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InTeGrate Events at GSA 2016
The Geological Society of America Annual Meeting is being held in Denver, CO September 25-28, 2016. The GSA program is full of workshops and sessions on topics of high interest to the InTeGrate community. Read on for further details.
InTeGrate is Pleased to Announce the Publication of New Teaching Materials
Check out the newest materials in the InTeGrate collection: Mapping the Environment with Sensory Perception and Carbon, Climate, and Energy Resources.
InTeGrate Fall 2016 Webinar Series Continues
Free and open to the public, this series will incorporate InTeGrate pedagogies into teaching practices, provide resources available for adoption, and create a forum for participants to learn and share teaching strategies.
The Importance of Diversity and Equity in Supporting the Whole Student
Thursday, September 22
Registration deadline is September 20.
Teaching Landform Evolution with WILSIM-GC
The WILSIM project has developed a collection of teaching activities that explore the evolution of the Grand Canyon, and how the shape of the canyon is affected by a variety of physical factors, via the landscape simulation model WILSIM-GC. These activities range from step-by-step guided inquiry activities through open-ended exploration of the interactions of model parameters.
NAGT Joins in Efforts to Highlight Societal Benefits of the Geosciences.
In response to several bills that have been introduced this year to reduce funding for or otherwise restrict the growth of the Earth and related sciences, a group of science organizations are uniting behind a community response that highlights the broad societal benefits of the geosciences.

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Help Us Develop the New Teach the Earth Portal

We are in the process of redesigning and re-envisioning the Teach the Earth portal. We're interested in getting feedback from the earth education community throughout this process. Help us by visiting the demonstration site above and filling out a feedback form.

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A Portal to Projects

Teach the Earth is a portal into the rich geoscience education content available through dozens of independent project websites. The Teach the Earth portal is a handful of web pages which can help guide you through this diverse array of sites. It includes a search interface spanning all the projects, and a set of site guides which highlight key resources within these project websites. You can make use of the search and guide links above or jump to the complete list: