4 Geoscience Education I: Issues in K–12 Science Education, Religion, and Outreach to the Public

Sunday, 2 November 2003
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Presentations

• 8:00 AM
  VOLUNTEERING FOR A LOCAL EIGHTH GRADE CLASS FIELD TRIP IN NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE THE AREA’S DYNAMIC GEOLOGY
  Joe Reese, 151 Fieldstone Way Geosciences Dept, Erie, PA and Brian Zimmerman, Edinboro Univ of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, PA and James Wise, James W. Parker Middle School, Edinboro, PA
  58976 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:15 AM
  FOSSILS AND THE GEOLOGIC REGIONS OF NEW YORK STATE: A "VIRTUAL" FIELD TRIP INTEGRATING CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES WITH A HALLWAY DISPLAY AND INTERNET WEB SITE
  Gail K. Bennington, Oceanside High School, Oceanside, NY and J. Bret Bennington, Hempstead, NY
  64200 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:30 AM
  UNCW SCIENCE GRADUATE STUDENTS AS RESOURCES IN MIDDLE SCHOOLS, NSF GK-12 PROGRAM
  W. Burleigh Harris, Univ North Carolina–Wilmington, Wilmington, NC and Karen D. Shafer, Univ North Carolina–Wilmington, Wilmington, NC and Sue Kezios, Univ North Carolina–Wilmington, Wilmington, NC
  63023 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:00 AM
  IMPROVING SCIENCE UNITS IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
  Walter Gray, Univ of North Carolina at Wilmington, Hampstead, NC
  64328 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:15 AM
  NATURAL SCIENCE PROGRAM: EARTH, SPACE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE EDUCATION FOR K-8 PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO
  Matthew Nyman, Univ of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM and MaryJo Daniel, Univ of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM and Amy Ellwein, Univ of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM and John Rogers, Univ of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
  67731 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:30 AM
  A NOVEL EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE TEACHER PREPARATION PROGRAM
  Timothy F. Slater, Univ of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Bruce Johnson, Univ of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Ingrid Novodvorsky, Univ of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Debra Tomanek, Univ of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Michelle Hall-Wallace, Univ of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Vincente Talanquer, Univ of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
  57323 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:45 AM
  PROJECT MAMMOTH PARK: PEAT DEPOSITS AS A FOCUS FOR INQUIRY-BASED TEACHER TRAINING
  Jesse Ford, Oregon State Univ, Corvallis, OR and Edith Gummer, Oregon State Univ, Corvallis, OR
  62838 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:15 AM
  WETLANDS AS A VENUE FOR INNOVATIVE SCIENCE EDUCATION
  N. Alison Toy, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, N/A and Stephen P. Andrews and William B.N. Berry
  58520 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:30 AM
  ADVANCING ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS THROUGH INTERACTIVE VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS
  Kathalyn S. Tung, Univ of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA and Stephen Andrews, N/A and William B.N. Berry, Univ of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
  62578 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:45 AM
  TURNING OBSTACLES INTO OPPORTUNITY: THE SUCCESS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES TEACHING PROGRAM
  Anna Frankel, Univ of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA and Stephen Andrews, N/A and William B.N. Berry, Univ of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
  61731 (Technical Sessions)
• 11:00 AM
  WHY CREATIONISM? AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE CONSTRUCTION AND CULTURE OF PSEUDOSCIENTIFIC THEISM
  Alexander Glass, Univ of Illinois, Urbana, IL
  61290 (Technical Sessions)
• 11:15 AM
  FOSTERING OPEN COMMUNICATION WITH THE RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY BY AVOIDING SCIENTIFIC DOGMA
  Russell W. Graymer, Redwood City, CA
  65726 (Technical Sessions)
• 11:30 AM
  SUCCESSFUL STRATEGIES FOR ACCOMMODATING THE FUNDAMENTALIST MINORITY IN GEOSCIENCE EDUCATION
  George T. Stone, Milwaukee Area Technical College, Milwaukee, WI
  67074 (Technical Sessions)