Jessica Kapp

Geological Perspective part of Rates and Time:Courses
General education Earth science class for non-science majors. Covers topics from formation of the universe to current issues in global change. Class is offered in a lecture setting, but is highly interactive, with ...

Teaching about Time part of Rates and Time:Workshop 2012:Essays
This is an essay page from the "Teach the Earth" portal discussing pedagogical challenges and strategies for teaching deep geologic time in introductory Earth science courses, emphasizing misconceptions about temporal scales, active learning techniques like timeline demonstrations and radioactive decay simulations, and the difficulty of engaging math-anxious, non-major students.