OUTREACH PRESENTATIONS (July 2006 to Present)

Listed and linked below are Powerpoint presentations given as part of various outreach activites I have participated in. Athough I have given various talks to school groups, geology clubs, Elderhostel and other groups over the years, this list beings with the summer of 2006 when I started this website.

Please feel free to use these illustrations for educational purposes. The authors of those illustrations or photos not created by me are usually noted.

None of the presentations are annotated. If you would like some clarification about a particular illustration or photo, please contact me at mille066@umn.edu

1. Twin Cities Geology- part of the University of Minnesota's Compleat Scholar Curiosity Camp; lecture and field trip given at the University of Minnesota - St. Paul campus on July 8, 2006

2. Geology of the North Shore of MN - lecture for "What's this Rock" program for Sugarloaf Cove's summer field experience series; lecture and field trip given at Sugarloaf Cove Interpretive Center on July 15, 2006

3. Geologic History of Lake Superior - lecture presented to Lake Superior Education Workshop for Midwest Science Teachers sponsored by Sea Grant and UMD; lecture given at the Great Lakes Aquarium, July 30, 2006

4. Geology of Minnesota - presented at a workshop session entitled " Minnesota's Geologic Story - As told by its rocks" as part of the Minnesota Minerals Education Workshop (MMEW) held at UMD, August 1, 2006

5. Primer on Igneous Rocks - presented at a workshop session entitled "Minnesota's North Shore - A Natural Laboratory for Igneous Rocks" as part of the Minnesota Minerals Education Workshop (MMEW) held at UMD, August 1, 2006

6. Precambrian Geology of Minnesota - invited lecture given at the national AIPG meeting held in St. Paul, September 26, 2006

7. Mineral Resources of the Lake Superior region - presented to an Elderhostel class held at Barkers Island resort in Superior, Wisconsin, September 29, 2006

8. Agates! - presented at "Agate Days" at the Boulder Lake Environmental Learning Center, October 6, 2007

9. Geologic Materials, Processes and Principles - prepared for Centers for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence (COSEE) 2008 on-line workshop "The Great Lakes Rock"

10. Value of Water Well Drilling Data in Understanding the Precambrian Geology of Northeastern Minnesota - prepared for Northwestern MN Regional Well Drillers, March 2008

11. Inaugural Year of the Precambrian Research Center at UMD - Successes, Challenges, Future Goals - prepared for the 2008 SME-AIME meeting in Duluth, MN, April 15, 2008

12. Geologic Story of Minnesota (at about 200,000,000 years per minute) - presented at a workshop session entitled " Minnesota's Geologic Story - As Told by its Rocks" as part of the 12 annual Minnesota Minerals Education Workshop (MMEW) held at Vermilion Community College, Ely, MN on August 5, 2008 (update of version given in 2006, #4 above)

13. Lake Superior - Born of Fire and Ice - presented to an Elderhostel group on September 8, 2008 in Superior, WI and at a public lecture series at Larsmont Resort several times during the summer of 2008.