Field Trip for STEM/Science Teachers @ Cairns North
October 24, 2024 @ 1:30 PM
Fieldtrip for STEM/Science teachers, CAIRNS, 1:30-4pm
Trinity Beach with Prof Michael Bird & Phil Gilmore – Hodgkinson Basin igneous, metamorphic & sedimentary rocks and beach sediments/heavy minerals/rock cycle/local geology of Main Range – explained with worksheets
Meet at Cairns SHS front office depart (private transport) 1:30pm, BYO refreshments
School: Cairns State High School, Sheridan St, Cairns North 4870 Meeting Space: start of Fieldtrip – meet at Cairns SHS front office, 1:15pm for 1:30pm car-pool drive to Trinity Beach
Date: Thu 24 October 2024, STEM/EES secondary Science/ primary Science, Curriculum Vers 9
Fieldtrip – Trinity Beach
Geology of the Cairns region in the big picture context of Main Range/Cape York/Hodgkinson Basin – mountain-building, igneous intrusion, metamorphic folding, minerals & sedimentary rocks of Trinity Beach foreshore
with worksheets, Prof Michael Bird (JCU) & Phil Gilmore will guide teachers in how to present the rock stories in an integrated Plate Tectonics context, with links to uses/infrastructure/minerals
Facilitator: Robyn Cowie, school front desk: 07 4050 3033