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An Indoor Shopping Mall Building Stone Investigation with Handheld Technology for Introductory Geoscience Students part of SERC Print Resource Collection
Abstract - Field exercises are a valuable addition to introductory-level geoscience courses but are not always possible in an urban setting. This article from the Journal of Geoscience Education ...
Connecting Urban Students with their Rivers Generates Interest and Skills in the Geosciences part of SERC Print Resource Collection
Abstract - Two different enrichment programs for urban high school students from the Greater Hartford Area of Connecticut were conducted during the summer of 2002. They were designed to expose ...
Urban Geology part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This issue of the Canadian Building Digest highlights the subsurface issues that cities have faced for centuries such as unstable ground due to resource extraction or subsidence. Several historical ...
A Student-centered Regional Planning Group Activity for Non-science Majors part of SERC Print Resource Collection
Abstract - An authentic regional planning public workshop activity was modified and used to introduce the Earth surface portion of an Earth Science lecture course. Undergraduate non-science majors ...
Geoscience Education for Realtors, Appraisers, Home Inspectors, and Homeowners part of SERC Print Resource Collection
Geoantiquites: Concepts and Applications for Education in the Urban Landscape part of SERC Print Resource Collection
Abstract - A geoantiquity is a natural record of Earth history that documents environmental change. Geoantiquities are typically expressed as classic geomorphic landscapes shaped by surficial ...
Teacher Workshops Using Geoantiquities: Case History of Modern Great Salt Lake and Pleistocene Lake Bonneville Shorelines, Utah part of SERC Print Resource Collection
Urban Earth Science In Milwaukee Wisconsin part of SERC Print Resource Collection
Abstract - Earth science topics are always in the news and are ever present in our life. Yet earth science is frequently given poor or uninviting coverage in K-12 schools because of lack of expertise ...
Overcoming Challenges of Teaching Earth History Classes for Teachers in a Rock-free, Urban Environment part of SERC Print Resource Collection
Abstract - Instructing university-level Earth history to future teachers is made all the more difficult when it is being done in an urban environment devoid of any local rock outcroppings. At the ...
Models of Inquiry-based Science Outreach to Urban Schools part of SERC Print Resource Collection
Abstract - A primary obstacle to urban precollege geoscience education is limited access to inquiry-based geoscience experiences that are engaging and relevant to students' lives. Opportunities are ...
