Theme: Student Learning
The programming listed below seeks to address the topic of Student Learning.
- Community Engagement
- 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
Preparing for an Academic Career
WORKSHOP
Catherine Riihimaki, 2NDNATURE Software
Lisa Gilbert, Cabrillo College
Lynsey LeMay, Virginia Peninsula Community College
Sue Ebanks, Savannah State University
Jessica Oster, Vanderbilt University
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 from a variety of institution ...
Designing Effective Lessons for your First Geoscience Course
WORKSHOP
Karen Kortz, Community College of Rhode Island
Reginald Archer, Tennessee State University
Brendan Hanger, Colorado School of Mines
Participants will begin with the big picture of establishing course goals for introductory science courses and then narrow the focus to determine learning outcomes for select individual lessons. Participants will ...
Integrated Environmental Systems at TSU Farm
WORKSHOP
William Sutton, Tennessee State University
Tom Byl, US Geological Survey
Steven Goodbred, Vanderbilt University
This workshop presents educators at all levels with activities and lessons to help incorporate nature into their classes. The TSU campus farm and wetlands provide important ecosystem services and avail magnificent ...
Heads and Chairs: Future of Undergraduate Geoscience Education
WORKSHOP
Sharon Mosher, The University of Texas at Austin
Jeffrey Ryan, University of South Florida
Ginny Peterson, Grand Valley State University
Sara Harris, University of British Columbia
This workshop is intended to help department heads, chairs, and undergraduate program directors with addressing challenges in their curricula and/or degree programs aimed at better preparing their students for ...
How to Create your Own Open Educational Resources: Examples from Analytical Methods in Geosciences (AMiGEO)
AFTERNOON MINI WORKSHOP
Elizabeth Johnson, James Madison University
Juhong Liu, James Madison University
This workshop is for anyone interested in learning how to develop and publish open educational resources. Analytical Methods in Geosciences (AMiGEO) is an NSF-funded project to develop undergraduate-level, online, ...
A Beginner’s Guide to Creating Short Videos for Geoscience Courses
AFTERNOON MINI WORKSHOP
David McConnell, North Carolina State University
A few years ago, we began creating short instructional videos for an introductory geoscience course. While we had little prior experience in making videos, previous research provided us with some principles for ...
Teaching & Perpetuating Earth Stewardship Education
AFTERNOON MINI WORKSHOP
John Warford, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
Earth Stewardship - our deliberate and continuous effort to fulfill our sacred obligations and duties to the realm that makes Life itself possible - Mother Earth. The teaching of Earth Stewardship is needed now ...
Beyond the 3 Dimensions: Integrating Identity and Interest in NGSS Geoscience Investigations
ORAL SESSION
Monday
1:30pm
Susan Meabh Kelly, Connecticut State Department of Education
A Framework for K-12 Science Education (National Research Council, 2012) outlines research-informed ways to support more equitable engagement in science learning. This research suggests students should have ...
Scale, Proportion, and Quantity in K-8 Science: The NGSS and Science Textbooks
ORAL SESSION
Monday
1:45pm
Kim Cheek, University of North Florida
An accurate conception of scale is important in all science disciplines, perhaps none more so than geoscience. While some geoscience processes and events occur at spatial, temporal, and numeric scales perceivable ...
Model-Based Teaching and Learning about Earth's Climate: Two Secondary Teachers' Implementation of a Curriculum Unit
ORAL SESSION
Monday
2:00pm
Kimberly Carroll Steward, University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Devarati Bhattacharya, Central Washington University
Cory Forbes, The University of Texas at Arlington
Mark Chandler, Auburn University Main Campus
The Next Generation Science Standards (Next Generation Science Standards Lead States, 2013) and the Essential Principles for Climate Literacy (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2009) have helped ...
High Water Rising: Science, Literature, and the Environment
ORAL SESSION
Monday
2:45pm
Benjamin Atkinson, Flagler College
Hadley Mozer, Flagler College
Flagler College is located on the Atlantic coast of the Florida peninsula, in the heart of historic St. Augustine, "America's Oldest City." Campus is just a five-minute walk from the Matanzas River ...
The High Impact Practice of Undergraduate Research associated with a Two-Year Water Quality Monitoring Project in Northeast Florida
ORAL SESSION
Monday
3:00pm
Matthew Brown, Flagler College
As coastal populations and coastal development pressure increase, it is critical that coastal waters are monitored for potential changes in water quality due to any excavation or sediment removal project. In Spring ...
