Spotlights and Stories: Improving representation and engagement of diverse individuals in introductory geoscience courses
Christy Visaggi, Georgia State University; Katy Sparrow, Georgia State University
"Spotlights and Stories" is a new initiative for introductory geoscience courses led by four faculty in the Department of Geosciences at Georgia State University (GSU). Through this easily adoptable ...

Inquiry-based modeling in Earth Science
Beth Dushman, Howard Community College
Two activities are presented here, both using the Model-Based Inquiry method, in which students are introduced to a phenomenon, model an explanation, test those models with real scientific data, and share and ...

Information from Seismograms: Beyond Epicenters, For Even the Novice Student
Laurel Goodell, Princeton University
An objective of many entry-level earthquake exercises is to use S-P wave travel time differences from multiple seismic stations, and then "triangulate" to determine the location of the epicenter of a ...

Facilitating Effective Group Projects in Geoscience Courses
Sasha Seroy, University of Washington-Seattle Campus; Dana Thomas, City of Austin
This workshop will explore effective ways to facilitate group projects to promote the development of workforce skills for students. We will provide an overview of the benefits of group projects for geoscience ...

Sustainability: Intentional integration
Jennifer Cholnoky, Skidmore College; Mary Abercrombie, Florida Gulf Coast University
In this workshop, we will investigate the many faceted connections between sustainability and the geosciences. Within breakout groups, we will explore strategies for integrating sustainability concepts into our ...

The Wisdom of the Crowd: Supporting a Highly Collaborative Classroom Environment in Atmospheric Dynamics to Enhance Student Understanding
Casey Davenport, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
The atmospheric dynamics course sequence represents a substantial hurdle for many undergraduate students majoring in meteorology due to the necessarily application of physics and complex mathematical theory towards ...

Horses and Their Ancestors - A Geologic Time Scale Card Sort of the Cenozoic Era
Elisabeth Ervin-Blankenheim, Front Range Community College
The concept of geologic time can be difficult for students to grasp because of the vast scale of the Earth's 4.56-billion-year biography. This hands-on, minds-on activity highlights events during the Cenozoic ...

Guiding Students to Use Evidence to Support their Scientific Reasoning
Kathy Browne, Rider University; Andrea Drewes, Rider University; Gabriela Smalley, Rider University; Sage Lichtenwalner, Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Scientific reasoning is complex and many of us have experienced our students struggling to excel in this skill. In this interactive workshop, participants will be introduced to an instructional framework that our ...

Expanding Pathways to Geoscience: Equity-Focused Virtual Field Experiences for Indigenous Student Success in Earth Sciences
Eric Chaides, Arizona State University Campus Immersion; Darryl Reano, Arizona State University Campus Immersion; Ryssa Keeto, Arizona State University Campus Immersion; Kush Tandon, Arizona State University Campus Immersion
Utilizing Infiniscope's browser-based platform, Tour It and a Theta 360 degree camera, we are creating virtual field experiences (VFEs) that integrate place-based learning tools and equity frameworks, such as ...

Environmental Ethics: Theory and practice
Jeffrey Spike, George Washington University; Elizabeth Spike, FCPS and Clean Air Partners
Students are not only interested but motivated by the ethical dimension of environmental science. Instructors should use that motivation in their courses rather than send a message that ethics is excluded from the ...