Geologists and Geologic Content in Genre Fiction: Part 1 part of NAGT:Our Resources:In the Trenches:Articles
This is Part 1 of a 2-part series that examines the portrayal of geologists and the presentation of geologic content and concepts in recent genre fiction. Part 1 discusses the novels of authors Sarah Andrews, Jack ...

Geologists and Geologic Content in Genre Fiction: Part 2 part of NAGT:Our Resources:In the Trenches:Articles
This is Part 2 of a 2-part series that examines the portrayal of geologists and geologic content and concepts in recent genre fiction. Part 1 discussed the novels of Sarah Andrews, Jack DuBrul, Sibella Giorello and ...

A tribute to Jeff Callister: In their own words part of NAGT:Our Resources:In the Trenches:Articles
Jeff Callister touched so many lives, both personally and professionally. He was very active in the geosciences community and greatly contributed to the current state of earth science education. Jeff was a guiding ...

Using Google Earth Engine laboratory exercises in a college-level introductory physical geography course Part 1: Development part of NAGT:Our Resources:In the Trenches:Articles
This is Part 1 of a 2-part series that features laboratory activities that utilize Google Earth Engine. Part 1 discusses the development of Google Earth Engine laboratory exercises for a college-level introductory ...

Welcome to 2025! part of NAGT:Our Resources:In the Trenches:Articles
Welcome to 2025! I hope everyone had a great holiday break. (Hopefully you got a break!) I'm extremely happy to introduce the new format for ITT. ITT's first publication was in 2011 as a way to provide ...

A New Computational Methods Course for Geology Majors part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:Teaching with MATLAB 2015:Essays
Clark Wilson, Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, The The Department of Geological Sciences at UT Austin has one of the largest undergraduate geosciences programs in the country, with over 300 ...

Using MATLAB to improve student understanding of vector calculus part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:Teaching with MATLAB 2015:Essays
Anantha Aiyyer, Marine Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University I work in the field of atmospheric sciences. My research involves analysis of data from observations and running numerical ...

30 years on: Is the current generation of students learning programming too late? part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:Teaching with MATLAB 2015:Essays
Glenn Thompson, Geosciences, University of South Florida I was lucky. In 1984 I was part of a wave of British schoolkids who learned to program in BBC BASIC. I was 13. The BBC had made an ambitious decision to ...

Reaching Beyond Skills to Cognitive Development in Teaching Quantitative Thinking with MATLAB part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:Teaching with MATLAB 2015:Essays
Risa Madoff, Geology and Geological Engineering, University of North Dakota-Main Campus In teaching, I have used MATLAB in a lab tied to a Geomorphology course where no prior knowledge or experience with MATLAB ...

The Built Environment: A Common Ground for Geoscience and Engineering part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Engineering, Sustainability, and the Geosciences:Essays
John Duggan, Wentworth Institute of Technology Most of us don't put a lot of thought into the origin of the materials in a paved road, a concrete sidewalk or a brick wall, but we should. We take for granted ...