10 D8. Structural Geology and Tectonics (Posters)

Friday, 17 March 2023
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Grand Ballroom A–D

A TEACHER’S GUIDE FOR THE GEOLOGY OF CENTRAL PARK, NEW YORK CITY

Paper number: 10-6
Program: Technical Sessions
Time: 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Authors

Abstract

Started in 2013, the Masters of Arts in Teaching, Earth Science Residency Program at the American Museum of Natural History, is a 15-month teacher preparation program designed to prepare highly trained educators for careers in high needs schools. As a result of this partnership between scientists and educators, we have created a new teacher’s guide for the geology of Central Park. This guide follows a GSA field trip guidebook (Jaret et al., 2021) but is framed for teachers and a more general audience interested in New York City geology.

This guide includes a general overview of the regional geology, a map showing locations of ten outcrops within the park, and specific stop-by-stop descriptions of the rocks. It also includes a suggested pre-trip classroom activity (written for a middle or high school class) and a set of template note pages for students to use when making observations in the field.

The guide can be found on the AMNH’s website:

https://www.amnh.org/learn-teach/curriculum-collections/central-park-geology-field-guide

Highlights include coarse-grained igneous rocks at The Loch, tight upright folds of schist and amphibolite at East 79th Street, and cross-cutting relationships between a pegmatite dike and the Manhattan Schist at the Rock of No Hope near the Delacorte Theater.

Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 55, No. 2

doi: 10.1130/abs/2023SE-385838

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