No Outcrop, No Problem: Telling Time on an Urban Campus
SHARE-A-THON
Tuesday
1:30pm-2:40pm
Christy Visaggi, Georgia State University
Principles of relative and absolute age dating can be challenging for students to visualize in how they apply to a sequence of rocks, particularly on a urban campus lacking outcrops. To better engage students in ...
Flood Management Plan
SHARE-A-THON
Tuesday
1:30pm-2:40pm
Karen Helgers, Ulster County Community College
In this exploration, students work in groups to develop a watershed-based plan to control flooding. Students are first given information about a historic downstream flood and then work together to develop multiple ...
Life Through Time: Interactive Time Line
SHARE-A-THON
Tuesday
1:30pm-2:40pm
Molly Miller, Vanderbilt University
Krista Castillo, Metro Nashville Parks
We have a color-coded timeline from the formation of the earth to the present at a scale of I inch = 20 million years. Colored zones include: 1) first life;, 2) first complex life; 3) Paleozoic; 4) time during ...
Off Base - Acidity of Oceans
TEACHING DEMONSTRATION
Cheryl Manning, OrbWeaver Consulting, LLC
The teaching demonstration is intended to inspire student questions from which they can design an investigation regarding ocean's carbonate buffer system, how changes in atmospheric carbon dioxide levels may ...
Designing and Implementing a Multi-institution Field Program for 2YC and 4YC Students
ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION
Tuesday
3:00pm-4:15pm
Tennessee State University
Becca Walker, Mt. San Antonio College
Interested in offering extended field experiences for your introductory-level students? Is your institution interested in adding a greater diversity of field projects to its existing geology field camp? This ...
Teaching Geoscience in Laboratory Settings
ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION
Tuesday
3:00pm-4:15pm
Vanderbilt University
Mark Schmitz, Boise State University
The geosciences utilize a wide array of instrumental and analytical tools and technology to identify, quantify and explore Earth materials, and test hypotheses using their physical and chemical properties. The ...
Developing Spatial Thinking Skills
ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION
Tuesday
3:00pm-4:15pm
Tennessee State University
Reginald Archer, Tennessee State University
Solomon Haile, Tennessee State University
Mark Abolins, Middle Tennessee State University
Clement Akumu, Tennessee State University
This roundtable will explore ways to improve teaching and learning spatial thinking skills. Participants are encouraged to share their experiences and discuss innovative ways to incorporate spatial thinking in the ...
Implicit Bias
ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION
Tuesday
3:00pm-4:15pm
Tennessee State University
Catherine Riihimaki, 2NDNATURE Software
Implicit bias describes when we have attitudes towards people or associate stereotypes with them without our conscious knowledge. Cognitive science research shows that everyone has implicit biases, sometimes in ...
Physical Geology Lab Resource Online –Mineral Identification
TEACHING DEMONSTRATION
Scott Brande, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Digital media of minerals and rocks are increasingly available in online environments. However, the mere availability of these resources does not address a number of critical pedagogical issues: Are the resources ...
Where in the World is Vladimir Koppen?
TEACHING DEMONSTRATION
Wendy Robertson, Central Michigan University
Daria Kluver, Central Michigan University
Where in the World is Vladimir Koppen? is a board game designed for college-level introduction to the Koppen Climate Classification System. The activity is designed to work in groups of 4-12, with students ...
We're All In This Together: Community science for learning and action
PLENARY TALK
Rajul Pandya, AGU
Science is awesome, especially Earth Science. We've figured out how moving continents create our highest mountain ranges and form our deepest ocean trenches. We know how thunderstorms form, and why some of ...
Telling a New Climate Story — Giving Students a Positive Voice in the Age of Science Denialism
AFTERNOON MINI WORKSHOP
Cheryl Manning, OrbWeaver Consulting, LLC
Forest fires, floods, hurricanes, and famine are challenging problems. It doesn't help that the "grown-ups" running our country can't seem to agree on anything. For any individual, it seems like ...
Context matters: Designing data-rich geodesy teaching materials that get used
POSTER SESSION
Kristin O'Connell, Carleton College
Beth Pratt-Sitaula, EarthScope Consortium
Becca Walker, Mt. San Antonio College
Bruce Douglas, Indiana University-Bloomington
Ben Crosby, Idaho State University
Donna Charlevoix, EarthScope Consortium
GETSI (Geodesy Tools for Societal Issues) project is developing modules that allow undergraduate students to engage in geodetic data analysis relevant to societally important topics of natural hazards, water ...
