Kim Hannula

Florida River Project - individual and group research project part of Undergraduate Research:2014 Workshop:Activities
The Florida River Project is a semester-long project involving (1) an individual project in which students pose a scientific question and use existing data to test their hypothesis, and (2) a group project in which ...

Florida River Project: Sedimentary and metamorphic rocks lab part of Introductory Courses:Activities
This fairly traditional rocks-in-boxes lab has been incorporated into a semester-long project. At the end of the lab, students apply their rock-identification skills to rocks from their study area.

Groundwater Lab part of Introductory Courses:Activities
This lab uses "ant farm" groundwater models to demonstrate groundwater flow and the behavior of wells. The lab is organized so that students have to predict the behavior of the model before observing it.

Using Field Lab Write-ups to Develop Observational and Critical Thinking Skills part of Structural Geology and Tectonics:Activities
This adaptation of field labs incorporates writing in the form of "Description" and "Interpretation" sections of a geologic report. It can be used in many types of field labs to improve critical ...

Groundwater Lab: online version part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Activities
This is a version of the Groundwater Lab (https://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/intro/activities/23416.html) previously shared as part of the Teaching Introductory Geology collection. It uses an online ...

Florida River Project: Semester-long group project part of Introductory Courses:Activities
This is a semester-long group research project that uses a local river to integrate several lab and field activities. The project covers topographic maps, rock and mineral identification, measuring data in the ...

Florida River Project: Measuring discharge, sediment, and water chemistry part of Introductory Courses:Activities
This data collection lab is part of a semester-long project, monitoring a local river.

Florida River Project: Plotting discharge data part of Introductory Courses:Activities
This is part of a group of exercises used to prepare students for a group research project on a local river. In this exercise, students plot discharge data from a previous year.

Florida River Project: Minerals in the field part of Introductory Courses:Activities
This is a field trip that is part of a semester-long research project. In this lab, students visit part of their research site to look at rocks and minerals in the study area.

Topographic Maps: Integrated Florida River project part of Introductory Courses:Activities
This fairly traditional topographic maps lab uses local maps as examples. It is intended to prepare students for a group research project later in the semester.

Plotting Florida River Data Using Excel part of Introductory Courses:Activities
This exercise is used to prepare students to analyze data they will collect during their group project. It familiarizes students with previously collected data, and builds skills graphing and interpreting data.

Earth Systems Science part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching the Methods of Geoscience:Course Supplement Collection
This is a course collection page detailing an Earth Systems Science course designed for introductory geoscience education, emphasizing the integration of geoscience methods through field-based projects like monitoring the Florida River, with instruction in data analysis, hypothesis evaluation, and lab activities that reflect authentic scientific practices.

GP-Extra: Supporting the Academic and Social Integration of Incoming Transfer Students part of SAGE 2YC:Support Geoscience Transfer Students:Transfer Programs
Project page detailing the GP-Extra initiative at Fort Lewis College, an NSF-funded GeoPaths program designed to enhance academic and social integration for geoscience transfer students—particularly first-generation, Native American, Hispanic, and veteran students—through a summer bridge field course, co-curricular orientation, financial support, mentoring, and professional networking to reduce time to degree completion and alleviate transfer shock.

Structural Geology At Fort Lewis College part of Math You Need:Implementations
This implementation page details how trigonometry and unit conversion modules from "The Math You Need" program are integrated into a junior-level Structural Geology course at Fort Lewis College to address students' quantitative skill gaps, using pre-lab online assessments and targeted math review to improve geologic problem-solving efficiency and support cross-disciplinary math competency.

Structural Geology At Fort Lewis College part of Math You Need
A teaching implementation page detailing how trigonometry and quantitative skills are integrated into a Structural Geology course at Fort Lewis College using the Math You Need (TMYN) modules, addressing math prerequisites, student challenges, and outcomes.

Geologic Field Methods I at Fort Lewis College part of Math You Need:Implementations
Implementation plan page detailing the integration of quantitative skills—specifically unit conversions, map scales, and equation rearranging—into a sophomore-level geologic field methods course at Fort Lewis College using the "Math You Need, When You Need It" (TMYN) modules to address varying student math proficiency in a field-based curriculum.

Earth Systems Science at Fort Lewis College part of Math You Need:Implementations
Implementation plan detailing the integration of quantitative skill modules like unit conversions, graphing, and slopes into an introductory Earth Systems Science course at Fort Lewis College, addressing diverse student math backgrounds through targeted, context-based math support within lab activities.

Engaging Students in Scientific Research in your Course part of Rendezvous 2015:Program:Workshops:Student Research
The national PCAST report makes a strong call for using research in our courses. Integrating research into the courses we teach offers students training and practice with what we do as scientists and helps to ...