MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY GEOLOGY OF NORTH AMERICA SITE

Shown below are the samples collected by the participants in the "Geology of North America" courses of 2020, 2023, and 2025.The name under the sample is the person who collected the sample. Some of the lessons the participants created are included at the bottom of the page.

WEST

MIDWEST

SOUTH

NORTHEAST

CALIFORNIA

Storrie 39.90N, 121.32W

(James Whitley)

MISSOURI

Ladue 38.63N, 90.38W

(Lisa Chacon)

FLORIDA

Jupiter 26.97, 80.07W

(Jeffrey Bennett)

MASSACHUSETTS

Scituate 42.14N, 70.69W

(Brian Woodard)

Monastery Beach, Carmel 36.52N, 121.92W

(Sarah Jimenez)

Shoal Creek, Joplin 37.02N, 94.50W

(Kim Watts)

Columbia 38.96N, 92.39W

(Coyle)

Santiago Creek, Irvine 33.78N, 117.60W

(Lisa Maddox)

NEBRASKA

Lawrence Youngman, Lake 41.27N, 96.22W

(Curtis Wagner)

Hobie Island Beach Park, Key Biscayne 25.75N, 80.18W

(Scott Withers)

NEW JERSEY

Belmar 40.18N, 74.02W

(Morgan Winder)

HAWAII

One'ula Beach, Oahu 21.31N, 158.03W

(John Fettig)

MICHIGAN

Stearns Park, Ludington 43.96N, 86.45W

(Brianna Wise)

MISSISSIPPI

Neshoba County 32.83N, 89.05W

(Tim Pauls)

NEW YORK

Conesus Lake 42.72N, 77.72W

(Alex Lazarony)

IDAHO

Twin Lakes

47.87N, 116.85W

(Amy Kremin)

Holland Public Beach Lake Michigan 42.79N, 86.11W

(Marie Solum)

Noxbubee County 33.00N 88.75W

(Dylan Pellis)

Long Pond Rec. Area 41.37N, 74.02W

(Savannah Reed)

OHIO

Honey Creek 40.02N, 84.16W

(Lydia Hughey)

Popps Ferry Causeway Biloxi 30.42N, 88.98W

(Alyssa Rodolfich)

Onondaga Lake Park 43.10N, 76.23W

(Kelsey Scott)

Tar Creek, Miami 36.88N, 94.85W

(Brad Claggett)

Neely Creek, Flowood 32.30N, 90.14W

(Austin Brister)

Mississippi River at Vicksburg 32.23N,90.97W

KANSAS

Lone Star Lake, Lawrence 38.820N, 95.38W

(Matt Hartung)

NORTH CAROLINA

Broad River 35.20N, 81.65W

(Beverly Owens)

ILLINOIS

Charleston 39.50N, 88.18W

(Justin Pletsch)

TENNESSEE

Mt.Juliet 36.27N, 86.45W

(Christina Poulter)

Manhattan 41.41N, 87.96W

(Monica Hannigan)

Cherokee National Forest 35.08N, 84.51W

(Mitchell Lucas)

Cleveland Greenway, Cleveland 35.16N, 84.88W

(Kiana Garcia)

TEXAS

Peach Creek 30.14N, 95.17W

(Devin Bratcher)

Canadian River Bridge, Canadian 35.92N, 100.37W

(Ashley Ausbrooks)

W. G. JONES STATE FOREST 30.23N, 95.50W

(Michaela Salewsky)

Holland Lake Park, Weatherford

(Jon Berry)

LESSONS

Comparing the Rock Cycle to Sediments Found in Different Geologic Areas (High School)

(Mitchell Lucas)

Continental Plate Collisions and Mountain Forming (Middle School)

(Tim Pauls)

Around the World in a Grain of Sand (6th Grade)

(James Whitley)

Geography and Geology of Sand (8th Grade)

(Alyssa Rodolfich)

The Rock Cycle, Plate Tectonics, and Volcanoes (7th Grade)

(Lisa Maddox)

Not All Sand Comes from the Sea (2nd Grade)

(Justin Pletsch)

Sand and Angle of Repose (Middle School)

(Brad Claggett)

Learning About Sand (6th Grade)

(Curtis Wagner)

Weathering of Sediments (10th Grade)

(Morgan Winder)

Geologic Landforms Project (11th/12th Grade)

(Christina Poulter)

Journey of the Sand (11th/12th Grade)

(Lisa Chacon)

Are There Microplastics in Our Sand? (7th Grade)

(Jeffrey Bennett)

Velocity (9th - 12th Grade)

(Devin Bratcher)

It All Flows to Me

(Austin Brister)

Erosion (8th Grade)

(Alex Lazarony)

Comparative Sand from Around the U.S. (Middle School)

(Lydia Hughey)

Sand's Place on Earth (8th Grade)

(Matt Hartung)

What is Sand's Story? (8th Grade)

(Brianna Wise)

Let's Make Sand (2nd/3rd Grade)

(Scott Withers)

Wide World of Sand (10th-12th Grade)

(Brian Woodard)

Plate Tectonics, The Rock Cycle, And Sand (10th-12th Grade)

(Kelsey Scott)

Sand Investigation (8th Grade)

(Beverly Owens)

Weathering, Erosion,and Mass Wasting (11th - 12th Grade)

(Monica Hannigan)