The Geological Tactile Image Repository: A Digital Resource Collection to Support Instructors of Blind and Low-Vision Geoscience Students
Kent Ratajeski, Calvin University; P. Jack Reed, Stanford University; Sydney L. Clark, Kentucky Department of Public Health; Donna Lee, University of Kentucky; Christopher Atchison, University of Cincinnati-Main Campus
To support instructors of Blind and low-vision students and to make the visual component of geoscience more accessible to all students regardless of ability, we have developed a online repository of tactile images ...

Using Field and Laboratory Studies of Pyroclastic Deposits to Engage Students in the Scientific Process and Promote Development of Professional Skills
Jeffrey Templeton, Western Oregon University
The dynamic volcanic landscape of the Pacific Northwest provides an ideal framework for teaching undergraduate students about fundamental volcanology concepts, as well as core geoscience and professional skills. ...

Moving the Needle by Expanding HBCU Pathways for Geoscience Education
Reginald S. Archer, Tennessee State University; Edith G. Davis, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University; Sue Ebanks, Savannah State University
Whether one uses the language of the sub-fields or that of the overarching field, there has been a consistent theme over the past 40-plus years. The gross under-representation of African Americans in the ...

Utilizing Backwards Design to create a Blended, Multicontext learning framework in a field-based Geoscience course
Alissa Kotowski, McGill University; Nicholas Soltis, University of Indianapolis; Evan Ramos, The University of Texas at Austin; Vashan Wright, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Kathy Ellins, The University of Texas at Austin; Dana Thomas, City of Austin
GeoFORCE is an out-of-school-time high school program that strives to increase the number of minoritized students pursuing STEM and Geoscience by exposing students to Geoscience through week-long field-based ...

Locally grown fruit retains its soil signature: using the scanning electron microscope to bridge soil science to fruit spreads
Nina Baghai Riding, Delta State University; Larry Collins, Longwood University; Chuck Smithhart, Delta State University
The need to transform the undergraduate laboratory experience in order to provide students access to authentic research opportunities has been well documented. At Delta State University, students enrolled in ...

Oral Session IV: Improving Programs and Broadening Participation in Geoscience Education
Claire McKinley, Bellevue College; Alexandra Snell, Texas A&M University-College Station
Event page for Oral Session IV of the 2021 Earth Educators' Rendezvous, focusing on improving geoscience education programs and broadening participation through inclusive curriculum design, support for underrepresented students, accessibility initiatives, and strategies for enhancing diversity and equity in the geosciences. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Water – related standards for teaching and learning to support K-12 to lifelong water literacy
Silvia Jessica Mostacedo Marasovic, The University of Texas at Arlington
Water is a critical component of Earth systems, including their human dimensions. Water literacy is a key outcome for learners, who should understand how water interacts with different human and non-human systems ...

Supporting Underrepresented STEM Scholars through the LSAMP STEM Scholars Program
Janet Stomberg, Red Rocks Community College; Barbra Sobhani, University of Colorado Boulder
The Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) is a NSF-funded program that aims to support inclusion and diversity efforts in STEM, significantly increasing the numbers of underrepresented ...

The Food-Energy-Water-Nexus as a Framework for Advancing Education and Education Research
Hannah Scherer, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Nicole Sintov, Ohio State University-Main Campus; Hui-Hui Wang, Purdue University-Main Campus; Cory Forbes, The University of Texas at Arlington
The Food-Energy-Water-Nexus (FEW-Nexus) framework offers a way to understand the interplay between natural systems and their human dimensions in the space where these three resources, each vital to human society, ...

Storytelling for Change in the Geosciences
Adam Papendieck, The University of Texas at Austin; Julia Clarke, The University of Texas at Austin; Kathy Ellins, The University of Texas at Austin
This workshop is based on the HHMI-funded Geoscience Ambassadors program at UT Austin. The aim of the workshop is to share ways of embedding personal storytelling in courses and programs to develop a high context ...