Playing Geologist :)

Field Tripping

So on Thursday, Mrs. Thornton and I went on a field trip to get up close and personal with minerals, rocks, and fossils. It was so much fun! We visited several locations of rock outcrops. We saw lots of sedimentary rocks. Mr. Billy Morris taught us to use a compass to measure the strike and dip of each outcropping. Check out this photo of Mrs. Thornton!

Next, we visited the southern portion of Taylor's Ridge. We were able to find crinoid and brachiopod fossils at this location. Here we are in action. :)

Mrs. Thornton is measuring the strike and dip of this rock outcropping!

I got a little distracted by a butterfly! But I did find some fossils!

We stopped at the Pocket for lunch! Beautiful place to visit!

All the ladies in this picture are teachers in NW Georgia. 
The gentlemen in the middle is Mr. Billy Morris, a professor at Georgia 
Highlands College in Rome. He was most awesome for class this week.