Ralph I think that is a great idea. I am SW of Chicago. I noticed Mike Phillips has also said yes, so I don't know if you wnat 2 schools in IL. If so, sign me up! Dave David H. Voorhees Associate Professor of Earth Science and Geology Waubonsee Community College Rt 47 @ Waubonsee Drive Sugar Grove, IL 60554 630.466.2783 [log in to unmask] http://chat.wcc.cc.il.us/~dvoorhee/ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTE: This message, including any attachment(s), is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible for delivery of the message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the Technical Assistance Center immediately by telephone at 630-466-4357 and then delete the message from your system. Thank you. >>> "Dawes, Ralph" <[log in to unmask]> 3/1/2011 10:28 AM >>> For an assignment aimed at expanding global awareness of geology and people, I am looking for a class or two outside north central Washington State (where I am) from which I could have my students contact individual students, and ask some geology related questions of them. These would be your students. I am asking for your help setting this up, a couple of you who would be OK with asking your students if they would mind being contacted, and then getting me the contact information. (Email addresses would be easiest, I think, at least to make initial contacts.) This could be fun, and educational for your students, too. My class is 23 students in a Geology 101, Introduction to Physical Geology, at a small community college in central Washington state. Your students need not be in the equivalent class; they could be anywhere in grades 6-16. It would make sense that your students, like mine, be in a geology or earth science class, which this exchange of information would enrich. Thank you! --Ralph Dr. Ralph Dawes Earth Sciences Wenatchee Valley College 1300 Fifth Street Wenatchee, WA 98801 (509) 682-6754 [log in to unmask]