Programming for 2YC Faculty
EER 2024 Recommended events geared toward 2YC faculty. These are just a few recommendations, and is not an exhaustive list of possibilities. We invite you to review the program to find other events that may appeal to you!
Featured Events
Sunday
- Evening reception 6:30-8:00pm
Monday-Wednesday Morning Workshops
- Improving the Sustainability of Data-rich Activities through the Community Contribution Tool (Note: this workshop officially starts Sunday)
- Teaching with Investigation and Design in the Undergrad Science Classroom
- Wrapping your Head around Environmental Problems by Leveraging Feedback Loop Thinking
Thursday-Friday Morning Workshops
- Games in Education
- Using Online Quizzes to Promote Effective Student Learning Strategies
- Using Storylines to Resolve Misconceptions about Climate Change
- Understanding Signals in the Soil: Data-centered learning in critical zone science
- Create Engaging and Immersive Earth Science Field Explorations for your Classroom
Afternoon Programming
Monday Afternoon Events
- Attend afternoon mini-workshops (1:30 - 4 pm)
- LGBTQ+ Representation in the Geosciences...Showing Our Students That They Belong!
- Guiding Students to Use Evidence to Support their Scientific Reasoning
- Teaching Environmental Justice Through Geoscience
- The Wow Factor: Cutting Rocks to Engage Students
- Improving Food-Energy-Water-Nexus-based Education: Defining new research directions from problems of practice
- Or check out some of the contributed sessions! Talks are 1:30-3:30 pm and posters are 4:30-6:00 pm
Tuesday Afternoon Events
- Check out some of the Share-a-thon (1:30 - 2:40 pm) and Teaching Demonstrations (2:50 - 4:10 pm)
- Join in the Round Table Discussions (3:00 - 4:15 pm)
- Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Can we love our job while being squeezed under its weight?
- Cascading Land Surface Hazards as a Vehicle to Engaging 2YC Students: Discussion of needs and opportunities
- Supporting Neurodivergent Students
- Sustainability of Geosciences Departments: Looking to the Future
- Becoming an NAGT Officer or Leader
- Plenary (4:30 - 5:45 pm): The rocks don't care how you get there: Addressing inaccessibility in the Earth Sciences for a more inclusive discipline with Anita Marshall
Wednesday Afternoon Events
- Group photo before lunch!
- Attend afternoon mini-workshops (1:30 - 4 pm)
- Environmental Ethics: Theory and practice
- Sustainability: Intentional integration
- Facilitating Effective Group Projects in Geoscience Courses
- H5P Activities for Summative and Formative Assessment in Online and Web-Enhanced Courses
- Pedagogies and Practices for Boosting Spatial Understanding of Fluid Earth
- Forum & Mid-week Icebreaker (4:30 - 5:45 pm)
Thursday Afternoon Events
- Attend afternoon mini-workshops (1:30 - 4 pm)
- Developing Dispositions to Help Students Succeed in the Workforce
- On the Air: Exploring air pollution sources
- Making Sense of Your Course Evaluations
- Conducting Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) in Your Courses
- Soil Science: Bridging Geology and Environmental Science in a Sustainable World
- Or check out some of the contributed sessions! Talks are 1:30-4pm
- Plenary (4:30 - 5:45 pm): Supporting meaningful collaborations in the classrooms of the future: What is the role of AI? with Monica Ko
Friday Afternoon Events
- Join in the Round Table Discussions (1:30 - 2:45 pm)
- Atmospheric Science Data in the Earth Science Classroom: Sources and Suggestions
- Online Introductory Geoscience Labs: Challenges and strategies to support engagement and learning
- Recruiting Students into Geosciences
- Diverse Geoscience Career Mentorship
- The NAGT Traveling Workshop Program - Into Its 2nd Decade
- Check out some of the contributed sessions! Talks are 1:30-4pm
- Town Hall 4:30-5:45pm