Tim Lutz

Geology and Astronomy

West Chester University of Pennsylvania

Workshop Participant, Website Contributor

Website Content Contributions

Activities (4), Essay (1), Conference Presentations (2), Other Contributions (2)

Activities (4)

Exploring sustainability through water cycle connections part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Systems, Society, Sustainability and the Geosciences:Activities
During this module students use multiple experiences (reading, video, the outdoors, a survey of their water footprints, writing, and lots of discussion) to examine how life today, in comparison to pre-industrial times, makes our connections to water virtually invisible. Students use the class's water footprint results to find out how agricultural and industrial water uses link us to people distant in both place and time. They weigh the consequences of these invisible connections in creating the lost sense of dependence and responsibility that typifies unsustainability. Students study the variability of water footprints within our class to help identify more sustainable personal choices. They consider the activity of a local watershed association to educate and involve people in improving the quality of local streams as a model of how community action can accomplish what individuals cannot.

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The Lifestyle Project at West Chester University of Pennsylvania part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Experience-Based Environmental Projects
This five-week project asks students to examine the environmental outcomes of their lifestyle choices, to investigate and try out more sustainable choices, and to write about their experiences.

Using Field Observations and Field Experiences to Teach GeoscienceAn Illustrated Community Discussion part of Geoscience in the Field:Field Experiences:Posters
In-service teachers learn about environmental geology and how to teach earth science using outdoor activities and resources near their schools.

Using Data to Teach Earth ProcessesAn Illustrated Community Discussion at the 2003 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America part of Data, Simulations and Models:Workshop 03:Activities
Tim Lutz West Chester University - Individual students analyze on-line USGS streamflow data; each student's results form the basis of a collaborative investigation of larger-scale issues by the entire class. -

Essay (1)

The Sustainability Challenge in the Classroom part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Systems, Society, Sustainability and the Geosciences:Essays
Tim Lutz, Geology & Astronomy, West Chester University of Pennsylvania "...to suggest the possibility and the importance of the restoration of disturbed harmonies..." George Perkins Marsh, Man and ...

Conference Presentations (2)

Transdisciplinarity: Systems thinking in the classroom part of Rendezvous 2015:Program:Abstracts
For two and a half centuries humans have developed advanced systems to create ever-increasing economic and social progress. But the interaction of these systems with other earth systems have brought many basic ...

The Teacher-Scholar-Citizen Model from Principle to Practice part of Rendezvous 2015:Program:Abstracts
Teacher-Scholar (TS) models articulate how the fundamental roles of faculty in higher educational institutions are defined, valued, and balanced. Here we propose a Teacher-Scholar-Citizen (TSC) model as a better ...

Other Contributions (2)

Teaching about Systems part of Rendezvous 2015:Program:Poster Sessions
See Related Oral Sessionwith discussion @ 2:00pm

Teaching about Systems part of Rendezvous 2015:Program:Oral Sessions
See Related Poster Session

Communities

Earth Educators Rendezvous 2015
July 2015 Teach the Earth

Workshop Participant (6 workshops)

Sustainability in Programs - Rendezvous15
July 2015 Cultural Competency
July 2015 InTeGrate Sustainability Courses Workshop July 2012
July 2012

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