Unquowa Students Travel to the Land of Chief Myanos to Study the Earth
Posted by Craig KnebelThe 6th grade Earth Science class got a close look at the glacially formed valley known the Mianus River Gorge. This gorge was cut during the Wisconsin Ice pack from 50,000 to 15,000 years ago. Students learned that the metamorphic bedrock visible on the trails was compressed during the time of supercontinents when today’s North America slammed into what became modern Europe. Students hiked in brilliant fall weather 2.5 miles to a mica and pegmatite quarry from the 1800’s. The mica was a cheap replacement for glass in huts and later on, the pegmatite was used in ceramic bathroom’s in the 1800’s. The land takes its name from the Wappinger Confederacy chief Myanos, who was killed near the gorge in 1683.
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