Quantitative reasoning in the geosciences through data-rich activities and projects part of Project EDDIE:News & Events:EDDIE Workshops:Workshop: Teaching Quantitative Reasoning with Data:Essays
Dan Maxbauer, Geology Department, Carleton College Understanding how to think about data and to make data-driven interpretations is a learned skill that is important across a range of disciplines and career paths. ...

Climate Science for Sustainability in the Future Greenhouse/Hothouse part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Programs that Bring Together Geoscience and Sustainability:Essays
David Feary, School of Sustainability and School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University at the Tempe Campus My upcoming course—Climate Science for Sustainability—is a 200-level course offered ...

Multiple lines of reasoning in support of one claim part of Earth and Mind:Posts
Many students, and many adults, expect science to build a linear chain of reasoning from evidence to claim, in which each step in the chain is rigorously justified by data and theory. However, earth science often ...

Systems Geobiology: CaCO3-Water-Microbe Feedback Interactions in Hot Springs and Coral Reef Ecosystems part of Complex Systems:Workshop 2010:Participant Essays
Bruce W. Fouke, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Department of Geology, Department of Microbiology, and Institute for Genomic Biology Systems Geobiology Overview A fundamental shift is underway in the ...

Ecological Restoration as the Imperative to Societal Stability part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Earth Education for Sustainable Societies:Essays
Nancy Lee Wood, Bristol Community College There are at least four critical areas needed to be developed to ensure, not only sustainability, but RESILIENCE, if we are to live in viable societies rooted in ...