Four Years of Discovery Improvements for SERC website visitors
Sean Fox, Carleton College; mahdi mohamed, Carleton College; Monica Bruckner, Carleton College; Ashley Carlson, Carleton College; Cailin Huyck Orr, Carleton College; Ellen Iverson, Carleton College; John McDaris, Carleton College; Kristin O'Connell, Carleton College
The Science Education Resource Center (SERC) hosts materials from more than 120 geoscience education projects. However, the project-focused nature of the SERC website means that information is siloed which presents ...

Teaching Atmospheric Dynamics with Python Modules
Walt Robinson, North Carolina State University
Students (undergraduate & graduate) often find dynamics the most challenging course in their atmospheric sciences curricula. Traditionally the material is presented from a mathematical physics perspective, and ...

Project Ice - from the American Meteorological Society's Education Program
David Amidon, National Center for Science Education
This program will introduce K-12 teachers to the American Meteorological Society's Education Summer Programs. David is a Certified AMS Teacher (CAT #22) and has participated in all of the programs offered. An ...

A Beginners Guide to Universal Design and Modifications in the Classroom: A Professional Development Activity for All
Lauren Neitzke-Adamo, Rutgers University-New Brunswick; Jaime Sarcona, Rutgers University-New Brunswick; Daana Kamal, Rutgers University-New Brunswick; Christina Bifulco, Rutgers University-New Brunswick
The Classroom Inclusivity Series was created by the Office of Teaching Evaluation and Assessment Research and the University Equity and Inclusion Office with the goal of increasing the understanding and use of ...

The development of an open education resource (OER) on scientific ocean drilling for the introductory oceanography classroom
Laura Guertin, Penn State Brandywine; Beth Doyle, Northern Virginia Community College; Tessa Peixoto, Northern Virginia Community College
Institutions of higher education are increasingly adopting OERs to ensure that course resources for students are more accessible and affordable. This is a necessary step to enhance student learning and engagement. ...

On the Air: Exploring air pollution sources
Elizabeth Spike, FCPS and Clean Air Partners; Alexander Hume Spike, Air Alliance Houston
Air quality is less familiar to the public, resulting in a deficit of air quality lessons compared to water and soil within K-12 science education. On the Air overcomes this barrier to environmental literacy and ...

Evaluating the Course Curriculum for a Graduate Course Focused on Teaching and Learning in Informal Spaces
Emma Betz, University of British Columbia; Laura Lukes, University of British Columbia; Frederick Beeby Maglaque, University of British Columbia; Kirsten Hodge, University of British Columbia
The SCI-LEnS (Student-Curated Informal Learning and Engagement Spaces) Project at the University of British Columbia (UBC) seeks to create a new graduate course that develops graduate students' science ...

A Bridge to Marine Geosciences: A Learning Community for College Transfer Students
Mikelle Nuwer, University of Washington-Seattle Campus; Jose M. Guzman, University of Washington-Seattle Campus; Jane Dolliver, University of Washington-Seattle Campus; LuAnne Thompon, University of Washington-Seattle Campus; Kerry A Naish, University of Washington-Seattle Campus
To address the issue of underrepresentation of historically excluded groups (HEG) working in STEM occupations, we developed GEODUC - "Geoscience Education, Oceanographic Discovery, Undergraduate ...

Improving the Sustainability of Data-rich Activities through the Community Contribution Tool
Rachel Teasdale, California State University-Chico; Beth Pratt-Sitaula, EarthScope; Sean Fox, Carleton College; Ellen Iverson, Carleton College
Some curriculum materials have datasets and related resources that can become out-of-date or unavailable. To address this issue, this workshop will introduce the Community Contribution Tool (CCT), which facilitates ...

Geology, Society, and Justice: An undergraduate and graduate level place-based geoscience class to recenter land justice in geoscience education
Cameron Reed, University of New Mexico-Main Campus; Lindsay Worthington, University of New Mexico-Main Campus; Steven Semken, Arizona State University at the Tempe Campus; Jennifer Richter, Arizona State University at the Tempe Campus
Geoscience education has long been guided by formulaic objective truth-seeking and methodologies inherited from centuries of practice rooted in the Western worldview that continues to permeate and shape the role of ...