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Dr. Amy Brock Hon will teach “MOCS Explore Chattanooga” for first-year students. Photo by Angela Foster.<\/p><\/div>\n

In Dr. Amy Brock-Hon\u2019s first-year geology classes, the city of Chattanooga will serve as the laboratory.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The class, named \u201cMOCS Explore Chattanooga,\u201d combines two geology classes and a lab and is a part of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga\u2019s \u201cA Moc\u2019s First Year\u201d program\u2014which was designed to help first-year students build community.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI have always wanted to try to find a way to engage students early on,\u201d said Brock-Hon, the Robert Lake Wilson Professor of Geology at UTC. \u201cIf that interest is piqued early, it could change their path that they never even knew they had.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Brock-Hon said she understands that most high school science courses don\u2019t include geology. This course aims to introduce students to a potential career in geology or offer a fun and engaging general education class to learn about the city\u2019s geological features.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I want is for students to get off campus and see this cool place that we call home,\u201d she said. \u201cEven if it\u2019s a home they\u2019ve lived in since they were born or if they just moved here to come to the University and want to experience what\u2019s so great about Chattanooga.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Chattanooga, she said, is the perfect place to learn about geology.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are a really cool place in terms of geology,\u201d she said. \u201cWe sit between these two provinces\u2014one called the valley and one called the Cumberland Plateau. It provides this very unique view of how we got to where we are today in terms of our landscape.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are going to learn about those things as we progress, but we\u2019re also going to see it in action. We\u2019ll collect fossils. We\u2019re going to see where they used to mine for coal. We\u2019re going to make those historical connections.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

While in the class, students will take field trips to places such as Signal Mountain to learn firsthand about local water quality issues and acid mine drainage. They will also visit the TVA pump storage facility at Raccoon Mountain to explore the river system and understand how topography and rock types support energy generation.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Brock-Hon ran a pilot class during the spring semester, which consisted of two class sessions and two full-day field trips. During these sessions, she taught her students about the geologic history of Chattanooga, which they could apply during their trips.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn the class,\u201d Brock-Hon said, \u201cwe looked at everything from the minerals that cause acid mine drainage in Chattanooga, to the rocks that form caves, to the coal that fuels the air conditioning in our homes, to the landscape of Chattanooga and the river at shapes it, to where we sit and relate to other bodies in the universe.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Mathematics senior Savanna Adams listed all the places she got to see while taking the pilot class: Lula Lake Land Trust, Durham Mines, Sunset Rock, Raccoon Mountain, Point Park, Signal Point, Boulders on Old Wauhatchie Pike and Ruby Falls.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s probably so nerdy, but one of my favorite places we went was to the TVA pump storage plant,\u201d Adams said. \u201cThis is where during low energy cost times, water is pumped from the river into a man-made lake. During high-cost times, it can be carried by gravity into turbines to generate electricity to supplement the power supply.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

While taking the class, Adams said she learned many things about Chattanooga that she hadn\u2019t previously known.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI had no clue what rocks or fossils were even found here before taking this class,\u201d she said. \u201cNow when I am out on hikes, I am able to differentiate and explain what I\u2019m seeing and am surrounded by and the significance of it.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNot all the places had such heavy histories, though; we learned how Chattanooga uses a lot of the geology to make recreational areas for people to climb, hike, bike and just enjoy.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Brock-Hon said that learning about geology is only part of the course. Making connections with faculty, campus and with each other is another important component.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThere may be this kind of barrier that exists where students think I\u2019m just a professor and they may not feel comfortable coming in,\u201d she said. \u201cThis is the first time they\u2019ve had to interact with professors. I want them to see that I\u2019m also a human being and it\u2019s OK to develop a relationship and have a conversation about what interests them and ask, \u2018Hey, can I get help with this?\u2019\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"During

During the spring 2024 semester, Dr. Amy Brock-Hon took her “Earth Surface Processes” class to Sparta, Tennessee. Photo courtesy of Dr. Amy Brock-Hon.<\/p><\/div>\n

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