How the Ice Ages Shaped Our Landscape

Description

Rock layers in gravel pits as witnesses of time: The different layers of a gravel wall provide clues about geological events and the formation of the landscape. Glacier presences, flow directions, and inflows into lakes leave their traces in the gravel wall and in the debris.

Course contents

• Formation of the Bernese landscape
• Geological time travel
• Types of rocks and their origin
• Different rock layers on the extraction wall
• Teaching ideas: Exercises in rock identification and morphometry of debris

Target group: Teachers of cycles 2 and 3

Highlights

• Geology training for teachers
• Expert professional inputs
• Practical teaching ideas including rock identification

General Information

The course takes place at KAGA in Kiesen and is aimed at teachers of cycles 2 and 3. It imparts knowledge about the formation of the Bernese landscape based on rock layers in gravel pits and offers practical exercises for teaching.

Location

Grauensteinweg 1, 3629 Kiesen, Schweiz

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