Environmental Geology Camp

For High School Students (Class of 2000)

Students were divided into four groups, W, X, Y &Z.    Unfortunately the digital camera malfunctioned on Day #2, so photos of some group activities were lost.   To maintain privacy and protect the innocent, no names are given--but you know who you are.

  DAY #1 at the University of Toledo's R.A. Stranahan Arboretum

Group Z preparing to drill a monitoring well as a TV cameraman from Channel 24 (the local NBC affiliate) films.  We got about 15 seconds coverage on the 6:00 p.m. news.

                                   Group Z drilling---the hard way with a hand auger.

                            Group Z collecting a soil sample from the auger

Group Y preparing to drill a monitoring well the easy way--letting Department of Geology staff drill it with a gasoline-powered drill rig.

                                  And away we go...

                              Group W watches as their monitoring well is being drilled

                    Group Y analyzing soil for moisture content, iron content and grain size.

                              Group Y still analyzing the well cuttings.

                        Group X seeking information and counsel

                         Group Y taking note of a storm sewer drain during site assessment

Group W performing a site assessment.  Hmmm, could that suspicious looking barrel be a potential source of pollution?

                                Group X  investigating the wetlands

 Group Y consulting the course manual to see what is next--or could it be just taking a break?

                   Setting up the transit to map the location of the monitoring wells.

                Surveying a site under the watchful eye of the Channel 24 news camera

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