Travel Minnesota’s North Shore in any season and two elemental truths immediately surface – Rocks: we got ‘em: Rocks: you gotta love ‘em. Whether contemplating the stair-stepped peaks of the Sawtooth Mountains or relishing the mist rising from a cascading waterfall, it is immediately apparent there is a story to be told of these ancient formations that grace Lake Superior’s northern shore. This classroom-based workshop will journey over three billion years back in time to the Archean period, and then purposefully step forward: Archaen, Proterzoic,, Phanerozoic and Pleistocene. It will explore four chapters in Minnesota’s book of Geologic History. Volcanism, mountain building, asteroid impacts, advancing seas, ice, mid-continental rifts, more ice – the story is both dramatic and awe-inspiring. Slides, lecture and discussion will all be part of the journey.