Friday, March 7, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and Saturday, March 8, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Natural Resources Building, 615 East Peabody Drive, Champaign, Illinois 61820

Come join the fun and excitement at the 2008 ISGS Open House! Learn about the ISGS, watch the geologic history of Illinois come to life in "Build Illinois", hunt for buried treasure at the "Kids' Fossil Dig", try to stump our geologists with your questions (ask why a dinosaur has never been found in Illinois), get up close to a drill rig that can penetrate hundreds of feet into the Earth's surface, learn about our state's energy resources, and much more. The 2008 ISGS Open House will feature exhibits, demonstrations, and hands-on activities of interest to the general public, students and teachers of all levels, and those who may be interested in geology-related careers.

This year exhibits, activities, and hands-on demonstrations will include:

      Aerial Geology     |     Borehole Geophysics     |     Build Illinois     |     Earthquakes in Illinois!     |     Festival of Maps

      Fun with Gases, Liquids, and Solids: Physical Chemistry in Action     |     The Future of Coal is Now!     |     Geologic Time     |     Geophun

      Glacial Geology of Illinois     |     Groundwater Model     |     ISGS Field Trips     |     Illinois from Space     |     Illinois Wetlands: A Water Resource

      Kids Fossil Dig     |     Lake Michigan Coastal Geology Research Vessels     |     Magnetometer Survey     |     The Many Wonders of Carbon Dioxide

      Middle Illinois River Watershed Restoration: Assessing Subwatershed Conditions     |     Mining of Coal Resources in Illinois

      New Geologic Mapping for ISGS STATEMAP Effort     |     Publication Sales     |     Rocks, Minerals, Fossils, and Dinosaurs

      Sloth Says...Ice Age, WHAT?     |     Teacher Resources     |     Trees Tell Stories     |     Underground Cavern Display     |     What's in Your Backyard

Earth, Wind and Fire 5K Run and 2.5K Walk

Illinois Natural History Survey Mobile Science Center

Open House Brochure (1 MB PDF)

2008 ISGS Open House Flyer (350 KB PDF) 8 1/2" x 11"

Updated 8/20/2009 CAB