2026 Technical Program At-A-Glance

The morning workshop program is open for registration on a first come, first serve basis (workshop size is limited based on room capacity). Afternoon mini workshops are open to all participants registered for that day (not reserved ahead of time).

	Sunday 7/19	Monday 7/20	Tuesday 7/21	Wednesday 7/22	Thursday 7/23	Friday 7/24
8:30am-11:30am
	FIELD TRIP 7:30am-4:00pm Congaree National Park Field Trip
		4-DAY MORNING WORKSHOPS: Preparing for an Academic Career in the Geosciences Designing Activities to Engage Students and Enhance Learning in Quantitatively Challenging Geoscience Content				Field Trip Time TBA Peachtree Rock Heritage Preserve Field Trip
		2-DAY MORNING WORKSHOPS: Unlocking the Potential of your Introductory Geoscience Course Beyond the Breaking News: Using land surface hazard data to teach earth systems connections to intro geoscience students Integrating Teamwork Skills as Explicit Pedagogical Strategy Fun with Earth and Space Science for All Students! Writing RetreatThis 2-day retreat is also offered Wed-Thu - participate in one or both.		2-DAY MORNING WORKSHOPS: Instructional Design: How to write an elearning tutorial style quiz to advance scientific computing in your classroom Theories of Change and Logic Models Climate in your Own Backyard and DataWISE Evaluating Sources and Claims About Socioscientific Issues in the Earth and Environmental Sciences Writing RetreatThis 2-day retreat is also offered Mon-Tu - participate in one or both.
11:30am-1:30pm
		Lunch Optional Session (12-1pm): South Caroliniana Library tour	Lunch Optional Sessions (12-1pm): Campus rock tour Anne Frank Center tour (pre-registration required)	Lunch Optional Session (12-1pm): Campus rock tour	Lunch Optional Sessions (12-1pm): Getting Involved in NAGT Leadership: Opportunities and Benefits Anne Frank Center tour (pre-registration required)
1:30pm-4:00pm		CONTRIBUTED PROGRAM (1:30-4:00) Oral Sessions	CONTRIBUTED PROGRAM (1:30-4:00) Share-a-thon & Poster Session	CONTRIBUTED PROGRAM (1:30-4:00) Oral Sessions	CONTRIBUTED PROGRAM (1:30-4:00) Oral Sessions
		MINI WORKSHOPS (1:30-4:00) Getting the Most Out of Analogies in the Geoscience Classroom Observing Change: Phenology as a tool for inspiring student curiosity From Confusion to Confidence: Teaching students to read geoscience Curriculum Design with Interdisciplinary Learning Goals for Environment and Sustainability Listening to Earth's Secrets: What earthquakes reveal	SHARE-A-THON Part of the contributed program: Round-robin presentations in which participants have 1-2 minutes to do a "lightning talk" with an overview of an activity they contributed prior to the Rendezvous, followed by time to interact with attendees and answer questions in a small group format. POSTER SESSION Part of the contributed program: Posters will be hung by presenters by 8:30am, and will be available for viewing throughout the day.	MINI WORKSHOPS (1:30-4:00) Cultivating Growth: Alternative Grading Strategies Speed Dating Promoting Nature Connectedness through Sensor-Supported Field Investigations (SSFIs) Community Engaged Learning in the Geosciences: What, why, how, and for whom Teaching Climate Data Through Art and Science Teaching Critical Minerals and Designing Lessons for Student-Centered Instruction	MINI WORKSHOPS (1:30-4:00) Data, Place, and Pedagogy: Engaging students with urban earth systems Engagement in Geoscience Education Advocacy: How and Why Identity as a tool: Empowering students to bring their whole selves to the field Experiential Learning with STELLA Instruments Exploring Geoscience Solutions to Energy and Climate
4:30pm-5:45pm		Exhibitor Showcase Come check out this year's exhibitors at the Exhibitor Showcase! Information about the exhibitors at this year's event will be posted in the spring and updated periodically thereafter.	Programming TBA	TOWN HALL Theme TBA	Programming TBA
Evening	OPENING RECEPTIONLocation TBA Time TBA	Other evening activities	Other evening activities	Other evening activities	Other evening activities

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