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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 (8)
Designing Effective Lessons for your First Geoscience Course part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2019:Program:Morning Workshops:Lesson Design
Participants will begin with the big picture of establishing course goals for introductory science courses and then narrow the focus to determine learning outcomes for select individual lessons. Participants will ...
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July 2022 Earth Educators' Rendezvous 2017 Attendees
July 2017 2023 EER Review Camp Reviewers
Earth Educators' Rendezvous 2023 Attendees
Teach the Earth
Teaching in the Field Interest Group
GeoPRISMS Interest Community
EER 2020 Activity Reviewers
GETSI Community
NAGT Rocky Mountain Section
NAGT All
Compass Interest Group
Earth Educators' Rendezvous Interest Group
NAGT Webinar Series Interest
Nanotechnology in STEM
Teaching Geoscience Online
Measuring the Earth with GPS Interest Group
MARGINS Teaching Materials Interest Group
EER 2021 Activity Reviewers
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
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Lesson Design
EER 2022 Preparing for an Academic Career in the Geosciences
Workshop Participant (47 workshops)
July 2021 EER 2020 Teaching about Water Resources and Melting Ice Using GETSI
July 2020 EER 2020 Teaching Online
July 2020