Workshop Program
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM - Optional Field Trip
Blue Heron - 4-hour cruise on the Research Vessel Blue Heron.
Article from Science Museum of Minnesota about a GSA field trip on the Blue Heron.
Activities:
- collection and examination of surface sediment cores and samples;
- demonstration of acoustic survey equipment to observe sedimentary features as well as a ship wreck and submerged glacial landforms;
- deployment of instrumentation for examining water column characteristics and collecting water samples
Lab Tour - 2-hour tour of the Large Lakes Observatory laboratories
- 7:45 am -- Meet dockside at Blue Heron (across from DECC)
- 8:00 am - 12:00 pm - Blue Heron Cruise
- 12:00 pm - 12:15 pm - Transport from dock to Large Lakes Observatory
- 12:15 - 1:15 pm - Lunch at Large Lakes Observatory
- 1:15 pm - 3:15 pm - Lab Tour
- 3:15 - 3:30 pm - Transport from Large Lakes Observatory to conference center
- 5:15 pm -- Meet at DECC parking lot for transport to LLO
5:30 - 8:00 PM - Opening Session
Large Lakes Observatory, room 200
5:30 pm - Welcome, reception and introductions at the Large Lakes Observatory
6:00 - 7:00 pm - Dinner and opening talk
The Coastal Archaeology and Dune Geoarchaeology of Lake Michigan (PowerPoint 32MB Jun20 12)
by Bill Lovis (speaker) - Authors: William A. Lovis, Michigan State University, Alan F. Arbogast, Michigan State University, and G. William Monaghan, Indiana University
Keynote Talk: The Role of the Large Lakes Observatory in Studying Great Lakes: Past and Future (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 7.6MB Jun20 12)
by Steve Colman, University of Minnesota Duluth
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
All sessions will be at the Large Lakes Observatory, room 200
8:00 - 8:30 AM Welcome and logistics
Initial Core Descriptions (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 49.7MB Jun20 12)
Julie Brigham-Grette, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Reconstructing Water Levels in the Lake Michigan Basin from Embayed Lakes (PowerPoint 35.8MB Jun20 12)
Tim Fisher, University of Toledo
10:30 - 10:45 Break
Using a climate change story to teach about large lake processes (PowerPoint 6.1MB Jun20 12)
Jay Austin, University of Minnesota DuluthSee a classroom activity developed around this presentation.
The Geomorphology of Dunes Along the Western Shoreline of Lake Michigan: Disseminating NSF-REU Data in the Classroom (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 20.4MB Jun20 12)
J. Elmo Rawling III, University of Wisconsin - Platteville
12:10 - 1:00 PM Lunch
Neopaleolimnology of urban and suburban lakes in multidisciplinary geoscience education, training, and outreach (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 23.8MB Jun20 12)
Amy Myrbo, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
What makes a good classroom activity and student experience? (PowerPoint 2MB Jun20 12)
Karin Kirk, Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
3:00-4:45 Breakout session: Small group activity to design new teaching activities
Groups will use workspace pages to record their work. (Note that workspace pages are only accessible to members of the workshop who are logged into their SERC account. If you don't have an account, please create one!)4:45-5:30 Group presentations: Review of activity web pages
5:30-6:00 Wrap up, review, and evaluation
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June 21 - 24, 2012
[link http://www.amqua.org/index.php?id=6 'American Quaternary Association Biennial Meeting']: From Floods to Droughts: Water, Climate Variability, and their Impacts in the Holocene
This meeting is separate from the Cutting Edge workshop and participants are encouraged to attend both events. Please register for the AMQUA meeting through their home page.