Conveners
Erica Crespi, School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University
Essay: Teaching about time: A biologist's perspective
Cathy Manduca, Science Education Resource Center, Carleton College
Carol Ormand, Science Education Resource Center, Carleton College
Steve Semken, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University
Essay: Interpreting Geologic Time in Natural Landscapes
Educational project website: The Trail of Time at Grand Canyon: A Geology Exhibition
Workshop Participants
Peter Berquist, Geology, Thomas Nelson Community College
Essay: Teaching About Time
John Chadwick, Geology and Environmental Geosciences, College of Charleston
Essay: Teaching about Time
Course: Historical Geology
Gwen Daley, Chemistry, Physics and Geology, Winthrop University
Essay: Teaching about Time
Teaching activity: Relative Age Correlation
Brett Dooley, Arts, Science, and Business Technology, Patrick Henry Community College
Essay: Teaching Time
Teaching activity: Museum field trip: review of course and introduction to deep time
Maya Elrick, Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico
Essay: Teaching about Time
Teaching activity: Cyclostratigraphy and Astrochronology Exercise
Noah Fay, Science, Pima Community College
Essay: Teaching about Time
Teaching activity: Geologic Time Discussion Analogies
Marguerite Forest, Marine and Ecological Sciences, Florida Gulf Coast University
Essay: Teaching About Time Using Timeline Activities in a Multi‐Disciplinary Course on North American Environments for Non‐Science Majors
Course: North American Environments
Sarah Gerken, Biological Sciences and Liberal Studies, University of Alaska, Anchorage
Essay: Student Misconceptions about Oceans and Evolution
Visualization with teaching notes: Life Time Line
Kathleen Gilbert, Geosciences, Wellesley College
Essay: Teaching about Time
Teaching activity: Depositional Environments and Geologic History Labs (co-author Maria Waller)
Erika Grundstrom, Physics & Astronomy, Vanderbilt University & Fisk University
Essay: Teaching about Time
Teaching activities: The Cosmic Calendar and Teaching radioactive decay & radiometric dating: an analog activity based on fluid dynamics
Joann Hochstein, Physical Science, College of Central Florida
Essay: Spatially Challenged Introductory Geoscience Students
Assessment: Concept Sketch Based Assessment
Francis Jones, Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of British Columbia
Essay: Improving Courses About Geologic Time by Focusing on Clear Goals and Making Thinking Visible
Teaching activity: Biozones, stratigraphic log correlation, and corresponding interpretation of paleoenvironments
Assessment: Assessing Conceptual Understanding of Geologic Time
Course: Earth and Life Through Time
Jessica Kapp, Geosciences, University of Arizona
Essay: Teaching about Time
Course: Geological Perspective
Margaret Mayer, Science, Dine College
Essay: Background in Historical Geology
Teaching activity: Geologic and Navajo Time Line
Kevin Mullins, Science, Coconino Community College
Essay: Examinations of Time
Teaching activity: Crater Counting Lab Exercise
Pamela Nelson, Physical Science/Geology, Glendale Community College (AZ)
Essay: Teaching about Time
Teaching activity: Greenstone Belt Assessment
Visualization with teaching notes: Historical Geology Timelines
Ilyse Resnick, Psychology, Temple University
Essay: Hierarchical Alignment of Temporal Magnitude
Teaching activity: Hierarchical Alignment of Timelines
Mark Schmitz, Geosciences, Boise State University
Essay: "Ma"- or "How do geologists cope with the span of geologic time?"
Teaching activity: Radiocarbon
Course: Quaternary Geochronology
Roger Steinberg, Natural Sciences, Del Mar College
Essay: Teaching about Time and other Big Numbers
Assessment: Using Student-Created Metaphors to Assess Comprehension of Geologic Time
Visualization with teaching notes: How Many is A Million? and Visualizing the Precambrian
Philip Stokes, Geosciences, University of Arizona
Essay: Teaching time: A cultural approach to an old topic
Teaching activity: The Evolution of Earth through Time
Gina Szablewski, Geosciences, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Essay: Teaching Time Both Traditionally and Unconformably
Teaching activity: Drawing unconformities
Rebecca Teed, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Wright State University-Main Campus
Essay: Teaching and Assessing Temporal Concepts
Teaching Activities: M&M Decay and Personal Timeline
Cara Thompson, Geosciences, SUNY at Stony Brook
Essay: Teaching vastness of Earth's history and past vs present climate/oceanographic changes
Teaching activity: Metaphor for the Geologic Time Scale
Leah May Ver, Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of British Columbia
Essay: Teaching Rates and Cycles in Oceanography
Course: The Ocean Environment
Karen Viskupic, Geosciences, Boise State University
Essay: Teaching about Time
Teaching activity: Relative vs. Numerical Dating and Geochronology with Beads
Maria Waller, Geosciences, Wellesley College
Essay: Teaching about Time
Teaching activity: Depositional Environments and Geologic History Labs (co-author Kathleen Gilbert)
John Weber, Geology, Grand Valley State University
Essay: Plate tectonics: A deep time and planetary perspective
Teaching activity: Radiometric Dating Isochron exercise
Susan Zimmerman, Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (CAMS), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Essay: Teaching Time
Teaching activity: Dating Students: Relative vs. Numerical Time