To address the low priority given to university-level outreach, the authors created an outreach program that makes it easy for scientists to connect with the public, while at the same time providing effective transfer of scientific research results to the public and the K-12 community. The result is a program called the Hot Science--Cool Talks…

Compared are two approaches to inservice geology instruction for elementary and secondary school earth science teachers. The benefits of the combination of lecture, laboratory, and field work are emphasized. (CW)