Recipients
of the 2006-2007 MiniGrant Program:
The recipients of the Holly Camp
Memorial, Earth Science Education Mini-Grants
for the 2005-2006 school year are:
|
Project
|
Teacher/School
|
|
“Let’s Rock”
|
Anne Fleming
Commerce Primary
School
395 Minish
Drive
Commerce, Georgia 30529
|
|
“Science Fair and Stream Table Comparison”
|
Roxanne
Atrchin-Lopez
Argyle Elementary
School
2420 Spring
Road
Smyrna, Georgia 30080
|
|
“GPS Unit on Georgia Rocks and Minerals”
|
Patti D.
Feimster
Sally D.
Meadows Elementary
School
205 Waters Drive
Vidalia, Georgia 30474
|
|
“Beam Me Up!”
|
Terry Dukes
Thomas County
Middle School
4681 US Highway 84 Bypass
Thomasville, Georgia 31792
|
| “Earth Science Resource Books” |
Craig Coleman
Mundy’s Mill Middle
School
1251 Mundy’s Mill Road
Jonesboro, Georgia 30238
|
“Kindergarten Rocks”
|
Carey Garrett
Northwest Laurens
Elementary School
3330 Highway
80 West
Dudley, Georgia 31022
|
| “Diamond
Del’s Mineral and Gem
Identification” |
Nadine Hoenes
Lovejoy Middle
School
1588 Lovejoy Road
Lovejoy, Georgia 30250
|
| “Magnet Madness” |
Janet Baggett
Northwest Laurens
Elementary School
3330 Highway
80 West
Smyrna, Georgia 30080
|
| A
total of $2375 was awarded in mini-grants for the 2006-2007 school
year.
|
Recipients
of the 2005-2006 MiniGrant Program:
The recipients of the Holly Camp
Memorial, Earth Science Education Mini-Grants
for the 2005-2006 school year are:
|
Project
|
Teacher/School
|
|
Mineral Detectives
|
Tanya Saucier
Rock Chapel Elementary School
Lithonia,
GA
|
|
Weather
Elements
|
Mickey McClain
Yeager Middle
school
Douglasville, GA
|
|
Todays Rocks
|
Ruth Gray
Shamrock Middle School
Decatur, GA
|
|
Ocean Geology
|
Mary Wilde
Booth
Middle School
Peachtree City, GA
|
| Using
Geocaching |
Mary Jo Fina
Coastal Middle School
Savannah, GA |
Georgia Rocks!
|
Susan Daly
May Howard Elementary School
Savannah, GA |
| Rock Hounds |
Terry
Dukes
Thomas County Middle School
Thomasville, GA, |
| A
total of $1875.25 was awarded in mini-grants for the 2005-2006 school
year.
|
Recipients
of the 2004-2005 MiniGrant Program:
The recipients of the Holly Camp
Memorial, Earth Science Education Mini-Grants
for the 2004-2005 school year are:
|
Project
|
Teacher/School
|
|
Alpine Glacier Model
|
Lynn Akin
Taylor Street Middle School
|
|
for GPS equipment for a
Lost
and Found project
|
Tami Corley
Glenn Hills Elementary School
|
|
for GPS equipment for her project
Where on Earth am I?
|
Valeria Gladney
Flynt Middle School
|
|
for GPS equipment, for another
Where
on Earth am I? project
|
Bill Waggener
Flynt Middle School
|
| A
total of $1034.80 was awarded in mini-grants for the 2004-2005 school
year.
|
Recipients of the
2003-2004
MiniGrant Program:
The Atlanta
Geological Society and the Georgia
Mineral Society proudly announce the following teachers
for
successfully
pursuing the Minigrant Program for the 2003-2004 school year:
|
Project
|
Teacher/School
|
|
Labs Through Inquiry
|
Mary Wilde
Booth Middle School,
Peachtree City, GA
|
|
Shake, Rattle and Rumble
|
Mary Wilde
Booth Middle School,
Peachtree City, GA
|
|
Rock
and Mineral Collection
Part 2
|
Coleman, Craig
Mundy's Mill
Middle
|
|
Earth Models
|
Linda Trawick,
Smitha Middle School
Marietta, GA
|
|
There's Mohs to It
|
|
|
Science
Olympiad
|
|
|
The Rock Cycle
|
|
|
Identifying Rocks and Minerals
|
|
| These
teachers will use the $ 1977.75 of Minigrant
funds to improve the quality of the Earth Science programs in our
schools
and homes. |
Recipients of the 2002-2003
MiniGrant
Program:
The Atlanta Geological Society and
the Georgia Mineral Society proudly announce the 2002-2003 recipients
of
the Norman Sandford Pottinger Earth Science Education Minigrant
Program.
These educators have agreed to accept our help to further the earth
science
education of their students:
|
Project
|
Teacher/School
|
|
Fossils for
our Youth
|
Wilde, Mary
JC Booth Middle
|
|
Shake, Rattle and Rumble
|
Ritter, Jenny, Higgins, Joe,
Wilde, Mary
JC Booth Middle
|
|
Rock
and Mineral Collection
|
Coleman, Craig
Mundy's Mill
Middle
|
|
Weather
World 2010
|
Lawrence, Paula
Oakwood
High
|
|
Fossils:
Burial; Chemical Change; Relative Dating
|
|
|
Science
Olympiad - Fossils
|
|
|
Water as an Agent of Weathering
|
|
|
Science Olympiad
|
|
|
A Trip Through Geologic time
|
|
| Fernbank
Field Trip |
Grandea, Nickey
Jonesboro
Middle |
| Everything about Fossils
|
Hubbard, Sharon
George
Washington Carver
High |
| The AGS/GMS Minigrant awards for this
year total $2980.40. |
These funds come jointly from The Atlanta
Geological
Society and The Georgia Mineral Society. The AGS Grants and
Scholarship
Committee thanks everyone involved for their assistance and
guidance.
