Officially known as the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey (WGNHS) Research Collections and Education Center, the core repository is a research facility located in Mount Horeb that houses rock samples from across Wisconsin: 11,335 sets of water well cuttings, 15,000 hand samples, and 57,000 boxes of core.
Carsyn Ames, the samples coordinator who curates, organizes, and tends to the collections, succinctly explains its purpose. “You can think of it as the geologic library for the state of Wisconsin.” Join Carsyn on a virtual tour of the repository and come ready with questions!
This virtual field trip is open to any 3rd-8th grade school group. Must pre-register to receive Virtual Field Trip Link.
Visit wiscifest.org/teachers for registration details or REGISTER HERE.
