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Brendan Hanger
Research School of Earth Sciences
Colorado School of Mines
I am a Teaching Assistant Professor and Field Camp Director in the Department of Geology and Geological Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO. My teaching interests include earth materials, petrology, field geology and introductory classes. Prior to Mines I taught at Oklahoma State University and Australian National University, where I earned my PhD in 2014. I am a regular reviewer for Teach the Earth and attendee at the Earth Educators' Rendezvous, where I currently help coordinate the Preparing for an Academic Career Workshop. I am also part of the NAGT Professional Development Committee.
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Activities (2)
Density Driven Flows part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Activities
This hands-on lab activity is designed to teach students about how density differences, due to salinity, drive the flow of currents in the ocean. It also helps develop skills in performing and designing simple ...
Mineral Structural Formulae & Stochiometry part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2018:Program:Share-a-Thon:Share-a-Thon Presentations
This is an Excel-based activity used in mineralogy and petrology courses to introduce the concept to determining the mineral structure formulae (or cations per atomic functional unit) from given mineral oxide data, ...
Conference Presentation (1)
Understanding ocean circulation using open-ended experiments in an introductory class part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2017:Program:Poster Sessions:Wednesday
Density-driven flow is a major driver of ocean circulation that we introduce to Earth Systems Science students using quantitative tank experiments. Recently, we added an open-ended activity to the lab – ...
Other Contributions (9)
How to Broaden your Teaching Experience as a Graduate Student part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2023:Program:Round Table Discussions
Most grad students and post-docs get their first exposure to teaching in labs, especially for introductory students. Whilst this can be a great experience, those wanting to pursue an academic career will benefit ...
Communities
152 activities reviewed
July 2024 Earth Educators Rendezvous 2023
July 2023 Earth Educators Rendezvous 2022
July 2022 Earth Educators Rendezvous 2021
July 2021 Earth Educators Rendezvous 2020
July 2020 Earth Educators Rendezvous 2019
July 2019 Earth Educators Rendezvous 2018
July 2018 Earth Educators Rendezvous 2017
July 2017 NAGT Rocky Mountain Section
Teaching in the Field Interest Group
Teach the Earth
NAGT All
EER 2020 Activity Reviewers
Integrate/GETSI 2023 Survey
GETSI Community
GeoPRISMS Interest Community
Compass Interest Group
Earth Educators' Rendezvous Interest Group
Measuring the Earth with GPS Interest Group
NAGT Webinar Series Interest
Nanotechnology in STEM
Teaching Geoscience Online
2023 EER Review Camp Reviewers
MARGINS Teaching Materials Interest Group
Ice Mass and Sea Level Change Change interest Group
GETSI Interest Group
Eyes on the Hydrosphere: Tracking Water Resources Interest Group
EER 2022 Activity Reviewers
EER 2021 Activity Reviewers
Workshop Leader (5 workshops)
EER 2024 Preparing for an Academic Career in the Geosciences
Lesson Design
Workshop Participant (54 workshops)
July 2020 EER 2020 Teaching Online
July 2020 Introduction to Course Design using InTeGrate Materials
July 2018