Doug Lombardi

Grand Canyon Cross Section Lab part of GET Spatial Learning:Teaching Activities
× Students examine a geologic map of the Grand Canyon and two imaginary vertical cores through canyon stratigraphy. They use these data to construct a cross-section across the canyon and to answer questions ...

Inquiry-Focused Exercises Using Digital Technologies part of GET Spatial Learning:Blog
This blog post details inquiry-focused geoscience exercises using digital technologies like Google Earth, emphasizing scaffolded, student-centered learning in higher education, with practical classroom applications, collaborative exploration of plate tectonics, and integration of scientific practices through virtual field experiences developed by the NSF-funded GEODE project.

Teaching Geospatially in an Online World part of GET Spatial Learning:Blog
This blog post examines how online geoscience education can overcome instructional inertia by leveraging student-centered, active learning approaches that mirror authentic scientific practices, with a focus on enhancing spatial thinking through technology-driven data analysis and visualization tools like Google Earth in asynchronous learning environments.

Understanding how food, energy, and water decisions affect the thriving of local, regional, and global systems– A practice brief for secondary science teachers part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2024:Program:Poster Sessions:Friday Poster Session
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 ...

Supporting teaching and learning in the Food-Energy-Water (FEW)-Nexus through a National Collaborative part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2024:Program:Poster Sessions:Monday Poster Session
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 ...

Improving Understanding of Earth Science Topics through Evaluation and Plausibility Reappraisal part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2017:Program:Poster Sessions:Friday
Evaluation is an important aspect of science and is receiving increasing attention in science education. This study investigated changes to high school students' plausibility judgments and knowledge as a ...

Improving Food-Energy-Water-Nexus-based Education: Defining new research directions from problems of practice part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2024:Program:Afternoon Mini-Workshops
The Food-Energy-Water (FEW)-Nexus framework helps describe and address natural resource challenges in complex coupled human-natural systems. As this framework gains traction in informal, non-formal, K-12, and ...