Wednesday Schedule At-A-Glance
Beyond Your Classroom: Building Effective Geoscience Activities for Improved Student Learning with a Teacher Audience in Mind
WORKSHOP
Kyle Fredrick, Pennsylvania Western University - California
Heather Goss, American Geophysical Union
Participants will be introduced to the Teach the Earth (TTE) portal to find existing resources to adopt or adapt for their own classrooms. Attendees will develop their own activity and work through the Teach the ...
Preparing for an Academic Career
WORKSHOP
Lisa Gilbert, Cabrillo College
Lynsey LeMay, Virginia Peninsula Community College
Brendan Hanger, Colorado School of Mines
Mintesinot Jiru, Coppin State 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 ...
Applied Geoscience Education: Engaging with Society for Sustainability
WORKSHOP
Jeffrey Greenberg, Wheaton College (IL)
Ellen Metzger, San Jose State University
Gregory Wessel, Geology in the Public Interest (nonprofit)
Ted Smith, Baker College Center for Graduate Studies
Workshop participants will discuss and share their current approaches to applied geosciences education, explore materials from the SERC InTeGrate Project and other sources, and develop an action plan for including ...
Teaching Atmosphere, Ocean, and Climate Dynamics with Interactive Demonstrations
WORKSHOP
Jordyn E Moscoso, University of California-Santa Cruz
Jonathan Aurnou, University of California-Los Angeles
Alex Gonzalez, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Kaylie Cohanim, Princeton University
Rodrigo Rodakoviski, University of California-Los Angeles
Rachel Tripoli, University of California-Los Angeles
william church, CRCS
Weather, ocean, and climate processes are often notoriously difficult for students and educators to conceptualize. In this three-day workshop, participants will gain knowledge using simple experiments to create ...
Writing Retreat
WRITING RETREAT
Leilani Arthurs, University of Colorado at Boulder
The design of this retreat uses Lave and Wenger's (1991) community of practice theory to create a structured retreat for sustained writing. Participants will engage in dedicated writing time with the purpose ...
How is your Program Helping Students Prepare for the Jobs they Want?
WORKSHOP
Anne Egger, Central Washington University
Karen Viskupic, Boise State University
In this workshop, we will help you make more explicit connections between the skills you are building in your geoscience programs and the skills that geoscience employers (and graduate schools) are seeking. You ...
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Tour
Take part in this in-person tour of the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory ! The 2.5 hour educational group tour generally includes a multimedia presentation that provides an overview of the activities and ...
Creating an Online Learning Environment about Geoscience Careers and Licensure
AFTERNOON MINI WORKSHOP
Craig Nichol, University of British Columbia Okanagan
Overview Student recruitment, retention and diversity can be improved by providing students with timely information on careers in earth science and related fields, and information on professional licensing ...
Writing Better Multiple Choice Questions
AFTERNOON MINI WORKSHOP
Cody Kirkpatrick, Indiana University-Bloomington
Lauren Burns, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Whether because of class size, grading time, or other constraints, sometimes we need to include multiple choice questions in our summative assessments. However, it is often difficult and time-consuming to write ...
3D-Printed Educational Models in the Geosciences
AFTERNOON MINI WORKSHOP
Sinan Akciz, California State University-Fullerton
The recent widespread accessibility of 3D printing now provides an opportunity for geoscience educators to produce their own affordable, high-quality models that students can hold and manipulate in their hands. ...
Gaming in the Classroom
AFTERNOON MINI WORKSHOP
Ander Sundell, College of Western Idaho
Natalie Bursztyn, University of Montana
Tabletop Boardgames are currently experiencing a golden age not seen since the 1980s, with sales increasing more than 20% from spring 2019 to 2022. Currently, there are thousands of new games released each year ...
Caltech Seismo Lab Tour
The tour of the Caltech Seismological Laboratory will include the 100 year history of monitoring earthquakes in SoCal and evolution of the seismic network to the present day; earthquake 101 dynamics; earthquake ...
Wednesday Forum
Beth Pratt-Sitaula, EarthScope
Adam Papendieck, The University of Texas at Austin
Connecting coursework to real-world issues that are meaningful to students is an excellent way to increase student engagement in Earth science courses. Place-based learning, focusing on students' local ...