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Webinar: Teaching undergrads about floods: frequency, modeling, and mitigation part of GETSI:Workshops:Webinar: Teaching undergrads about floods: frequency, modeling, and mitigation
This webinar introduces instructors to Modeling Flood Hazards teaching module from the GEodesy Tools for Societal Issues (GETSI) project. In this module students learn to do determine flood frequency from gauging data and make flood hazard maps using HEC-RAS. They then apply their findings to identifying vulnerable societal infrastructure making mitigation recommendations to reduce risk.

Tools and strategies for discovering Earth education resources through Teach the Earth part of NAGT:Our Work:Professional Development:Webinars:Tools and strategies for discovering Earth Ed resources through TTE
Learn to use the Teach the Earth's new features to find undergraduate and k12 classroom materials more efficiently and effectively.

Webinar: Using geophysics field instruments to engage students in societal applications and geoscience career skills part of GETSI:Workshops:Webinar Using geophysics field instruments to engage students in societal applications and geoscience career skills
This webinar will overview existing teaching resources and the process for instrument loans to support introductory and majors-level student learning about seismic refraction, ground penetrating radar (GPR), electrical resistivity, global positioning system (GPS) and more.

Pathways to performance expectations using InTeGrate materials part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Pathways to performance expectations using InTeGrate materials
Thursday, November 15, 2018 11:00 am PT | 12:00 pm MT | 1:00 pm CT | 2:00 pm ET Presenters: Anne Egger (Central Washington University), Kathryn Baldwin (Eastern Washington University), and Lisa Gilbert (Williams ...

Opportunities for Students in the Earth Sciences part of NAGT:Our Work:Professional Development:Webinars:Opportunities for Students in the Earth Sciences
This webinar will overview a wide variety of summer and academic year opportunities available to undergraduate and graduate students in Earth science and related disciplines -- from summer internships and year-long research fellowships to field and technical short courses.

Critical Zone Science: A transdisciplinary approach to environmental science part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Critical Zone Science: A transdisciplinary approach to environmental science
Thursday, May 17, 2018 11:00 am PT | 12:00 pm MT | 1:00 pm CT | 2:00 pm ET Presenters: Tim White (Pennsylvania State University), Ashlee Dere (University of Nebraska at Omaha), Adam Wymore (University of New ...

Fostering Systems Thinking in Your Students part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Fostering Systems Thinking in Your Students
Systems thinking can help students analyze complex systems and it is well-suited to teaching about Earth in a societal context. Systems thinking is prevalent across the curriculum, especially with regard to sustainability issues. Lisa Gilbert, Systems Thinking module co-author, will introduce systems thinking, provide an approach to building students' systems thinking skills, and showcase a systems thinking example that can be used in any course. Karl Kreutz, Systems Thinking module co-author, will discuss systems modeling and feedback systems. In addition, he will provide an example of a feedback system using Arctic sea ice. The webinar will include 30 minutes of presentations and 25 minutes of discussion. Participants are encouraged to both ask questions of the presenters and discuss their own experiences regarding systems thinking for their discipline or context.

Webinar: Teaching About Volcanoes with Monitoring Data and Communicating Risk part of GETSI:Workshops:Webinar Teaching about Volcanoes with Monitoring Data and Risk Communication
This webinar introduces instructors to Monitoring Volcanoes and Communicating Risks teaching module from the GEodesy Tools for Societal Issues (GETSI) project. During the module students not only learn to increase their data analysis skills, but gain experience in the type of risk communication that professional hazard scientists need to engage in.

Mini short course: Teaching about Modeling Flood Hazards part of GETSI:Workshops:Virtual Mini Short Courses:Short Course 8: Flood Hazards
Thursday March 25, 2021 12-2 pm PT | 1-3 pm MT | 2-4 pm CT | 3-5 pm ET | 7-9 pm UTC Capacity reached. Registration is closed. This course is part of the GETSI Virtual Mini Short Course Series. Instructors ...

Webinar: Cultivating Hope and Resilience in the Face of Climate Change: Future Visions, Pathways, and Agency Work part of CLEAN:Teaching Climate and Energy:Tools for Educators:Webinars:CLEAN Webinars
Webinar Description In this presentation, Dr. Maria Ojala describes hope as a complex concept consisting of both emotional and cognitive aspects and as something that could be both constructive and less ...