The Burke Museum offers adult classes giving nature lovers and other inquisitive minds the opportunity to gain new skills and knowledge in a variety of subjects.
Most people do not look for geology in the sidewalks of Seattle, but for the intrepid geologist any good rock can tell a fascinating story. The stones that built downtown Seattle provide a range of rocks equal to any assembled by plate tectonics. David Williams will lead a 1.5-mile-long walk to discover fossils as large as cinnamon rolls, rock used by the Romans to build the Colosseum, and stones ranging from 3.5-billion to 120,000-years-old. Along the way he will discuss history, geology, architecture, and give you a new way to appreciate the urban wilds of Seattle.
We live atop a very special piece of real estate—one that has been more than a billion years in the making. This four-session evening course will take you on a tour of our region's geologic wonders. In our discussions, we'll be whisked back to a time when there was no Pacific Northwest.
Join award-winning authors William Dietrich, Thor Hanson, and Judith Roche as they lead classroom and field-based sessions. They bring years of experience as writers, journalists, bloggers, and teachers. Each is an attentive observer who weaves together history, science, and field time into well-crafted, thought-provoking writing about the natural and cultural world.
Archaeologists use many lines of evidence to reconstruct what people ate and drank in the past. This course will examine the transition from Ice Age hunting and gathering to Neolithic agriculture, which seemingly occurred simultaneously across the globe around 10,000 years ago.
