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Tuesday, June 5

Posters or demonstrations and discussions of your favorite Environmental Geology teaching activity or strategy; participants circulate for informal demonstrations and discussions of teaching methods.

1:00 - 2:00 pm

• Kate Bulinski: A constructivist pedagogical technique for exploring climate change, global warming and sustainability
• Beth Caissie: The Big Thaw: sea ice, glaciers, and permafrost
• Devin Castendyk: Using a hand-crank generator to teach about basic energy issues
• Cathy L. Connor: Using glaciers for environmental education (PowerPoint 6.2MB Jul6 12)
• Winton Cornell: Lava Flow Eruptions: The Laki Module ( This site may be offline. ) (withdrawn)
• Norlene Emerson: Stream Monitoring, student handout (Microsoft Word 176kB Jul6 12)
• Cynthia Fadem: Soil profiling (Acrobat (PDF) 2.4MB May31 12)
• Duncan Foley: Washaway Beach (Acrobat (PDF) 2.2MB May31 12)
• Trent Garrison: Ground or surface water models
• Carla Grandy: Analyzing coastal change through aerial photos
• Lyn Gualtieri: HVO volcanic hazards activity
• Brooke Haiar: Assessing agricultural capabilities of an area
• Dennis Hubbard: Models for math-phobes -- interactive models of natural systems (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 1.5MB May31 12)
• Robin Humphreys: Introductory Environmental Geology Investigative Activities Through Hands-on Discovery and Application: Minerals CSI and The Zen of Tuna
• Shelley Jaye: Teaching in the Field: Environmental Impacts of Flooding on Local Streams (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 5.6MB May31 12)
• Leah Joseph: What is Science? A Forensic Activity for the Introductory Student or Non-Major
• Tom Juster:Teaching geology with spreadsheets: an example of New Orleans subsidence
• Lawrence Lemke: CO2 MythBusters
• Christopher Lewis:Porous media and hydraulic conductivity
• Stephanie Maes:Stream monitoring
• Alex Manda:Project Based Learning (PBL)

2:00 - 3:00 pm

• Julie Maxson: Teaching About Flood Recurrence Intervals in an Urbanized, Agriculturalized, Climate-Changing World
• Sara Mitchell: Wastewater plant field trip ([file 34210 poster'], poster handout (Acrobat (PDF) 18kB May31 12))
• Dave Mogk: Lifestyle Project
• James Myers: Petroleum: Saudi Arabia, OPEC & Oil (Acrobat (PDF) 18.7MB May31 12), class website ( This site may be offline. )
• Klaus Neumann: Establishing groundwater behavior in BSU's geothermal well field
• Mike Phillips:Lab: Identification of local hazards and resources
• Sian Proctor: VoiceThread
• Sheila Roberts: Flood frequency analysis
• Cassandra Runyon: Pollution jigsaw
• Jeremy Shannon: Measurement of River Flow
• Suki Smaglik: Mount Rustler: A Case-Study Activity in Volcano Monitoring (Acrobat (PDF) 3.8MB Jun1 12)
• Jacqueline Smith: Building aquifers to explore Darcy's Law
• Michael Stapleton: Ward's groundwater model lab
• Kathryn Szramek: Water resources and pollution discussion based on water vials
• Janis Treworgy: Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) Project (PowerPoint 17.1MB Jun1 12), student handout explaining the assignment (Microsoft Word 2007 (.docx) 29kB Jun1 12), Grading explanation (Microsoft Word 128kB Jun1 12)
• Lori Weeden: Environmental Geoscience Summer Bridge Workshop – preparing the students for success in Environmental Geoscience (Acrobat (PDF) 585kB May31 12)
• Tarin Weiss: Surf Your Watershed (EPA) (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 167kB May31 12) - http://cfpub.epa.gov/surf/locate/index.cfm
• Gary Weissmann: Accessibility for the visually impaired (Acrobat (PDF) 333kB Jun1 12)
• Tom Whittaker: Seismic waves interactive demonstration (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 1.7MB Jul6 12)
• Katryn Wiese:Gas solubility and carbonated oceans