<description>&lt;p&gt;As professor of Environmental Studies and Geosciences at Lawrence University, Marcia Bjornerud knows a lot about rocks. In her new book, Turning to Stone: Discovering the Subtle Wisdom of Rocks, Marcia emphasizes the connection between human experiences and the physical earth, encouraging everyone to learn from the dynamic landscape around us. Marcia joins us to tell us about Turning to Stone and how the book is mapped to her own life, provides suggestions for how schools can improve teaching geosciences, and explains why we are living in a golden age of geoscience.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Show notes at:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="components-external-link editor-post-url__link" href= "https://laboutloud.com/?p=6090" target="_blank" rel= "external noreferrer noopener"&gt;&lt;span class= "components-external-link__contents"&gt;&lt;span class= "editor-post-url__link-prefix"&gt;https://laboutloud.com/2025/04/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="editor-post-url__link-slug"&gt;episode-284-turning-to-stone&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="editor-post-url__link-suffix"&gt;/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Lab Out Loud

Dale Basler and Brian Bartel

The One Science Every Earthling Should be Exposed to

APR 11, 202544 MIN
Lab Out Loud

The One Science Every Earthling Should be Exposed to

APR 11, 202544 MIN

Description

As professor of Environmental Studies and Geosciences at Lawrence University, Marcia Bjornerud knows a lot about rocks. In her new book, Turning to Stone: Discovering the Subtle Wisdom of Rocks, Marcia emphasizes the connection between human experiences and the physical earth, encouraging everyone to learn from the dynamic landscape around us. Marcia joins us to tell us about Turning to Stone and how the book is mapped to her own life, provides suggestions for how schools can improve teaching geosciences, and explains why we are living in a golden age of geoscience. Show notes at: https://laboutloud.com/2025/04/episode-284-turning-to-stone/