Scott Linneman

Geology

Western Washington University

 Scott Linneman is Professor of Geology and Science Education at Western Washington University. His 'geology side' teaches Geomorphology, Earth Materials and Slope Stability classes and studies landslides in western Washington. His 'education side' teaches Earth Science and practicum classes for pre-service elementary teachers and studies how college students learn geoscience concepts. 

Workshop Leader, Webinar Participant, Website Contributor

Website Content Contributions

Course Modules (4)

Exploring Geoscience Methods part of Exploring Geoscience Methods
This module gives pre-service secondary science teachers the opportunity to use and reflect on geoscientific thinking. The module begins with an exploration of how geoscience methods are similar to and different ...

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Activities (6)

Activity 2.3: Constructing the Argument part of Exploring Geoscience Methods
In Activity 2.3, students make an argument from evidence to address the problem: "To what extent should we build or rebuild coastal communities?" Students work as a team to complete a graphic organizer. ...

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Courses (2)

Geomorphology part of Course Design:Goals Database
Five-credit (quarter system), field-oriented course in geomorphology that emphasizes locally observable (and measurable) geomorphic processes: rivers, hillslopes, mass wasting, glaciers.

Western Washington University: Investigating the Flow of Matter and Energy in Earth Systems part of Teacher Preparation:Resource Collections:Courses
This course is an inquiry-based survey of Earth Science designed to give a basic understanding of the energy transfers occurring in solid Earth and the processes by which they occur. The course has no lectures and ...

Essay (1)

Should we teach how to cope with uncertainty and incomplete data? part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching the Methods of Geoscience:Essays
An educational essay page discussing the importance of teaching students to cope with uncertainty and incomplete data in geoscience education, emphasizing the role of authentic data, historical context, and field experiences in developing scientific resilience and critical thinking within Earth science pedagogy.

Conference Presentation (1)

Exploring Geoscience Methods: an InTeGrate module for pre-service secondary science teachers part of Rendezvous 2015:Program:Abstracts
This InTeGrate module gives pre-service secondary science teachers the opportunity to use and reflect on geoscientific thinking. The module begins with an exploration of how geoscience methods are similar to and ...

Other Contributions (3)

Geomorphology part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching the Methods of Geoscience:Course Supplement Collection
This webpage is a course supplement detailing a field-oriented geomorphology class focused on teaching geoscience methods through skills-based lab activities like surveying, map interpretation, and scientific writing, with assessment via reports and exams.

Landsliding in NW Washington - Tectonics, Bedrock, Mass Wasting, Stream Aggradation, Flooding and Asbestos Exposure part of Vignettes:Vignette Collection
A geoscience education vignette examining the Swift Creek Landslide in Washington State as a case study linking tectonics, bedrock geology, mass wasting, stream aggradation, flooding hazards, and asbestos exposure, emphasizing interdisciplinary geomorphological research and hazard mitigation.

Theme Group 3: Earth Science for Elementary Teachers - Course Design part of Teacher Preparation:Workshops and Activities:Workshop 2007
Group Members, Course Names 1. Lydia K. Fox, Earth System Science 2. Scott Linneman, Investigating the Flow of Matter and Energy in Earth Systems 3. Matt Nyman, Physical Science 4. Rebecca L. Dodge, Life and Earth ...