We look forward to another year of excellence in Earth Science
Education.
Recipients of the 2001-2002
MiniGrant
Program:
The Atlanta Geological Society and
the
Georgia Mineral Society proudly announce the 2001-2002 recipients of
the
Norman Sandford Pottinger Earth Science Education Minigrant Program.
These teachers have agreed to accept our help to further the earth
science
education of their students:
|
Project
|
Teacher/School
|
|
Teaching
the Rock Cycle
|
Humphries,
Karen
Palmer
Middle
School
|
|
This
is Your Life
|
Bates,
Sena Beth
M. D.
Roberts
School
|
|
Mineral
Mania
|
Komorner,
JoAnn
Palmer
Middle
School
|
|
Rock
Tumbling
|
JHanson,
Dave
Conyers
Middle
School
|
|
Science
Olympiads
|
|
|
Science
Olympiad
|
|
|
Discover
Your Own
|
|
|
Weather
Workstation
|
|
|
A
Visit to the Planetarium
|
|
| The AGS/GMS Minigrant awards for
this
year total $2613.00. |
These funds come jointly from The Atlanta
Geological
Society and The Georgia Mineral Society. The AGS Grants and
Scholarship
Committee thanks everyone involved for their assistance and
guidance.
We look forward to another year of excellence in Earth Science
Education.
Recipients of the 2000-2001
MiniGrant
Program:
The Atlanta Geological Society's Grants and Scholarships
Committee
announces the recipients of the Atlanta Geological Society and Georgia
Mineral Society Norman Sandford Pottinger Earth Science Education
Minigrant
Program for 2000-2001. The award winners received
notification
letters and award checks dated 14 July 2000. Reports on the
completed
projects will be submitted to the Committee by early July 2001.
The following teachers submitted these approved applications:
|
Project
|
Teacher/School
|
|
Is this a rock or mineral?
|
J. Cooksey,
Webb Bridge Middle School
|
|
Rocks & Minerals
|
A. Spisak,
Immaculate Heart of Mary
|
|
Plastic Groundwater Models
|
J. Gray,
Rising Starr Middle School
|
|
Global Positioning
|
J. Komorner,
Awtrey Middle School
|
|
Archives of Earth Science
|
|
|
Fossil Dig
|
|
|
Field Trip/Weinman Museum
|
|
|
Mineral Collection
|
|
|
Earth Day Activities
|
|
| Eight of twelve applicants received full
or
partial funding for worthwhile Earth Science projects for a total of $
2021.68. The Georgia Mineral Society contributed $ 1000 to the
education
fund. |
Thanks to the generosity and diligence of the members of both
Societies,
Metro Atlanta students will learn more about Earth Sciences during the
coming school year and beyond. The judges included the available
elected officers of AGS and GMS.
Recipients of the
1999-2000
MiniGrant Program:
The Atlanta Geological Society Grants and
Scholarship
Committee and the Georgia Mineral Society proudly announce the
recipients
of the 1999-2000 MiniGrant Program. Nine applicants successfully
submitted proposals to further Earth Science education in secondary
schools.
The award winners were notified by mail
during
July. Reports on the completed projects will be submitted to the
Committee by mid-July, 2000.
|
Project
|
Teacher/School
|
|
Outdoor Classroom Weather Station
|
L. Abbey
Herschel Jones Middle School
|
|
The Archives of Earth Science
|
M. Counts
Rising Starr Middle School
|
|
Seventh Grade Rock Hounds
|
K. Emanuel
Eagle Landing Middle School
|
|
Science Olympiad - Rocks and Minerals
|
Julie P. Gray
Rising Starr Middle School
|
|
Interactive Education: Outdoor
Classroom
|
|
|
Fossil Dig
|
|
|
Rocks and Minerals
|
|
|
Under the Sea
|
|
|
Dig It
|
|
| Total awards amounted to $2354.40,
with
the Georgia Mineral Society contributing $1000. |
The AGS and GMS
thank
the memberships for their continued support and encouragement.
The
Minigrant Program will begin accepting applications for the 2000-2001
School
Year during December 1999. Teachers wishing to apply for the
2000-2001
Minigrant Program should contact William Waggener at waggener@eas.gatech.edu
or 404-894-7549.
Recipients of the
1998-1999
MiniGrant Program:
The Grants and Scholarship Committee
announces
the recipients of the 1998-1999 MiniGrant Program. Seven applicants
successfully
submitted proposals to further Earth Science education in primary and
secondary
schools. The award winners were notified by mail on 9 July 1998.
Reports
on the completed projects will be submitted to the Committee by
mid-July,
1999.
The following teachers submitted these approved applications:
|
Project
|
Teacher/School
|
| A Trip Through Our
Nation's National
Parks |
J. Gray;
Rising Starr Middle School |
| Rocks and
Minerals of Georgia |
K. Griffith;
Rising Starr Middle School |
| Geological
Dig |
Suki Harris;
Hightower Trail Middle
School |
| Investigating
Archaeology as a Multidisciplinary Discipline |
S. Hearn
and C. Sell;
Lilburn Middle School |
| Enhancing
Environmental Education |
A. Herrmann;
Memorial Middle School |
| Two Kinds
of Crust |
J. Komorner,
Awtrey Middle School |
| Weinman
Mineral Museum- Earth Science Field Trip |
L. Teal;
Flat Rock Middle School |
| Total awards amounted to $1849.00, with the Georgia Mineral
Society
contributing $1000. |
