Plate tectonics: A deep time and planetary perspective part of Rates and Time:Workshop 2012:Essays
John Weber, Grand Valley State University
John Weber, Geology Department, Grand Valley State University James Lawrence Powell, in his poignant and insightful popular science book, Mysteries of Terra Firma, lists and discusses the three big ideas ...

Robert Butler part of Affective Domain:Workshop 07:Workshop Participants
Department of Physics, University of Portland Homepage What are the key issues related to the role of the affective domain in teaching geoscience that you would like to engage at the workshop? What are topics or ...

The role of majors and non-majors geology courses at a 2-year college part of Introductory Courses:Virtual Workshop 2014:Essay Collection
Deron Carter, Linn-Benton Community College
Deron Carter, Physical Sciences, Linn-Benton Community College Linn-Benton Community College offers a year-long geology sequence, with courses in physical geology, surface processes, and historical geology. We ...

Teaching About Time part of Rates and Time:Workshop 2012:Essays
John Chadwick, College of Charleston
John Chadwick, Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, College of Charleston We live our lives in terms of hours and days, months and years. If we're lucky, we might live a century. So the ...

Teaching Rates and Cycles in Oceanography part of Rates and Time:Workshop 2012:Essays
I teach courses on Introductory Oceanography, Intro Geology, and Natural Hazards/Disasters to mostly non-science major students at the University of British Columbia. More than half of my classes are online (distance education). Teaching at a distance, especially science and to non-science students presents a unique and quite challenging situation.

Background in Historical Geology part of Rates and Time:Workshop 2012:Essays
Margaret Mayer, Dine College
Margaret Mayer, Science Department, Dine College I have taught Physical Geology here at Dine college for 6 years and with the help of Dr. Semken ASU have gotten Historical Geology back on the curriculum and have ...

Essay on Introductory Courses I Teach part of Introductory Courses:Virtual Workshop 2014:Essay Collection
Rachel Teasdale, California State University-Chico
Rachel Teasdale, Geological and Environmental Sciences, California State University-Chico 1. How my introductory course(s) serve my students, department, and institution. The GEOS 101, General Geology course at ...

Teaching about Time part of Rates and Time:Workshop 2012:Essays
Noah Fay, Pima Community College
Below is an itemization of the challenges I encounter and methods I use (or don't use, as the case may be) in teaching temporal concepts. They are all in the context of geologic time and the techniques used therein. For some context, these are all related to a 15-week Physical Geology class at Pima CC where I have usually 2 class periods w/labs (total ~5 hrs) to cover the topics.

Nicole LaDue part of Metacognition:Workshop 08:Participant Essays
Nicole LaDue, Northern Illinois University
Encouraging Metacognition in the K-12 Environment Nicole LaDue, National Science Foundation The K-12 public education system heavily emphasizes student knowledge but not always student learning and thinking. For ...

Teaching Introductory Geoscience Courses in the 21st Century part of Introductory Courses:Virtual Workshop 2014:Essay Collection
Keegan Fengler, Central Washington University
Keegan Fengler, Geological Sciences, Central Washington University The main focus on my teaching is introductory courses: Introduction to Physical Geology (Geology 101), Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Civilizations ...