Email Lists, Discussion Boards, and Blog

Email Lists

Do you need help with something in class? Do you want to share an experience or an announcement with others? On the Cutting Edge, NAGT and other projects hosted by SERC offer a variety email lists that you can join - these lists will allow you to email others involved in your area of interest as well as to read archives of past emails. If you would like to post an announcement to an email list, you need to be a member of that list.

The lists are organized by topic: Teaching | Career and Department | Earth Science, Geoscience, and Biology

General Interest

• SERCGeo - The SERCGeo email list is a great way to stay abreast of happenings in the community of geoscientists and educators who belong to Teach the Earth. This list is used to announce activities from SERC and Teach the Earth that are of high interest to the broad Geoscience Education community. SERCGeo is an announcement list and not a discussion list. Emails will only come from staff at SERC and are moderated to include only emails of broad interest.
  
• National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) email discussion list - This is an open email list where community members can discuss issues and ideas related to geoscience education.
  
• Public Policy (part of NAGT) - This email list alerts members to needs for immediate input on policy issues, and provide news and updates on opportunities to participate in national events. (Note- this email list is different than the one listed above.) (From NAGT)
• Science Literacy (part of NAGT) - This email list provides updates on activity related to development of national science standards, frameworks and literacies. (From NAGT)

Teaching

How Students Learn

• Affective Domain (From On the Cutting Edge)
• Metacognition - (From On the Cutting Edge)
• Research on Learning - (From Bringing Research on Learning to the Geosciences)
• Spatial Thinking - (From On the Cutting Edge)

Course Design

• Assessment of Learning - (From On the Cutting Edge)
• Course Design - (From On the Cutting Edge)
• Teaching with Data, Simulations, and Models - (From On the Cutting Edge)
• Teaching the Process of Science - (From Visionlearning & Pedagogy in Action)
• Teaching with Online Games - (From On the Cutting Edge)
• Teaching with Service Learning in the Geosciences - (From On the Cutting Edge)
• Teaching Quantitative Skills in the Geosciences - (From Teaching Quantitative Skills in the Geosciences)
• Science Literacy (part of NAGT) - (From NAGT)
• Teaching with Visualizations - (From On the Cutting Edge)
• Web Design - (From On the Cutting Edge)

Teaching in Specific Environments or to Specific Audiences

• Teaching Introductory Courses - (From On the Cutting Edge)
• Teaching Geoscience in the Field - (From On the Cutting Edge)
• Teaching with GIS - (From On the Cutting Edge)
• Teaching Online Courses - (From On the Cutting Edge)
• Undergraduate Research - (From On the Cutting Edge)
• Urban Students and Urban Issues - (From On the Cutting Edge)
• Preparing Teachers to Teach Earth Science - (From Preparing Teachers to Teach Earth Science)
  

Career and Department

• Building Strong Geoscience Departments - Dedicated to preserving geoscience departments as budgets shrink and pressures rise, members receive announcements about relevant workshops and events at professional society meetings, as well as discuss issues that are important to the community. (From Building Strong Geoscience Departments)
• Career Development - An email list for graduate students and post-docs who are preparing for an academic career in the geosciences. (From On the Cutting Edge)
• Early Career - For those just beginning (or about to begin) a career as a geoscience faculty member, who are probably wondering how to balance teaching, research, and other demands on your time. (From On the Cutting Edge)
• Geoscience in Two Year Colleges - An email list where members can discuss issues surrounding geoscience education at two-year colleges as well as receive information about upcoming project events and website additions. (From Geoscience in Two-Year Colleges)
• Preparing for an Academic Career in the Geosciences - An email list for for workshop alumni and others interested in preparing for an academic career. (From On the Cutting Edge)
• Preparing Teachers to Teach Earth Science - This email list is for anyone interested in preparing teachers to teach Earth Science. (From Preparing Teachers to Teach Earth Science)

Earth Science, Geoscience, and Biology

Teaching Core Courses in Geoscience

• Geochemistry - (From On the Cutting Edge)
• Geomorphology - (From On the Cutting Edge)
• Geophysics - (From On the Cutting Edge)
• Hydrogeology -(From On the Cutting Edge)
• Mineralogy - (From On the Cutting Edge)
• Paleontology - (From On the Cutting Edge)
• Petrology - (From On the Cutting Edge)
• Sedimentary Geology - (From On the Cutting Edge)
• Structural Geology - (From On the Cutting Edge)

Teaching Cross-Cutting Topics

• Biocomplexity - (From On the Cutting Edge)
• Climate Change - (From On the Cutting Edge)
• Complex Systems - (From On the Cutting Edge)
• Teaching about the Deep Earth - (From On the Cutting Edge)
• Discoveries from Mars - (From On the Cutting Edge)
• Early Earth - (From On the Cutting Edge)
• Energy - (From On the Cutting Edge)
• Geology and Human Health - (From On the Cutting Edge)
• Geophotography - (From On the Cutting Edge)
• Hurricanes-Climate Change Connection - (From On the Cutting Edge)
• Oceanography - (From On the Cutting Edge)
• Public Policy - (From On the Cutting Edge)
• Public Policy (part of NAGT) - (Note- this email list is different than the one listed above.) (From NAGT)
• Rates and Time - (From On the Cutting Edge)
• Stable Isotopes - (From On the Cutting Edge)

Discussion Boards

SERC also offers discussion boards, from the On the Cutting Edge project, where you can look for answers to questions, pose questions, or answer other's questions.

• Mineralogy, Petrology, and Geochemistry Discussion Board
• NAGT Discussion Board

Blog

• Earth and Mind Blog