School and Other Youth Group Visits
Due to Covid 19, we are unable to host school groups at the Gem Club until further notice. Our State and Local Health Authorities limit building attendance to 4 persons, including the Gem Club instructor. Please check back with us in Spring of 2021 to find out if Covid restrictions are lifted. When restrictions are lifted we will resume the school group offerings described below.
We are pleased to announce classes for School Groups and other youth groups are now available at the Four Corners Gem and Mineral Club, on behalf of a 2017 City of Durango Arts & Culture Block Grant, through a selection process sponsored by the Durango Arts Center.
The 50 to 60 minute classes are available 10:00 am to 2:00 pm on the last Friday of the month, as well as after school times starting at 3:30 pm on Wednesdays. These hands-on programs are taught by educators and geologists.
Public schools, private schools, home schools, scout groups, 4-H groups, and other youth groups are all welcome to participate. To sign up, scroll to the bottom of this page.
We request one adult per 6 students (teachers and parents) to actively assist with hands on activities including metal shaping. Adults are admitted free. Brookside Park, where the Club is located, includes picnic tables, benches, stream access, and playground equipment for snacks and play.
We are pleased to announce classes for School Groups and other youth groups are now available at the Four Corners Gem and Mineral Club, on behalf of a 2017 City of Durango Arts & Culture Block Grant, through a selection process sponsored by the Durango Arts Center.
The 50 to 60 minute classes are available 10:00 am to 2:00 pm on the last Friday of the month, as well as after school times starting at 3:30 pm on Wednesdays. These hands-on programs are taught by educators and geologists.
Public schools, private schools, home schools, scout groups, 4-H groups, and other youth groups are all welcome to participate. To sign up, scroll to the bottom of this page.
- PRESCHOOL AND PRIMARY. This program introduces students to Sedimentary, Igneous, and Metamorphic rocks, as well as Fossils, Metals and Meteors. Students will sort, identify, and conduct hands-on experiments to better understand rock processes. Each student will stamp and form a piece of copper to make a necklace to take home using jeweler's hammers and found objects. The cost of the class is $3 per student and includes the cost of materials.
- 4th THROUGH 12th GRADES. This program introduces to students to concepts of geologic time, plate tectonics, and mountain forming and eroding processes of our beautiful SW Colorado region. In doing so, they will better understand formations such as the San Luis Valley, Silverton Caldera, marine fossils found atop Molas Pass, petrified wood fields of northern New Mexico, and our region's oil, gas, and mineral heritages. Students will complete the lesson by using jewelers' tools to form and texture a piece of sterling silver to make a pendant to take home. The cost of the class is $4 per student and includes the cost of materials.
We request one adult per 6 students (teachers and parents) to actively assist with hands on activities including metal shaping. Adults are admitted free. Brookside Park, where the Club is located, includes picnic tables, benches, stream access, and playground equipment for snacks and play.