The Earth Geological Timescale: New Approaches
POSTER SESSION
Alan Capelle, Madison Area Technical College
Conveying the essence of deep geologic time has always presented challenges to K-12, and college earth science instructors alike. In this session, Alan will illustrate a variety of media that can be used to cement ...
An on-line "Rare Earth Elements and Sustainability" module for introductory university geoscience courses
POSTER SESSION
Mark Abolins, Middle Tennessee State University
The on-line "Rare Earth Elements and Sustainability" module is designed for use in introductory university environmental science, sustainability, earth science, and physical geography courses. The module ...
Geoscience Literacy and Career Interest Improve Among Two-Year College Students Learning with InTeGrate Materials
POSTER SESSION
Elizabeth Nagy, Pasadena City College
Lisa Gilbert, Cabrillo College
InTeGrate classroom materials are designed to strengthen earth science literacy of undergraduate students as well as increase the number of earth science majors who can address critical environmental and resource ...
A phenomenon based climate science curriculum for middle-school classrooms: Harmful Algal Blooms, Society, and Climate Change
POSTER SESSION
Angela Boysen, University of Washington-Tacoma Campus
Christine Baker, University of Washington-Seattle Campus
Isaiah Bolden, University of Washington-Seattle Campus
Robin McLachlan, University of Washington-Seattle Campus
Climate change and its many repercussions are complex yet important topics where early exposure would clearly benefit students' education. Evidence suggests that using curriculum grounded in real world ...
Making geodesy accessible and relevant: Educator and student resources for enhancing learning about geosciences and geodesy
POSTER SESSION
Donna Charlevoix, EarthScope Consortium
Beth Bartel, UNAVCO
Andria (Andi) Ellis, UNAVCO
Shelley E Olds, EarthScope Consortium
Beth Pratt-Sitaula, EarthScope Consortium
Kelsey Russo-Nixon, EarthScope
Geodesy is the study of Earth's shape, gravity field, and rotation. Geodetic applications and data are used to understand many societal issues such as land surface change, drought monitoring, climate change, ...
Ocean Infographic Assignment for Data Literacy and Science Outreach
POSTER SESSION
Amy Weislogel, West Virginia University
Students in a 200-level Physical Oceanograpy course at West Virginia University designed an infographic to reflect personal exploration and interaction with concepts related to the course. The course has no ...
Assessing Student Learning with E-Portfolios in the Department of Geosciences at Middle Tennessee State University
POSTER SESSION
Melissa Lobegeier, Middle Tennessee State University
Jeremy Aber, Middle Tennessee State University
Warner Cribb, Middle Tennessee State University
The use of e-portfolios has been growing in popularity in recent years. E-portfolios are digital portfolios used to display an online collection of digital artifacts such as documents, images, and videos. They are ...
STEM Virtual Field Trips of the 21st Century: A Systematic Literature Review
POSTER SESSION
Christopher Krause, College of the Sequoias
Georgina Anderson, University of South Carolina-Columbia
Danielle Jackson, University of South Carolina-Columbia
Virtual field trips (VFTs) are multimedia presentations that bring experiences of distant places to learners via a computer, mimicking what learners might experience at a physical site. VFTs can allow students ...
The Loooong Walk: Revisiting a First Day Gallery Walk on the Last Day of Class
POSTER SESSION
Fred Marton, Bergen Community College
Last year, I presented a first day ice-breaker activity for my intro courses, a gallery walk to get students to start thinking about science and science education by answering the questions "Why take this ...
Marine Geology Using GEODE
WORKSHOP
Kristen St. John, James Madison University
Callan Bentley, Piedmont Virginia Community College
Marine sediments and the geology of the ocean basins are important content topics in all oceanography courses. However these can be "dry" topics to teach, and may be difficult for students to appreciate. ...
Measuring and Increasing the Level of Inquiry in Science Laboratory Activities
WORKSHOP
Katherine Ryker, University of South Carolina-Columbia
Jason Jones, North Carolina State University
Commercially available lab manuals for introductory science courses are often devoid of authentic inquiry opportunities for learners (Buck et al., 2008). Inquiry-based activities have been empirically-shown to ...
Adapting Active Learning Strategies in Your Courses
WORKSHOP
Rachel Teasdale, California State University-Chico
David McConnell, North Carolina State University
Research in STEM disciplines has revealed that empirically validated instructional practices that can contribute to improvements in student learning and a reduction in attrition. We will outline a series of ...
