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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)
Strategies for Teaching Intro Earth Science to STEM Majors part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2023:Program:Round Table Discussions
Many discussions about teaching introductory earth science focus on how to work with non-STEM majors but at a sizable number of institutions the majority, if not most students in an introductory class are STEM ...
Communities
172 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 Earth Educators' Rendezvous Interest Group
NAGT Rocky Mountain Section
NAGT All
Integrate/GETSI 2023 Survey
GETSI Community
EER 2020 Activity Reviewers
2023 EER Review Camp Reviewers
GeoPRISMS Interest Community
Teach the Earth
Ice Mass and Sea Level Change Change interest Group
MARGINS Teaching Materials Interest Group
GETSI Interest Group
Eyes on the Hydrosphere: Tracking Water Resources Interest Group
Measuring the Earth with GPS Interest Group
NAGT Webinar Series Interest
Nanotechnology in STEM
Teaching Geoscience Online
Compass Interest Group
EER 2022 Activity Reviewers
EER 2021 Activity Reviewers
Teaching in the Field Interest Group
Workshop Leader (5 workshops)
EER 2024 - Preparing for an Academic Career in Geosciences LEADs
Lesson Design
Workshop Participant (47 workshops)
July 2020 EER 2020 Teaching Online
July 2020 Introduction to Course Design using InTeGrate Materials
July 2018