Using InTeGrate Materials at Two-Year Colleges
The strong focus of InTeGrate materials on introductory courses makes them well suited for use in two-year college classes. Development of many of the modules was informed by testing feedback from two-year college instructors. There have been a number of workshops and webinars that explicitly addressed the 2YC context including:
- A two-day workshop at the 2015 Earth Educator's Rendezvous meeting on Teaching with InTeGrate Materials in a 2YC Environment
- A webinar on Hands-on, data-rich, and socially relevant geoscience activities for 2YC classrooms: An introduction to InTeGrate modules including a video recording of the webinar.
How two-year college instructors across the country have adopted InTeGrate materials
Becca Walker: Teaching Climate of Change in an Introductory Oceanography Course for Nonscience Majors at Mt. San Antonio College, CA
Instructor story detailing the implementation of the InTeGrate Climate of Change module in an introductory oceanography course for nonscience majors at a community college, emphasizing data-driven activities, teaching strategies, and student engagement in climate science.
Martha Murphy: Teaching A Growing Concern in Introduction to Environmental Science at Santa Rosa Junior College
Instructor story page detailing Martha Murphy's implementation of the InTeGrate module "A Growing Concern" in her Introduction to Environmental Science course at Santa Rosa Junior College, emphasizing systems thinking, soil sustainability, and active learning strategies in a two-year college setting.
Joy Branlund: How Humans' Dependence on Earth's Mineral Resources meets a community college's general-education goals, at Southwestern Illinois College
Instructor story page detailing how Joy Branlund at Southwestern Illinois College implemented the InTeGrate "Humans' Dependence on Earth's Mineral Resources" module in her introductory Earth Science course for non-majors, emphasizing active learning, societal connections, and strategies for teaching mineral resource impacts within community college general education goals.
Melissa Schlegel: Using Map Your Hazards! in Natural Disasters and Environmental Geology at the College of Western Idaho
Instructor story page detailing Melissa Schlegel's implementation of the Map Your Hazards! module in her Natural Disasters and Environmental Geology course at College of Western Idaho, covering course design, unit-by-unit teaching strategies, student engagement outcomes, assessment methods, and reflections on adapting InTeGrate materials for community college learners.
Adriana Perez: Using Environmental Justice and Freshwater Resources in Physical Geology at El Paso Community College
Instructor story page detailing Adriana Perez’s implementation of the InTeGrate module *Environmental Justice and Freshwater Resources* in a hybrid physical geology course at a two-year college, emphasizing student engagement, environmental justice connections, and adaptations for technical constraints.
Joshua Villalobos: Using Environmental Justice and Freshwater Resources in Physical Geology at El Paso Community College
Instructor story page detailing Joshua Villalobos' implementation of the InTeGrate module "Environmental Justice and Freshwater Resources" in a Physical Geology course at El Paso Community College, covering pedagogical strategies, unit-by-unit adaptation, student engagement outcomes, and assessment methods within a two-year college introductory science context.
Becca Walker: Using Ice Mass and Sea Level Changes in Introduction to Oceanography at Mt. San Antonio College
Instructor story page detailing Becca Walker's implementation of the GETSI Ice Mass and Sea Level Changes module in an introductory oceanography course at a two-year college, emphasizing data-driven, collaborative learning to teach climate change impacts, quantitative reasoning, and Earth system interactions to non-science majors.
Tara Jo Holmberg: Using the A Growing Concern and Soils, Systems, and Society Modules in Introduction to Environmental Science at Northwestern Connecticut Community College
Tara J Holmberg, Northwestern Connecticut Community College
Instructor story detailing the integration of the InTeGrate "A Growing Concern" and "Soils, Systems, and Society" modules into an introductory Environmental Science course at a two-year college, emphasizing interdisciplinary learning, classroom technology, and student engagement in sustainability education.
Michael Phillips: Using Mapping the Environment with Sensory Perception in Environmental Geology at Illinois Valley Community College
Instructor story page detailing Michael Phillips' implementation of the "Mapping the Environment with Sensory Perception" module in an Environmental Geology course at a two-year college, emphasizing sensory data collection to teach contaminant movement and student engagement through field-based, equipment-free activities.
Pamela Gore: Using Carbon, Climate, and Energy Resources at Perimeter College, Georgia State University.
Instructor story detailing the implementation of the InTeGrate module "Carbon, Climate, and Energy Resources" in an introductory environmental science lab course for non-majors at a two-year college, emphasizing active learning, critical thinking about climate change misconceptions, hands-on activities, and student engagement through data analysis, logical fallacy identification, and evaluation of energy proposals.