Creating and Integrating Meaningful Virtual & Augmented Reality Content for Geoscience Classes
WORKSHOP
Ryan Hollister, Modesto Junior College
Learn the tips and tricks needed to create and facilitate an engaging, story-driven Immersive Virtual Field Experience (IVFE) that can be utilized by all students on nearly any device. Participants will briefly ...
Connect with Students by Leveraging Phenomena and Incorporating Modeling into the K-12 Earth Science Classroom
WORKSHOP
Kim Kotowski, Wilson County Schools
For ALL Earth Science teachers! Participants will learn to leverage scientific phenomena and align them to appropriate standards (NGSS with connections to TN science standards and others) We will use anchoring ...
Undergraduate Writing Assignments on the Nature of Science using the NSF-funded "The Story Behind the Science"
ORAL SESSION
Carrie Wright-Tyler, University of Southern Indiana
Scientifically literate citizens are able to actively participate and make decisions in the discourse of science in a global society dealing with scientific issues such as climate change because they have ...
Earth Observatory for Kids: Communicating Earth Science in a hands-on approach to Our Young Earthlings
AFTERNOON MINI WORKSHOP
Tassia Owen, NASA Goddard
NASA's Earth Observatory, launched a free online publication aimed at communicating real Earth science data to diverse young adults. Publications showcase global issues, increasing young adult's awareness ...
Successes and Challenges of Using Social Media in Teaching and Learning
AFTERNOON MINI WORKSHOP
Alison Jolley (AJ), University of Waikato
Our students are increasingly connected and engaged with various social media platforms, e.g., Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook. How can we leverage this to build motivation and facilitate learning of earth ...
Addressing Bias in Teaching
AFTERNOON MINI WORKSHOP
Blair Schneider, University of Kansas Main Campus
Unconscious biases can impact the way we teach – from our interactions in the classroom to how we grade assignments or exams. And it isn't just our own personal biases that affect our teaching – each of ...
Spicing Up Your Assessments: Moving beyond exams
AFTERNOON MINI WORKSHOP
Larry Collins, Longwood University
Katherine Ryker, University of South Carolina-Columbia
Are you completely satisfied with your formative and summative assessments? If so, this workshop is not for you. This workshop will focus on how to develop and implement performance-based assessments in your ...
Experiences and Perceptions of the iClicker Cloud Classroom Response System in a Large, Introductory Geoscience Course
ORAL SESSION
Sean Bryan, Colorado State University
Classroom response systems provide a method of increasing engagement, facilitating active learning, and allowing formative assessment in large courses. Our introductory physical geology course at Colorado State ...
Developing a Perpetual Course Model
ORAL SESSION
Mary Armour, York University
Michelle Senagara, York University Toronto Canada
Online courses allow greater flexibility for students in how courses are delivered. This is a major reason students take these courses. Presented here are the first year instructor experience and student feedback ...
Understanding the Effectiveness of the AR Sandbox through Student Experiences
ORAL SESSION
Elijah Johnson, Auburn University Main Campus
karen mcneal, Auburn University Main Campus
Spatial reasoning ability is a crucial skill necessary for success in any of the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) domains. Research suggests that the base level of spatial thinking ability ...
Challenges in making meaning from Ground Motion Visualizations: The role of geoscience knowledge in interpreting dynamic spatiotemporal patterns
ORAL SESSION
Mike Brudzinski, Miami University-Oxford
Allison Jaeger, Temple University
Tim Shipley, Temple University
The USArray Ground Motion Visualization (GMV) is an IRIS video product that illustrates seismic waves traveling away from an earthquake by depicting seismometers as symbols that vary in color according to recorded ...
Science and You assignment- using the search for evidence behind personal decisions as a parallel to the scientific method
ORAL SESSION
Laura Rosales Lagarde, Nevada State University
Bre Tavernini, Nevada State College at Henderson
Self-reflection and Science are not commonly associated. Neuroscience and psychology studies have found that self-reflection is a hard task for the brain to do naturally (Herwig et al., 2012). Because the ...
Using Student Drawings of Biogeochemical Cycles to Explore Systems Thinking Abilities
ORAL SESSION
Nicholas Soltis, University of Indianapolis
karen mcneal, Auburn University Main Campus
Quinlan Swain, Auburn University Main Campus
Biogeochemical cycles are the fundamental component connecting all parts of the Earth system. Cycling of elements like carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus involves multiple fluxes and reservoirs through all components ...