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Science
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Hydrology courses reintroduced to Earth Science curriculum
April 18, 2013
Our environment’s surrounding lakes, rivers, streams, groundwater system, reservoirs, canals, levees and ditches are highly managed, according to Andy Rost, assistant professor of Science and Technology. For the first time in roughly 10 years, Rost is reviving the Hydrology course in Sierra Nevada College’s Earth Science curriculum.
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Environmental Interpretations class gets hands on experience
February 28, 2013
Snow flurries approached the Tahoe Basin, and the Fundamentals of Environmental Interpretations class, taught by Andy Rost, Adjunct Professor of Science and Technology, couldn’t wait to get out into the field.
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Volunteers needed for Science Expo March 18-21
February 28, 2013
Come help third to fifth grade students learn about physical science!
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ARkStorm: up to 40 days of rain and sleet in Lake Tahoe
February 13, 2013
The worst storm Lake Tahoe has ever seen. All highways are blocked from incoming help. Residents stranded with no food and no power. With no power, comes no heat. Weeks upon weeks of rain and melting snowpack. A storm so big it is almost inconceivable.
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Letter to the Editor: Thank you Sierra Nevada College
February 13, 2013
Thank you SNC students, staff and faculty for being so considerate and quiet during our science education tours and student field trips in the science education center (officially named the UC Davis Thomas J. Long Foundation Education Center) on the first floor of the Tahoe Center for Environmental Sciences (TCES) building.
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Science department wins $30,000 grant
October 25, 2012
Professor Suzanne Gollery worked with Director of Grants Sandra Wallace to secure a $30,000 grant from The Wiegand Foundation on Oct. 8, to buy new equipment for the Science department at Sierra Nevada College.
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Students travel to Central California for California Condor Conservation class
April 5, 2012
Over spring break, nine students enrolled in the California Condor Conservation class that traveled to Central California to observe the largest bird in North America, the California condor. Hosting the trip was Kirk Hardie, Adjunct Faculty of Science accompanied by science and technology professor, Steve Ellsworth.
The class met once two weeks prior to the trip. The students left the morning of March 12 from Incline Village. They camped at Pinnacles National Monument Park in Central California near Hollister and stopped along the way at the mouth of the Consumes River to observe birds and learn about the wetland environment.
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