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 ...

Exploring Geoscience-related Careers through Sustainability
Sequoyah McGee, American Geosciences Institute (AGI)
The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) has created free online resources for students to explore and get excited about careers in the geosciences that can help to develop solutions to many of the problems faced ...

Geoscience career-readiness seminars, featuring geoscience and related professionals, enhance student's career skills, guide their coursework and career-planning decisions, and increase their potential for success beyond graduation
Robert Graziano, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Dyanna Czeck, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Career-readiness seminars have been developed in the Department of Geosciences at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) through a NSF-sponsored program, LET'S GEO (Learning Ecosystem for Training Student ...

Innovative Tools for Project Management in Academia
Amanda Godbold, University of Southern California; Deb Coyle, iincepta inc.
Join our three-day workshop at Earth Educators' Rendezvous 2024, led by Senior Project Manager Deborah Coyle. Designed for early career faculty and post-doctoral researchers, this course emphasizes proven ...

Designing Field-Learning Experiences with Accessibility and Inclusion Scenarios in Mind: A Reflection and Planning Tool
Silvia Mazabel, University of British Columbia; Laura Lukes, University of British Columbia; Brett Gilley, University of British Columbia; Shandin Pete, University of British Columbia; sarah Sherman, University of British Columbia
Field-based learning experiences (e.g., field trips, field-based courses, research stations) are shaped by disciplinary traditions, contextual factors, and students' and educators' identities, background, ...

Supporting teaching and learning in the Food-Energy-Water (FEW)-Nexus through a National Collaborative
Hannah Scherer, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Nicole Sintov, Ohio State University-Main Campus; Hui-Hui Wang, Purdue University-Main Campus; Anil Kumar Chaudhary, Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus; Doug Lombardi, University of Maryland-College Park; Chelsie Romulo, University of Northern Colorado
The Food-Energy-Water (FEW)-Nexus has emerged as a powerful framework for teaching and learning that supports systems thinking and decision making in coupled human-natural systems. The National Collaborative for ...

Looking Back and Looking Forward: 10 Years of Earth Educators' Rendezvous
Monica Bruckner, Carleton College; Cathy Manduca, Carleton College; Heather Macdonald, William & Mary; Anne Egger, Central Washington University; Kristin O'Connell, Carleton College; Ellen Iverson, Carleton College; Mitchell Bender-Awalt, Carleton College; Cailin Huyck Orr, Carleton College; Sean Fox, Carleton College
2024 marks the 10th year of the Earth Educators' Rendezvous. This presentation aims to highlight the history of the Rendezvous program, from its inception as part of the On the Cutting Edge and InTeGrate ...

Atmospheric Science Education Research (ASER): Reflections On a Three-Day Workshop
Peggy McNeal, Towson University; Zachary Handlos, Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus; Dawn Kopacz, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Kathy Quardokus Fisher, University of Notre Dame
In May 2023, we held a three-day workshop, Developing Expertise and Building Collaborations to Advance Atmospheric Science Education Research (ASER). The workshop was NSF funded with goals to address needs for ...

Opportunities in Geoscience Education and Inclusion in the Cascadia Region Earthquake Science Center (CRESCENT)
Shannon Fasola, University of Oregon
Great earthquakes (Mw > 8.5) on the Cascadia subduction zone pose a looking threat to the Pacific Northwest region of the US and Canada. Geologic data demonstrating instantaneous land level changes along the ...

Machine Learning Foundations and Applications in the Earth Systems Sciences
Nicole Corbin, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR); Thomas Martin, NSF Unidata; Keah Schuenemann, MSU Denver
Machine Learning Foundations and Applications in the Earth Systems Sciences is a series of modules designed to teach students core machine learning reasoning skills without requiring prerequisite programming ...