Broken Top and the Three Sisters covered in snow

Geology Discovery Class

High Desert Museum

 

Grade:  4th grade
Length:  45 minutes-1 hour
Location:  High Desert Museum
Cost:  $9-12/student (sliding scale)
NGSS Standards:  4.ESS1.1 Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in landscape over time. 

 

Description:

Our Discovery Classes offer opportunities to dive deeper into exciting content while also incorporating Next Generation Science Standards.  Students will explore a “Dig site” on the museum grounds that show Mazama and Newberry ash layers to create their own model illustrating the layers of volcanic activity in the region.