Theme: Course Resources
The programming listed below seeks to address the topic of Course Resources.
- Course Resources
- Curriculum Design
- Developing Geocompetencies
- Geoscience Education Research
- Implementing InTeGrate
- Online Education
- Professional Development for Undergrads, Grads and Faculty
- Program Design
- Recruiting, Retention, Diversity
- Research for Undergrads
- Student Learning
- Teacher Preparation, Professional Development and Policy Issues
- Teaching About Climate Change
Ways to Change Your Teaching Activities to Help Our Diverse Student Body to Thrive
WORKSHOP
Gary Weissmann, University of New Mexico-Main Campus
Roberto Ibarra, University of New Mexico-Main Campus
Science and academia have a culture that can be challenging for students, particularly those from groups underrepresented in the STEM fields. This session will guide participants in supporting students and building ...
Preparing for an Academic Career
WORKSHOP
Ankur Desai, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Lisa Gilbert, Cabrillo College
Lynsey LeMay, Virginia Peninsula Community College
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David Reed, University of Wisconsin-Madison
This workshop is designed specifically for graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, and others who are interested in pursuing academic careers in the geosciences. Workshop leaders will provide guidance and ...
What Makes a Good Teaching Video?
PANEL DISCUSSION
Juliette Rooney-Varga, University of Massachusetts-Lowell
John Bedward, Buena Vista University
Katryn Wiese, City College of San Francisco
David McConnell, North Carolina State University
Summary Video is increasingly being used as an educational tool in college science courses. Even if we are not assigning videos, students are independently looking to places like YouTube to supplement their ...
Discovering, creating, and using YouTube geoscience video snips and tutorials for teaching and learning
TEACHING DEMONSTRATION
Scott Brande, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Multimedia video is recognized as a powerful medium for deploying applicable best practices in teaching and learning. I have discovered, vetted, and curated over 1,000 YouTube videos of interest relevant to ...
"ZirChron" Virtual Zircon Analysis App
Mark Schmitz, Boise State University
Karen Viskupic, Boise State University
This application was developed to promote deeper understanding of the science of geochronology, including the integration of crystal-scale relative dating principles with numerical dating via radioisotope ...
Clouds in a Bottle: A versatile way to explore gas laws and phase changes
Todd Ellis, Western Michigan University
In this activity, designed for introductory level undergraduates, but adaptable for K-16 learners, we explore fundamental ideas about the Ideal Gas Law as it applies to the atmosphere, and specifically to the ...
Novel Introductory Investigations into Green Energy – Solar, Wind, and More
TEACHING DEMONSTRATION
Bob McCallister, University of Wisconsin Baraboo/Sauk County
Session begins by introducing the UW-Rock County Solar Project. As a long-term experiment open to all, with a 6 kW system designed with three differently configured solar PV arrays. Activity example using ...
Low Cost Science: The Solar System in Your Classroom
Daniel Barth, University of Arkansas Main Campus
Katherine Auld, Northwest Arkansas Community College
Participants will use low-cost materials to construct scientifically accurate models in the classroom. The first model will allow the student to investigate the Earth-Moon system including lunar phases, elliptical ...
Poster Project Final: Student Perceptions and Performance
POSTER SESSION
Eileen Herrstrom, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
This poster summarizes the results of nine terms of teaching an introductory physical geology course with a poster project that replaces the final exam. The course is intended for students who are not planning to ...
Case Study Approach to Teaching Introductory Physical Geology
POSTER SESSION
Dan Olson, Edgewood College
Amy Schiebel, Edgewood College
In fall of 2015 we completely reworked our introductory physical geology course for non-majors. Our goals were to: Engage the students more meaningfully with the material. Help students to see the relationships ...
Communicating Geoscience Concepts In The Classroom And Beyond Using Short Videos
POSTER SESSION
Jennifer Wiggen, North Carolina State University
David McConnell, North Carolina State University
We created a series of geoscience videos to support student learning in an introductory physical geology course. We incorporated aspects of effective multimedia design (e.g., brief videos featuring spatial and ...
Accessing and Comparing Lake and River Gauge Levels and Precipitation Data in Local Water Bodies
POSTER SESSION
Sharon Browning, Baylor University
Students participate in a field trip to a local dammed river and associated lake (Waco Lake, Texas) managed by the Army Corp of Engineers for flood control and the municipal source of water for Waco, Texas. ...
Resources for Learning and Teaching Critical Zone Science
POSTER SESSION
Don Haas, Paleontological Research Institution
Critical Zone Observatories (CZOs) study the interactions of rock, soil, air, water, and life in the area between the bottom of the water table and the tops of the vegetation. These National Science ...
Seafloor Spreading
Andrew Goodwillie, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Plate tectonics forms a fundamental component of our understanding of how Earth works. In this activity, students examine the age of the ocean crust, calculate the rate of seafloor spreading at different locations ...
World Climate Simulation
TEACHING DEMONSTRATION
Juliette Rooney-Varga, University of Massachusetts-Lowell
World Climate is a simulation-based role-playing exercise in which participants take on the roles of delegates to the UN climate negotiations and are challenged to create a global deal that, according to current ...
Investigating GRACE water storage data using video, essays, and data analysis tools.
TEACHING DEMONSTRATION
David Randle, American Museum of Natural History
The focus of this session is to support the analysis and interpretation of data in the classroom and help teachers to engage students in the study of climate change. NASA's Gravity Recovery and Climate ...
Coastal Vulnerability to Sea Level Rise
TEACHING DEMONSTRATION
Shelley Whitmeyer, James Madison University
Over the next century sea level is likely to increase 26-82 cm (IPCC 2013). This increase in sea level will leave some highly populated, sensitive coastal areas vulnerable to rapid geologic changes. It is important ...
Using GeoMapApp in the 21st Century Classroom and Lab
POSTER SESSION
Andrew Goodwillie, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
GeoMapApp (http://www.geomapapp.org) is a free, map-based data discovery and visualisation tool developed at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory that provides students and researchers alike with access to hundreds of ...
ESIP Education Initiatives
POSTER SESSION
Margaret Mooney, University of Wisconsin-Madison
LuAnn Dahlman, NOAA
Shelley E Olds, EarthScope Consortium
Preston Lewis, NASA Langley Research Center
Erin Robinson, ESIP Federation
Rebecca Fowler, ESIP Federation
The Federation of Earth System Information Partners (ESIP) Education committee strives to make data accessible and meaningful to educators. ESIP is a unique consortium of scientific organizations that collect, ...
Data-rich societally-relevant undergraduate teaching resources for geoscience classrooms and field courses
POSTER SESSION
Donna Charlevoix, EarthScope Consortium
Beth Pratt-Sitaula, EarthScope Consortium
Bruce Douglas, Indiana University-Bloomington
Becca Walker, Mt. San Antonio College
Katherine Shervais, UNAVCO
UNAVCO (NSF's geodetic facility) and partners are developing and disseminating undergraduate teaching resources that feature geodesy data analysis and methods in order to address gaps in available ...
Earth Rocks! -- Online Educational Oceanography and Geology Videos
POSTER SESSION
Katryn Wiese, City College of San Francisco
Earth Rocks! is a collection of online educational videos, geared toward introductory-level oceanography and physical geology lectures and labs. This creative-commons-licensed collection currently contains 65 ...
A Walk in the Park: Earth Science Service-Learning
POSTER SESSION
Eric Taylor, Kent State University-Main Campus
In an effort to increase experiential learning at KSU at Stark in the Department of Geology, I redesigned Environmental Earth Science as a service-learning course in conjunction with Stark Parks. My curriculum ...