1 Geoscience Education: GK–12 Outreach I

Monday, 15 March 2004
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Presentations

• 8:20 AM
  IMPROVING K-12 GEOSCIENCE EDUCATION THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS
  Katherine K. Ellins, The Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and Amanda Clapp, The Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and Vanessa Svhila, The Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and Sean Sullivan, The Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
  71093 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:40 AM
  BACK TO SCHOOL: GRADUATE STUDENTS AND UNIVERSITY RESEARCHERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES IN K-12 CLASSROOMS
  Dennis R. Ruez, The Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and Jay L. Banner, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
  69848 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:00 AM
  A NOVEL LECTURE SERIES AND ASSOCIATED OUTREACH PROGRAM IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL SCIENCES
  Jay L. Banner, The Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and Libby A. Stern, The Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and Nelson Guda, The Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
  70854 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:20 AM
  GK-12 ACTIVITY: MEASURING YOUR CARBON DIOXIDE FOOTPRINT
  Lynn Elizabeth Kirby, Kealing Junior High Magnet School, Austin, TX
  70246 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:40 AM
  ENVIRONMENT SUCCESSION: GEOSCIENCE IN AN URBAN SETTING
  Amanda Clapp, The Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and M. Dinan, LBJ High School, Austin, TX and D. Thomas, Lake Travis Middle School, Austin, TX and Katherine K. Ellins, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
  71097 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:20 AM
  TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM: REMAINING A STEP AHEAD
  Sean Michael Sullivan, Univ of Texas Institute for Geophysics, Austin, TX and Kathy K. Ellins, Univ of Texas Institute for Geophysics, Austin, TX and Murry Fly, Westlake Highschool, Austin, TX
  71092 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:40 AM
  ECOLOGY AND COMMUNITY: ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES WITH GIS
  Veronica Chapa-Jones, Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and Jessica Gordon, Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and Nancy Poage-Nixon, Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
  70614 (Technical Sessions)
• 11:00 AM
  USING LONG-TERM SOIL EXPERIMENTS TO ENGAGE STUDENTS IN SCIENTIFIC LEARNING
  Jessica D. Gordon, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and Sara J. Hilgers, Hornsby-Dunlap Elementary, Austin, TX and Nancy P. Nixon, Covington Middle School, Austin, TX
  70426 (Technical Sessions)
• 11:20 AM
  ADAPTATION OF A STREAM RAPID BIOASSESSMENT PROTOCOL TO TEACH THE CONCEPT OF BIOMONITORING IN THE CLASSROOM
  Carla G. Guthrie, The Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and Martha M. Maas, The Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
  70460 (Technical Sessions)
• 11:40 AM
  USING INQUIRY TO PROMOTE SCIENTIFIC THINKING IN THE CLASSROOM
  Marilyn J. Cook, H.G. Olsen Elementary School, Port Aransas, TX and Andrea L. Kopecky, The Univ of Texas, Port Aransas, TX
  70706 (Technical Sessions)