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Graded Field Assignments
Field Assignment Packages with meeting locations and times and detailed description of tasks and activities. READ BEFOREHAND Download, Print, and Bring with you to the field on assigned field dayFIELD DAY 1 - MSU Denver
Establish Eye Height & Pace Distance, Familiarize / start using Brunton™ Geological Transit, Field Notebook Entries, Height Measurement Exercises, Pacing Exercises
FIELD DAY 2 - Rabbit Mountain Open Space
Multiple direct Strike & Dip measurements, Detailed rock field notebook description, One "distant" Strike & Dip measurement, Path Pace Mapping
FIELD DAY 3 - Longmont City Sandstone Ranch
Creating a topographic base map, Creating a geologic outcrop map overlay, Notebook descriptions of rocks present, Cliff height estimation.
FIELD DAY 4 - Dinosaur Ridge Roadcut
Detailed notebook description with stratigraphic section, Strike & Dip, True thickness of tilting beds (Human Jacob’s Staff)
FIELD DAY 5 - Owl Canyon & Field Exam
Owl Canyon - Applying what you have learned. Assessing a geologic area PLUS + sample collecting (Calcite). Practical Field Exam - Be able to accurately measure Strike & Dip and complete a height estimation within an assigned time block
© 2026 Earthscience Education LLC: All rights reserved.
Graded Field Assignments
Field Assignment Packages with meeting locations and times and detailed description of tasks and activities. READ BEFOREHAND Download, Print, and Bring with you to the field on assigned field day
FIELD DAY 1 - MSU Denver
Establish Eye Height & Pace Distance, Familiarize / start using Brunton™ Geological Transit, Field Notebook Entries, Height Measurement Exercises, Pacing Exercises
FIELD DAY 2 - Rabbit Mountain Open
Space
Multiple direct Strike & Dip measurements, Detailed rock field notebook description, One "distant" Strike & Dip measurement, Path Pace Mapping
FIELD DAY 3 - Longmont City
Sandstone Ranch
Creating a topographic base map, Creating a geologic outcrop map overlay, Notebook descriptions of rocks present, Cliff height estimation.
FIELD DAY 4 - Dinosaur Ridge
Roadcut
Detailed notebook description with stratigraphic section, Strike & Dip, True thickness of tilting beds (Human Jacob’s Staff)
FIELD DAY 5 - Owl Canyon & Field Exam
Owl Canyon - Applying what you have learned. Assessing a geologic area PLUS + sample collecting (Calcite). Practical Field Exam - Be able to accurately measure Strike & Dip and complete a height estimation within an assigned time block
© 2026 Earthscience Education LLC. All rights reserved.
Graded Field
Assignments
Field Assignment Packages with meeting locations and times and detailed description of tasks and activities. READ BEFOREHAND Download, Print, and Bring with you to the field on assigned field day
FIELD DAY 1 - MSU
Denver
Establish Eye Height & Pace Distance, Familiarize / start using Brunton™ Geological Transit, Field Notebook Entries, Height Measurement Exercises, Pacing Exercises
FIELD DAY 2 - Rabbit
Mountain Open Space
Multiple direct Strike & Dip measurements, Detailed rock field notebook description, One "distant" Strike & Dip measurement, Path Pace Mapping
FIELD DAY 3 - Longmont
City Sandstone Ranch
Creating a topographic base map, Creating a geologic outcrop map overlay, Notebook descriptions of rocks present, Cliff height estimation.
FIELD DAY 4 - Dinosaur
Ridge Roadcut
Detailed notebook description with stratigraphic section, Strike & Dip, True thickness of tilting beds (Human Jacob’s Staff)
FIELD DAY 5 - Owl
Canyon & Field Exam
Owl Canyon - Applying what you have learned. Assessing a geologic area PLUS + sample collecting (Calcite). Practical Field Exam - Be able to accurately measure Strike & Dip and complete a height estimation within an assigned time block
