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.

Teaching vastness of Earth's history and past vs present climate/oceanographic changes part of Rates and Time:Workshop 2012:Essays
Cara K. Thompson, Department of Geosciences, Stony Brook University ­ ­I have taught a historical geology class in a region of the US that is referred to as the "bible belt" in which students fly ...

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 ...

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 ...

Teaching about Time part of Rates and Time:Workshop 2012:Essays
Jessica Kapp, The University of Arizona
Jessica Kapp, Geosciences Department, University of Arizona The concept of deep time is often a difficult one for students to grasp. In a general education survey course, where students usually do not consider ...

Thomas Brown part of Metacognition:Workshop 08:Participant Essays
Thomas Brown, Austin Community College
Metacognition and the Challenges of Teaching Geosciences in an Era of Fundamental Change by Thomas Brown, Department of Physical Sciences, Austin Community College I am relatively new to geoscience classroom ...

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 ...

Extreme Variability and Forward Telescoping in University Students' Estimates of Macroevolutionary Deep Time part of Rates and Time:Workshop 2012:Essays
Laura R. Novick, Psychological Sciences, Vanderbilt University Some understanding of deep time is necessary for understanding macroevolution, which in turn is critical for understanding and managing Earth's ...

Student Learning of Complex Earth Systems part of Complex Systems:Workshop 2010:Participant Essays
Bruce Herbert, Texas A & M University
Bruce E. Herbert, Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M University Understanding near-surface earth systems is central to the development of solutions to important environmental issues arising from the growth of ...

Teaching about Time part of Rates and Time:Workshop 2012:Essays
Maya Elrick, University of New Mexico-Main Campus
My research focusses on millennial-, orbital- and My-scale paleoclimate cycles in marine sedimentary rocks, so dealing with trying to determine absolute time and rates in sedimentary successions is essential for me. Because of this, I stress time in sedimentary successions in my classes (Earth History, Sedimentology-Stratigraphy, Carbonate Sedimentology).