Theme: Program Design
The programming listed below seeks to address the topic of Program Design.
- Attracting and Supporting Students
- Community Engagement
- Course Resources
- Curriculum Design
- Developing Geocompetencies
- Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
- Geoscience Education Research
- Online Education
- Place-based Learning
- Professional Development for Undergrads, Grads and Faculty
- Program Design
- Research for Undergrads
- Student Learning
- Teacher Preparation, Professional Development and Policy Issues
- Technology in the Classroom
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USC Young Researchers Program: Underrepresented High Schoolers Conduct Independent Research Projects with PhD Student Mentors
Ryley Tibbetts, University of Southern California; Layla Vasquez, University of Southern California; Rebecca Stark, University of Southern California
Founded in 2009, the University of Southern California's (USC) Young Researchers Program (YRP) is a graduate student-run program that recruits motivated rising high school seniors from local Title 1 schools in ...
Enhancing computational geoscience participation and training with the MTMOD project
Dana Thomas, The University of Texas at Austin; Dunyu Liu, The University of Texas at Austin; Thorsten W Becker, The University of Texas at Austin; Alice Gabriel, University of California-San Diego; Shuoshuo Han, The University of Texas at Austin; Kaj Johnson, Indiana University-Bloomington; Luc Lavier, The University of Texas at Austin; Dave May, University of California-San Diego; Demian Saffer, Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus; Daniel Trugman, The University of Texas at Austin; Laura Wallace, The University of Texas at Austin
The Megathrust Modeling Framework (MTMOD) project is an NSF-supported Frontier Research in Earth Sciences (FRES) project connecting domain scientists, education leads, and research support staff, and a number of ...
Building Bridges to Broaden Participation in the Geosciences: The Center for Chemical Currencies of a Microbial Planet (C-CoMP) Bridge-to-PhD Fellowship Program
Victoria Centurino, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; Sonya Dyhrman, Columbia University in the City of New York
The C-CoMP Bridge-to-PhD Fellowship program advances our goal of broadening participation in the ocean sciences by affording diverse cohorts of Fellows opportunities to explore their research interests, gain ...
Understanding how food, energy, and water decisions affect the thriving of local, regional, and global systems– A practice brief for secondary science teachers
Shondricka Burrell, Morgan State University; Imogen Herrick, University of Kansas Main Campus; Todd Campbell, University of Connecticut; Doug Lombardi, University of Maryland-College Park; Xavier Fazio, Brock University
Historically, decision-making around food, energy, and water (FEW) have not emphasized naturally occurring and complex interconnections. As such, these decontextualized approaches have led to environmental ...
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 ...
Where are Students Developing the Skills and Dispositions Needed for the Geoscience Workforce?
Kaelyn Lagerwall, Boise State University; Karen Viskupic, Boise State University; Anne Egger, Central Washington University; Mark Schmitz, Boise State University
This study aims to identify trends in undergraduate geoscience course instruction and assess its impact on students' development of critical workforce skills and dispositions, with the goal of utilizing these ...
Supporting teaching and learning in the Food-Energy-Water (FEW)-Nexus through a National Collaborative
Hannah Scherer, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ; 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 ...
Enhancing Teaching and Learning about Water: Sustained Professional Development for K-12 Science Teachers
Brenda Costello, The University of Texas at Arlington; Silvia Jessica Mostacedo Marasovic, The University of Texas at Arlington; Cory Forbes, The University of Texas at Arlington
The hydrologic cycle plays a crucial role in Earth's ability to sustain the complex ecosystems that make the planet rich and diverse. As the world's population increases, water resources may become ...
Improve the competitiveness of your next NSF Proposal: Assessing the Broader Impacts Plan
Ellen Iverson, Carleton College; Kristin O'Connell, Carleton College; Janice McDonnell, Rutgers University-New Brunswick; LIESL HOTALING, Eidos
Any project that receives funds from the National Science Foundation must address two merit criteria: intellectual merit, the potential to advance knowledge, and broader impacts, the potential to benefit society ...
Supporting early-career researchers in today's job market - Lessons from a Career Development Retreat for Postdoctoral Fellows
Patricia Montano, NCAR/UCAR; Rebecca Haacker, NCAR/UCAR; Valerie Sloan, NCAR/UCAR; Scott Landolt, NCAR/UCAR; Scott Briggs, NCAR/UCAR; Man-Yau Chan, NCAR/UCAR; Samantha Hartke, NCAR/UCAR
Being a postdoctoral fellow can be a rewarding, yet stressful time in the life of a researcher. The pressures of establishing a research portfolio while looking for the next career position can be challenging. ...