David McConnell

Marine, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences

North Carolina State University

Project Leader, Webinar Leader, Workshop Leader, Website Contributor

Project Leader

Intro to InTeGrate part of Integrate
Teaching about Earth for a Sustainable Future: Materials for Faculty and Instructors Classroom Tested, Peer Reviewed and Designed to Fit into Your Course Explore the Teaching Materials ยป Support Sustainability ...

On the Cutting Edge part of Cutting Edge
The On the Cutting Edge Professional Development Program for Geoscience Faculty brings together workshops, websites, and research activities to support highest quality undergraduate geoscience education.

Website Content Contributions

Course Modules (7)

Ocean Sustainability part of Ocean Sustainability
This two- to three-week, six-unit module introduces the importance of oceans, basic ocean processes, and impacts of human activity on ocean health. It aims to increase awareness of our dependence on and ...

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Activities (9)

Physical Weathering Concept Map Exercise part of Student Learning: Observing and Assessing:Activities
Students review and score a concept map for physical weathering using a grading rubric. They are then asked to reorganize or redraw the diagram to a form that you believe is appropriate to earn the highest score on the rubric.

Essay (1)

David McConnell part of Affective Domain:Workshop 07:Workshop Participants
Department of Geology, University of Akron Homepage Essay 1: Office Hours I taught a large introductory earth science class in spring semester 2006. I encouraged any student who wished to improve their exam ...

Conference Presentations (19)

Spatial Thinking in Undergraduate Geology Courses: Results from a Mixed Methods Study part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2023:Program:Oral Sessions:Thursday Oral Session A
There has been a global emphasis in developing the STEM workforce over the last several decades. Spatial thinking ability is a strong predictor of success in STEM (Wai et al., 2009; Shea et al., 2001). Spatial ...

Other Contributions (13)

Changing Biosphere part of Changing Biosphere
This module will give students a series of experiences exploring relationships among changes in the geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere. By studying a series of historical and current examples of the ...

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Communities

Workshop Leader (12 workshops)

Workshop Participant (16 workshops)

Webinar Leader (6 webinars)

Webinar Participant