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