| Thirty-five junior and senior girl scouts from across the United
States, including one from Japan, visited Lincoln to participate in
the Wider Opportunity, Nebraska Rocks!! For two days, the girls stayed
on the UNL campus. During that time educators from the Geosciences
Department familiarized the girls with geology fundamentals. In preparation
for travel down the Middle Loop River, UNL Campus Recreation trained
the girls in the art of canoeing at Oak Lake.
According to Mary Anne Holmes of UNL Geosciences, the girls represented
the “cream of the crop.” Interest remained high as the
girls traversed the state, digging for rocks, discovering fossils,
and navigating the Middle Loop. Upon completion of the camp, many
girls expressed interest in the pursuit of a geology career. This
greatly pleased Dr. Holmes. She related to the students, that for
her, geology is more than working outdoors and solving mysteries.
“ It’s being able to look at a landscape and to understand
its history, to visualize the forces that shaped it; to be able
to pick up a rock and read a fascinating history of ages past,”
she explained.
The Homestead Girl Scouts Council and the Lincoln Chapter of the
Association for Women Geoscientists sponsor the Nebraska Rocks!!
camp For more information about this program, contact mholmes2@unl.edu. |
