Geology Rockhounds: Investigating Distant Worlds
Facilitators: Diana Rast, Dan Phelps, and Anna Watson
Dates and Times: Thursdays, October 3 – 31
10 – 12 Noon
Course Location: TBD
Maximum Enrollment: 20 | No Course Fee
This SIG is intended for those who would like to go "Rockhounding" to discover what we know about the distant environments of Exoplanets, Moons, Planets and Asteroids. The role of Meteorites. Space Telescopes and Light will also be discussed. An (Earthly) excursion is planned TBA.

The History of Earth and Life
Instructors: Diana Rast, Dan Phelps, and Anna Watson
Dates and Times: Thursdays, September 5 – November 14
(No class September 26)
1 – 2:30 p.m.
Course Location: Lexington Theological Seminary, 5th Floor
Maximum Enrollment: 40 | Course Fee: $30
This course will examine the history of Earth and life from the Precambrian (beginning 4.55 billion years ago) to the present. This class will look at everything from meteorites and the early solar system, to trilobites to dinosaurs and will end with human evolution and climate change. The class will cover historical geology with an emphasis on life of the past as understood by paleontologists and earth scientists.