Callan Bentley

The Pangea Puzzle part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2017:Program:Teaching Demonstrations:Friday B
Students learn how to use the Paleobiology Database (PBDB) to produce maps of fossils on the present day Earth's surface, as well as past continental configurations. They do this by mapping the occurrence of ...

GigaPan-based Exploration of Glaciers, Glaciogenic Landforms, Sediments, and Sedimentary rocks part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching About Earth Online Workshop:Activities
This is a web-based exploration of GigaPan imagery that examines photographic imagery of glacial geomorphology, glaciogenic sediments, glaciogenic sedimentary rocks, topographic maps of both continental and alpine ...

Using the Paleobiology Database to explore tectonic events part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2017:Program:Teaching Demonstrations:Friday B
In this teaching demonstration, we will model a student activity we developed utilizing the Paleobiology Database's (PBDB's) user-friendly "Navigator" interface. The activity has students to ...

Interactive, Web-Based Geoscience Education Resources part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2016:Program:Oral Sessions:Wednesday B
The geosciences are highly visual, and benefit greatly from computer visualizations, but also stress hands-on and tactile student experiences. Digital methodologies are recent additions to a toolkit of skills ...

Utilizing the Paleobiology Database to Provide Hands-On Research Opportunities for Undergraduates part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2016:Program:Poster Sessions:Thursday
Numerous studies indicate that student participation in undergraduate research experiences can result in increased recruitment and retention of science majors. Many undergraduate students' only exposure to ...

Technology for Teaching Geoscience Onsite and Online part of Rendezvous 2015:Program:Abstracts
Geoscientists face challenges when it comes to teaching with technology. Although our discipline is highly visual, it is also very physical and tactile. We traditionally map geological contacts on foot, record ...

Friday Session B part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2017:Program:Teaching Demonstrations:Friday B
Conference session webpage detailing a 2017 Earth Educators Rendezvous teaching demonstration track featuring hands-on geoscience education activities on paleobiology, limestone formation, glacial processes, logarithmic scales, and EDS/SEM spectral analysis, emphasizing quantitative literacy and student engagement.

Supporting Minority Students at Northern Virginia Community College part of Integrate:Program Design:Increase Diversity:Supporting Minority Students
We are a large, multi-campus community college in the suburban fringe of a major metropolitan area (Washington, D.C.). We grant A.S. degrees in Science (among many other degrees), and so any student who intends to major in geology would first get an A.S. with us, then transfer to a four-year college for their B.S. degree in geology.

A Closer Look at the Development of a New OER Historical Geology Textbook part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2019:Program:Roundtable Discussions
A group of Virginia 2YC educators have received a grant to develop a new introductory-level Historical Geology textbook that will live online as an open educational resource. We would like to share a progress ...

Callan Bentley - Action Plan part of SAGE 2YC:Workshops:Fall 2017 Cohort 2 PD:Private Workspace:Individual Action Plans
This private workspace page from the SAGE 2YC project documents geoscience educator Callan Bentley's individual action plan, outlining strategies for expanding geology club outreach, enhancing student engagement through controversial topics and frequent quizzing, improving field trip coordination with four-year institutions, and modifying office hours to open discussion times, all aimed at strengthening geoscience education and transfer pathways at two-year colleges.

Marine Geology Using GEODE part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2019:Program:Morning Workshops:Marine Geology Using GEODE
Marine sediments and the geology of the ocean basins are important content topics in all oceanography courses. However these can be "dry" topics to teach, and may be difficult for students to appreciate. ...

Google Earth for Onsite and Distance Education (GEODE) part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2018:Program:Morning Workshops:Google Earth for Onsite and Distance Education (GEODE)
This workshop will introduce participants to plate-tectonic reconstructions, digital planets, the fold analysis challenge, EarthQuiz, "Reasons for the Seasons, A Grand Tour of the Ocean Basins," and ...

Neutralizing the Politicization of Climate Science and Energy Policy part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2017:Program:Morning Workshops:Neutralizing the Politicization of Climate Science and Energy Policy
Participants in this session will work together to improve their teaching of climate science in a world of unprecedented politicization of that topic. Themes to be emphasized include rhetoric (the recognition and ...