This week-long adventure trip will be for science teachers.  It can be done at any season but some of the activities may best be done in the fall or spring or summer.  Several sites in and around Huntsville will be visited that will allow us to apply some of the concepts in meteorology, geology, hydrology, climatology, planetary science and ecology.

  We will  hike through several trails, observing rock formations, geologic features, and wildlife.  We will also hunt for fossils and try to identify them.  We will visit some museums that house rock and mineral collections, preserved wildlife, artifacts, and historical photographs.  We will observe living organisms in one of the biggest fresh water aquaria.  We will observe road cuts exposing the stratigraphy of rock formations, measure a small room of a cave,  and wonder at the engineering feats of dams and a pumped-storage station.  We will skywatch as well as visit a planetarium.  We will check  weather conditions daily and check the meteorological activity that led to these conditions.