Developing a Sense of Place with Pre-service Science Teachers part of Curriculum for the Bioregion:Activities
The lesson content focuses on designing investigations concerning the notion of scale through a series of investigations on their campus. The overarching goal is to foster a connection to the earth through an investigation of the local environment.

An Introduction to MATLAB for Geoscientists part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:Teaching with MATLAB 2015:Course Descriptions
This is an intensive 3-day course with no pre-requisites. It provides an introduction to MATLAB through interactive examples and hands-on problem solving. The course aims to provide students with a basic knowledge ...

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 ...

Teaching Seismic Data Analysis with the GISMO toolbox for MATLAB part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:Teaching with MATLAB 2015:Teaching Activities
GISMO is an object-oriented toolbox for seismic data analysis, and a set of tutorials are being built around this. Students learn how to read seismic waveform and event catalog data either from local files or ...

Computational Course for Geology Majors - Seismology Component Outline part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:Teaching with MATLAB 2015:Teaching Activities
Lecture and programming assignment topics for a new lower division computation course for Geology majors. Proposed seismology component, to last several weeks in a semester-long course.

Explore CTD data of vertical structure of ocean part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:Teaching with MATLAB 2015:Teaching Activities
Students use MATLAB to explore CTD data of vertical structure of ocean.

My Geologic Address: Locating Oneself in Geologic Time and Process part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching the Methods of Geoscience:Activities
Students locate their homes on local, regional, and global scale geologic maps. They build up an "address" describing their location in geological terms based on the features of the maps, from local bedrock to regional and global tectonic features.

A Middle School CER Argumentative Inquiry Lab as introduction to Relative Humidity part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2020:Program:Teaching Demonstrations
I will demonstrate a CER Argumentative Inquiry lab that helps students construct their own definition of the relationship between air temperature and the amount of water the atmosphere can hold.

A Toast to a Scientist - Celebrating Identity and Accomplishments part of Teaching Activities
To bring attention to a more inclusive population of scientists and to help students develop their own science identity, students are assigned to write a speech that could be given as a "toast" at an ...

Positive Mental Health in the Geosciences part of Mental Health in the Geosciences
Workshop following the GSA 2023 Fall meeting This workshop has already occurred. This meeting is being run as a follow-on to the Geological Society of America Pardee Keynote Symposium (P4) Please find more ...