Science Field Work in the American Southwest
Julie Clarkson, Converse Staff

Converse students are offered the opportunity to accompany  Converse science professors to the American Southwest to study Geology and Desert Biology for sixteen days.

Before the students embark on travel, they study plate tectonics, petrology( the study of rocks and their formation), and the biology and ecology of deserts in the American Southwest.  Then they travel to Arizona, Nevada, Utah, and California for the experiential portion of their studies. 

In addition to the heavy focus on science, the students also learn about the ancestral Native Americans of the region, Native American Art, and Southwestern culture.

Past itineraries have included visits to the following places:

Death Valley National Park
Zion National Park
Bryce National Park
Grand Canyon National Park
Wupatki, Sunset Crater, Walnut Canyon, and Flagstaff
Meteor Crater
Painted Desert
Petrified Forest
Oak Creek Canyon
Sedona
Arcasonti
Montezuma's Well and Castle
Sonora Desert Museum
Saguaro National Park
Tucson 
Tombstone and Bisbee
Chiricahua National Monument
Kartchner Caverns
Biosphere II
Arizona Geology Museum
Hoover Dam
Las Vegas

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