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 ...

You Map It; You Own It part of Earth and Mind:Posts
Geologists who map a part of the Earth feel a proprietary sense of ownership towards that bit of land. Why?

Astronomers' Tricks with Light part of Earth and Mind:Posts
The author reflects on the difference in the nature of evidence and reasoning in Astronomy versus Geosciences.

Inspiring Action Across Diverse Audiences More A Set of Musings than an Action part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Earth Education for Sustainable Societies:Essays
Margie Turrin, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Inspiring Action Across Diverse Audiences More A Set of Musings than an Action Last week I attended a workshop focused on developing an action plan for our region to ...

Earth Education for Sustainable Societies: A Middle School Interdisciplinary Perspective part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Earth Education for Sustainable Societies:Essays
Loris J. Chen, Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle School Greta Thornberg, a 16-year-old Swedish climate activist, made headlines by sailing from Europe to New York City to speak at the United National Climate Action ...

From the hyper-local to global: UNAVCO's vision for sustainability in earth education part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Earth Education for Sustainable Societies:Essays
Beth Bartel, Beth Pratt-Situala, Donna Charlevoix, and Shelley Olds, UNAVCO UNAVCO, a non-profit university consortium, operates the NSF's Geodetic Facility for the Advancement of Geoscience (GAGE). Beth ...

Focus on Energy Resources part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Earth Education for Sustainable Societies:Essays
Elizabeth Nagy-Shadman, Pasadena City College It might be useful to bring the concept of energy to the forefront, maybe by establishing a standard introductory course, or create an entire major: B.S. in Earth ...

Connecting Learning to Action through Local Communities part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Earth Education for Sustainable Societies:Essays
Cathy Manduca, Carleton College Over the last 8 years, the InTeGrate project has worked to bring together learning about the Earth with an understanding of the societal problems this knowledge can help address. ...

Sustainable Agriculture as an Integrating Context for Earth Education part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Earth Education for Sustainable Societies:Essays
Tara Laidlaw, Out to Learn As a lens for learning, sustainable agriculture has the potential to connect students' experiences not only across grade levels and across academic disciplines, but with their ...