
Karen Helgers
Math, Physical Science and Engineering, STEM
Ulster County Community College
Website Content Contributions
Activities (2)
Diversity and Careers in the Geosciences part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Activities
Students read a blog post published by the European Geosciences Union highlighting the work of Black geoscientists. Each student chooses one scientist with a job that sounds interesting to the student and writes a ...
The Dark Side of Mineral Mining part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Activities
Students choose one of four short articles to read about mineral mining, including the impacts of mining on the Native American community in the region. Each article highlights a specific example where the ...
Conference Presentations (2)
Report on Unlearning Racism in Geoscience from the 2YC URGE Pod part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2021:Program:Poster Sessions:Wednesday:Poster Session III
The five-month long virtual Unlearning Racism in Geoscience (URGE) program was developed to empower groups, or pods, of geoscience faculty to implement anti-racist strategies and policies within their departments ...
Flood Management Plan part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2019:Program:Share-a-Thon
In this exploration, students work in groups to develop a watershed-based plan to control flooding. Students are first given information about a historic downstream flood and then work together to develop multiple ...
Communities
Teaching Geoscience Online
Understanding Our Changing Climate Interest Group
Surface Process Hazards Interest Group
Monitoring Volcanoes and Communicating Risks Interest Group
NAGT Webinar Series Interest
Natural Hazards and Risks: Hurricanes Interest Group
Teach the Earth
Workshop Participant (7 workshops)
July 2019 SAGE 2YC 2014 NYC Local Workshop
March 2014 Lesson Design