Hard cover, 248p.

Price $34.95 CDN 

"For twenty years, the scientists of the Lithoprobe Project pounded the ground around Canada in a unique seismic survey of our country's...]]>Tue, 1 Sep 2009 00:00:00 http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Canadian+Geoscience+Education+Network%3a+a+grassroots+powerhouse.-a0211365384


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CGEN was founded in the early 1990s by the Canadian Geoscience Council, and now functions as the outreach arm of the Canadian Federation of Earth Sciences. The need to promote and publicize the earth sciences became clear in the 1980s with growing evidence of science illiteracy among the general public. CGEN, with its goal of raising public...]]>Tue, 1 Sep 2009 00:00:00 http://www.thefreelibrary.com/EdGEO%3a+helping+teachers+teach+Earth+science.-a0211365383


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EdGEO is a national program that supports Earth science workshops for Canadian teachers. Geoscientists and teachers work collaboratively to develop and deliver these curriculum-linked workshops, which provide teachers with the classroom resources, enhanced knowledge, and increased confidence to teach Earth science more effectively. Grants of up to $3000 per...]]>Tue, 1 Sep 2009 00:00:00 http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+Waterloo+Earth+Sciences+Museum.-a0211365382


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The University of Waterloo's Earth Sciences Museum was started as a Canadian centennial project and has been part of the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences outreach program for over 40 years. Museum initiatives include lectures; hands-on geological activities such as gold panning; construction of a rock garden; production of geology-themed books...]]>