Mark Francek

Geology

Central Michigan University

Workshop Participant, Webinar Participant, Website Contributor

Website Content Contributions

Activities (2)

Weather Map Interpretation part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Gallery Walks:Examples
Students participate in a Gallery Walk to combine weather variables and create weather forecasts based on four different weather maps.

Soil Morphology part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Gallery Walks:Examples
Students participate in a Gallery Walk to explain why soil characteristics vary for different locations.

Teaching Method Module (1)

Gallery Walk part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Gallery Walks
This educational webpage details the Gallery Walk teaching method, a collaborative, active learning strategy in which student teams rotate through classroom stations to discuss, write, and synthesize responses to open-ended questions on key course concepts, with specific applications and examples in entry-level geoscience education.

Communities

Teach the Earth
NAGT Webinar Series Interest
Teaching Geoscience Online

Workshop Participant (5 workshops)

Course Design
July 2004 PresenterCourse Design Workshop 2003
July 2003 Teaching Biocomplexity in the Geosciences Workshop
April 2003

Webinar Participant

Developing a Sense of Place During Distance Learning
November 2020