Geological Society of America

8:00 AM

UNDER OUR FEET: A QUATERNARY GEOLOGY AND PALAEOECOLOGY QUEST AT SILVERWOOD SCHOOL

María Sandoval and Bax R. Barton, Univ of Washington/Seattle, Seattle, WA and Vanessa Colás and Patty M. Sleasman, Silverwood School, Poulsbo, WA and Elisa Fitz-Diaz and Karen L. Ness, Silverwood School, Poulsbo, WA and Kennet Flores and Helen C. Kirkham, Silverwood School, Poulsbo, WA and L. Star Butterton, Silverwood School, Poulsbo, WA

59170 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO TEACHING INTRODUCTORY GEOLOGY: A COURSE ON ART AND GEOLOGY

Denise A. Battles, Georgia Southern Univ, Statesboro, GA and Jane Rhoades Hudak, Georgia Southern Univ, Statesboro, GA

60275 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

ROCK PILE PUZZLE: TAKING OWNERSHIP STONE BY STONE

Philip D. Wade, Western Oregon Univ, Monmouth, OR

60573 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

THE TIMES PROJECT (TEACHING INQUIRY-BASED MINNESOTA EARTH SCIENCE): A REGION-SPECIFIC, FIELD-BASED MEANS FOR DEVELOPING TEACHER INQUIRY SKILLS AND CONTENT-KNOWLEDGE

James H. Meyers, Winona State Univ, Winona, MN and Kate S. Pound, St. Cloud State Univ, St. Cloud, MN and Lee M. Schmitt, Sci Museum of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN and Megan H. Jones, North Hennepin Community College, Brooklyn Park, MN

62351 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

LESSONS LEARNED FROM THIRTY YEARS OF PROMOTING MINORITY GEOSCIENCE EDUCATION

Laura Serpa, Univ New Orleans, New Orleans, LA and Terry L. Pavlis, Univ New Orleans, New Orleans, LA

62533 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

THE CONSOLATION OF PHILOSOPHY? USING GEOSCIENCES TO ILLUSTRATE SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES IN A TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAM

Paul Evans Baldauf, Union Institute & Univ, N. Miami Beach, FL and Robert W. Hill, Union Institute & Univ, N. Miami Beach, FL

63031 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

A PIPELINE TO SUCCESS: RECRUITING MINORITY AND FEMALE STUDENTS IN GEOSCIENCES THROUGH A MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE, AND ENGINEERING ACADEMY FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Aditya Kar, Fort Valley State Univ, Fort Valley, GA and Isaac Crumbly, Fort Valley State Univ, Fort Valley, GA

64480 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

COSMOLOGIES: COMBINING SCIENCE AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES TO ENHANCE STUDENTS’ UNDERSTANDING OF TIME AND THEIR RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE PHYSICAL UNIVERSE AND ITS INHABITANTS

Dallas D. Rhodes, Georgia Southern Univ, Statesboro, GA and Glenn E. Yocum, Whittier College, Whittier, CA

65005 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

HANDS ON LEARNING: GENERATING UNIT CELLS FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED AND SIGHTED STUDENTS, ELEMENTARY THROUGH COLLLEGE LEVELS

Peter W. Whaley, Murray State Univ, Murray, KY

65380 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

APPRECIATING THE RELEVANCY OF EARTH SCIENCE AND WRITING ABOUT SCIENCE IN A LARGE CLASS FOR NON-MAJORS

Eric R. Dittmer, Southern Oregon Univ, Ashland, OR and Joseph L. Graf, Southern Oregon Univ, Ashland, OR

66032 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

IF YOU FLEW OVER THIS AREA BACK THEN: VISUALIZING EARLY PALEOZOIC MOUNTAIN BUILDING EVENTS IN HISTORICAL GEOLOGY COURSES

David H. Griffing, UNC-Charlotte, Charlotte, NC

66056 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO K-12 GEOLOGY OUTREACH USING HANDS-ON SCIENCE ACTIVITIES

Donna Benson, Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ and Katrien J. van der Hoeven Kraft, Mesa Community College at Red Mountain, Mesa, AZ

66489 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

EXPLORING VIEWS OF THE GLOBAL HYDROLOGIC CYCLE THROUGH STUDENT INTERVIEWS AND DRAWINGS

Meredith L. Beilfuss, Indiana Univ, Bloomington, IN and Lisa Pratt, Indiana Univ, Bloomington, IN and Julie Libarkin, Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA

66740 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY FIELDTRIPS

Philip Goodell, Univ of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX and Richard Romero, El Paso Idependent School District, El Paso, TX and Paul T. Gannon, El Paso Independent School District, El Paso, TX

67442 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN SPARSELY POPULATED REGIONS OF OREGON

Michael L. Cummings, Portland State Univ, Portland, OR and Thomas Lindsay and Wendy Stevens and Marie Wilson and Timothy Youngberg and Lyla Messick, Malheur Field Station, Princeton, OR

67485 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

INQUIRY AS A METHOD TO PREPARE PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS TO USE INQUIRY TEACHING AND TO UNDERSTAND EARTH SCIENCE CONCEPTS

Kurtz K.M. Miller, Wright State Univ, Fairborn, OH

67574 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

DEVELOPING AND EVALUATING PREDICTIVE SKILLS IN EARTH SCIENCE COURSES

Vernon P. Scott, Oklahoma State Univ, Stillwater, OK

67581 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

SURFICIAL GEOLOGIC MAPPING AS A DISCOVERY-BASED TEACHING TOOL FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Ruth Krumhansl, Souhegan High School, Amherst, NH and David R. Wunsch, Concord, NH