ANNUAL REPORT 2008 - Jackson School of Geosciences - The ...

GeoFORCE Annual Report 2008
10th Grade Southwest Young Geoscientists
This year’s 10th grade Young Geoscientist
program had 31 students from Southwest
Texas who attended the trip to Port Aransas.
Our 2011 class represented 12 different high
schools from the Southwest Texas region. This
was the second year for these students to be
a part of GeoFORCE, and they picked up right
where they left off.
The purpose of the 10th grade Young Geoscientist
program is to learn basic coastal
processes and the nomenclature of the coastal
zone. This trip consisted of four days of rigorous
classes, field-based lectures, and hands
on activities. One of the highlights of the Port
Aransas trip was having the students go out on
the Marine Science Institute’s research vessel
KATY. It was a chance for the students to
experience marine research and be exposed to
a wide variety of marine life. On the KATY they
had the opportunity to see and touch everything
from shrimp to sharks.
The Port Aransas trip allowed the students to
build on the knowledge they gained from the
9th grade trip in Uvalde. Our entire 10th grade
Young Geoscientist cohort received a ‘B’ or
higher on their final and will be invited back
next year, provided they maintain their grades
in school.
10th grade Young Geoscientists on (left and middle) Mustang Island and (right) the Research Vessel KATY.
Locations in Texas
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Mustang Island, Port Aransas
Packary Channel, Corpus Christi
Corpus Pass, Corpus Christi
Leona Belle Turnbull Birding Center, Port Aransas
UT Marine Science Institute, Port Aransas
Texas State Aquarium, Corpus Christi
Geology Learned
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Accretion
Algal mat
Back-island Sand dunes
Backshore, backbeach
Beach
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Breaker
Estuary
Fetch
High tide
Jetty
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Longshore bar, current, drift
Salt marsh
Scarp
Surf zone
Swash zone
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