Programming for K-12 Educators

EER 2024 Recommended events geared toward K-12 Educators. These are just a few recommendations and are 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

Morning Programming

Monday-Wednesday Morning Workshop (8:30-11:30 AM)

• 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 (8:30-11:30 AM)

• Games in Education 
• Using Online Quizzes to Promote Effective Student Learning Strategies 
• Using Storylines to Resolve Misconceptions about Climate Change 
• Create Engaging and Immersive Earth Science Field Explorations for your Classroom 

Afternoon Programming

Monday Afternoon Events

• Mini-workshop: Guiding Students to Use Evidence to Support their Scientific Reasoning (1:30 - 4:00 PM)
• Mini-workshop: Teaching Environmental Justice Through Geoscience (1:30 - 4:00 PM)
• Mini-workshop: Improving Food-Energy-Water-Nexus-based Education: Defining new research directions from problems of practice (1:30 - 4:00 PM)
• Or check out some of the contributed sessions! 
  • Talks (1:30 - 3:30 PM)
  • Posters (4:30 - 6:00 PM)

Tuesday Afternoon Events

• 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?
  • Strategies and Best Practices in the Development and Execution of Youth Outreach Programs
  • Supporting Neurodivergent Students
• Or check out some of the contributed sessions! 
  • Share-a-thon (1:30 - 2:40 PM)
  • Teaching Demonstrations (2:50 - 4:10 PM)
• 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 (11:45 AM) 
• Mini-workshop: Environmental Ethics: Theory and Practice (1:30 - 4:00 PM)
• Mini-workshop: Sustainability: Intentional integration (1:30 - 4:00 PM)
• Mini-workshop: H5P Activities for Summative and Formative Assessment in Online and Web-Enhanced Courses (1:30 - 4:00 PM)
• Forum and Mid-Week Ice Breaker (4:30 - 5:45 PM)

Thursday Afternoon Events

• Mini-workshop: On the Air: Exploring air pollution sources (1:30 - 4:00 PM)
• Mini-workshop: Making Sense of Your Course Evaluations (1:30 - 4:00 PM)
• Or check out some of the contributed sessions!
  •  Talks (1:30 - 3:30 PM)
• 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
  • The State Geological Surveys' Role in Recruiting and Engaging the Next Generation of Geoscientists
  • Diverse Geoscience Career Mentorship
• Or check out some of the contributed sessions! 
  • Teaching Demonstrations (1:30 - 3:00 PM)
  • Posters (3:00 - 4:00 PM)
• Town Hall (4:30 - 5:45 PM)