Mid South Trip Description and Agenda
Welcome to Memphis, Tennessee and the Mid South area. You will spend the next week engaged in a field course focused on Earth Sciences within the Memphis and Mid South Area. Below is the agenda for the week's activities. The procedure for moving through this website is to either start by clicking on "Earth Complex" (Monday's first activity) and then following the links at the bottom of each page to the next activity or by using this site map, you can skip to any day that you like. You will find that most of the sites have two pages. The first page is a description of the place and the tour and the connecting page is the science of that particular site. Good luck and safe travels.
Agenda
Daily Activities
Weather Readings/Climatology Comparisons
Thunderstorms
Monday
Morning - Earth Complex
Earth Complex II
Afternoon - Center for Earthquake Research and Information, University of Memphis
New Madrid Fault
- Groundwater Institute, University of Memphis
Memphis Aquifer
Tuesday
Morning - Downtown Memphis
Walking Tour of Memphis
Afternoon - Mud Island River Park and Museum
- drive to Reelfoot Lake, Tiptonville, TN (map)
Wednesday
Morning - Reelfoot Lake
New Madrid Fault
Afternoon - drive to New Madrid, MO (map)
- New Madrid Earthquake Museum
New Madrid Fault
- Highway 55 Tour of Earthquake sites (drive back to Memphis--map)
Thursday
Morning - Pink Palace Museum including IMAX Theater and Sharpe Planetarium
Summer Sky
Afternoon - drive to Rainwater Observatory (map)
Evening - Rainwater Observatory and Planetarium, French Camp, MS
Summer Sky
Pink Palace
Star Party
Friday
Morning - Rainwater Observatory and Planetarium--continued
Summer Sky
Pink Palace Museum
Star Party
Afternoon - drive to Coon Creek (map)
Saturday
Morning - Coon Creek
Coon Creek Fossils
Afternoon - drive back to Memphis (map)
Sunday
Morning - Wolf River
Afternoon - Wolf River Nature Trail
prepare for departure
Weather Readings/Climatology Comparisons
Thunderstorms
Monday
Morning - Earth Complex
Earth Complex II
Afternoon - Center for Earthquake Research and Information, University of Memphis
New Madrid Fault
- Groundwater Institute, University of Memphis
Memphis Aquifer
Tuesday
Morning - Downtown Memphis
Walking Tour of Memphis
Afternoon - Mud Island River Park and Museum
- drive to Reelfoot Lake, Tiptonville, TN (map)
Wednesday
Morning - Reelfoot Lake
New Madrid Fault
Afternoon - drive to New Madrid, MO (map)
- New Madrid Earthquake Museum
New Madrid Fault
- Highway 55 Tour of Earthquake sites (drive back to Memphis--map)
Thursday
Morning - Pink Palace Museum including IMAX Theater and Sharpe Planetarium
Summer Sky
Afternoon - drive to Rainwater Observatory (map)
Evening - Rainwater Observatory and Planetarium, French Camp, MS
Summer Sky
Pink Palace
Star Party
Friday
Morning - Rainwater Observatory and Planetarium--continued
Summer Sky
Pink Palace Museum
Star Party
Afternoon - drive to Coon Creek (map)
Saturday
Morning - Coon Creek
Coon Creek Fossils
Afternoon - drive back to Memphis (map)
Sunday
Morning - Wolf River
Afternoon - Wolf River Nature Trail
prepare for departure
What to Bring
- science notebook and pencil
- money for all meals
- appropriate clothing for touring and being in the field
- bottled water
- camera
- binoculars