Training about FAIR principles to support undergraduate students' research about water and energy
Silvia Jessica Mostacedo Marasovic, The University of Texas at Arlington; Cory Forbes, The University of Texas at Arlington; Junaid Ahmad, The University of Texas at Arlington; Upendranath Chakravarthy, The University of Texas at Arlington; Steven Tanner McCullough, The University of Texas at Arlington; June Young Park, The University of Texas at Arlington; Jessica Eisma, The University of Texas at Arlington
Research experiences for undergraduate students (REUs) in the fields of water and energy not only enhance student learning but also bolster their self-efficacy to conduct independent research, provide valuable ...

Student interpretation of evidence from online sources: Is climate change making floods more extreme?
sumaiya tabassum, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Jenny Dauer, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Decision making for complex issues like flooding requires critical evaluation of evidence and synthesis of scientific knowledge across disciplines, in particular determining whether flooding is increasing in terms ...

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 ...

WRANE: an Out-of-School-Time Learning Ecosystem for Pre-University Students Focusing on Water-Related Geoscience Research
Tracy Quan, Oklahoma State University-Main Campus; Ashley Burkett, Oklahoma State University-Main Campus; Toni Ivey, Oklahoma State University-Main Campus; Jim Puckette, Oklahoma State University-Main Campus
The Water Research, Assessment, and Networking Ecosystem (WRANE) is an NSF-funded program designed to educate pre-university students and teachers on water-related geoscience topics and increase the exposure of ...

eqlocate
Gillian B Haberli, EarthScope; Michael Hubenthal, EarthScope; Mladen Dordevic, IRIS Consortium; Mladen Dordevic, EarthScope
EarthScope has created a new, Free, earthquake analysis toolkit which adopts an inquiry-based approach. It empowers students to select either recent or historical earthquakes, browse and pick seismic stations, and ...

Earth's climate system
Rondi Davies, CUNY City College
An exploration of Earth's climate system was created for a physical geology laboratory class at an urban community college in New York City. At the outset, students engage with a phenomenon-based exploration ...

Education and Workforce Development Support by EarthScope Consortium and NSF Geophysics Facilities
Beth Pratt-Sitaula, EarthScope Consortium; Donna Charlevoix, EarthScope Consortium; Michael Hubenthal, EarthScope; Tammy Bravo, EarthScope Consortium; Gillian B Haberli, EarthScope; Scott Johnson, EarthScope Consortium; Anika Knight, EarthScope; DeeDee Okamoto, EarthScope Consortium; Shelley E Olds, EarthScope Consortium; Kelsey Russo-Nixon, EarthScope Consortium; Justin Sweet, EarthScope Consortium; Kelsey Russo-Nixon, EarthScope
The EarthScope Consortium operates the NSF SAGE (seismology) and NSF GAGE (geodesy) facilities and is dedicated to supporting transformative global geophysical research and education. EarthScope's Engagement ...

Evaluating a custom Lab Notebook for an online soil science course
Megan Mobley, Oregon State University; Elisabeth McBrien, Oregon State University
Asynchronous online courses expand access to a university education for non-traditional students who might otherwise be unable to pursue a degree program due to work commitments, caregiving responsibilities, or ...

Relationships between Attrition and Student Performance in a Large-Enrollment Online Skill Training
Mike Brudzinski, Miami University-Oxford; Mayme Kalmer, Miami University-Oxford; Derreck Gossett, Miami University-Oxford; Michael Hubenthal, EarthScope; Gillian B Haberli, EarthScope
The Seismology Skill Building Workshop (SSBW) is a 14 week online, asynchronous course designed to develop undergraduate skills in seismology and scientific computing. The SSBW has been an important addition to ...

Exploring Earth's Dynamic Systems
catherine etter, Cape Cod Community College
The Earth's Dynamic Systems Lab aims to illustrate the interconnectedness of Earth's systems by depicting global and local climate change variables, biogeochemical cycles, and natural versus ...