Wits first-year geology students visit Melville Koppies
Melville Koppies opened their doors for geology students to have an experience of their lives.
Over 150 Wits first-year geology students recently visited Melville Koppies.
They visited seven stations manned by lecturers and postgraduate students to complete their worksheets and learn a new facet of geology.
Students learnt how to use compasses and more complex electronic equipment like magnetometers, examined rocks and what they were composed of, how they were formed and learnt how gold appeared in Joburg’s rocks.
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The project initially began over a decade ago and it seeks to prevent geology students from dropping out later in their studies when they discovered that geology was not about “sitting at a desk behind a laptop”.
For more info about how Melville Koppies can be an outdoor lecture theatre/classroom for your university/school, email wendavid@mweb.co.za or call 079 532 0083.
