T234 We Can Continue to Do Better: More Alternatives to the Same Old Lab Lecture Format in the College Classroom (Posters)

Presentations

• 8:00 AM
  A SKILLS-DRIVEN GATEWAY COURSE TO PREPARE TRANSFER STUDENTS FOR SUCCESS IN UPPER DIVISION SCIENCE COURSES
  K. Siân Davies Vollum, University of Washington, Tacoma, Tacoma, WA and Cheryl L. Greengrove, University of Washington, Tacoma, Tacoma, WA and James E. Gawel, University of Washington, Tacoma, Tacoma, WA
  92135 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  HOW ARE OUR STUDENTS THINKING? HELPING GEOSCIENCE STUDENTS BECOME BETTER AT CRITICAL THINKING
  Margaret M. Streepey, Earlham College, Richmond, IN
  92411 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  FORENSIC GEOLOGY: AN UNCOMMON HANDS-ON APPROACH TO ROCKS, MINERALS AND MAPS
  Elisa Bergslien, SUNY Buffalo State, Buffalo, NY
  92495 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  THE PROTOTYPE PLUME BUSTERS SOFTWARE: A NEW TOOL FOR COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION IN UNDERGRADUATE-LEVEL EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE EDUCATION
  P. Allen Macfarlane, Kansas Geol Survey, Lawrence, KS and Margaret A. Townsend, Kansas Geol Survey, Lawrence, KS and Geoffrey C. Bohling, Univ of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
  93994 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  URBAN GEOLOGY FOR THE CAMPUS AND SCHOOLYARD: TAKING A GEOLOGIC EXCURSION ON FAMILIAR LANDSCAPES
  Matthew A. d'Alessio, United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA
  94558 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  A NEW TECHNOLOGY FOR ROCK AND MINERAL IDENTIFICATION IN THE EARTH SCIENCES: THE ROCKHOUND™ RAMAN SPECTROMETER
  Ron Marrs, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY and Susan Pitts, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY and Angela Shankle, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY and Minden Shuster, DeltaNu, Laramie, WY and Rick Cox, DeltaNu, Laramie, WY
  94755 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  TEACHING GEOLOGY TO NON-SCIENCE MAJORS USING A REGIONAL FIELD TRIP
  Greg Wilson, Grand Valley State Univ, Allendale, MI
  95436 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  FUNDAMENTALS OF THE LITHOSPHERE: AN UPPER-DIVISION MAJOR'S COURSE THAT COMBINES STRUCTURE, PETROLOGY AND TECTONICS WITH BEST PRACTICES IN GEOSCIENCE PEDAGOGY
  Melissa A. Lamb, Univ of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN
  95806 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE TRADITIONAL INTRODUCTORY GEOLOGY COURSE: A GAEMP INITIATIVE FOR MINORITY STUDENTS
  Cherie' J. Lee, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA and Ray E. Ferrell, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA and Laurie C. Anderson, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA and Brooks Ellwood, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA and Annette S. Engel, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA and Lance Lambert, Univ of Texas At San Antonio, San Antonio, N/A and Juan Lorenzo, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
  96212 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  GEOMICROBIOLOGY: AN ESSENTIAL TEACHING TOOL FOR GAEMP
  Omar Leon Armbrister, Grambling State University, Grambling, LA and Annette S. Engel, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA and Ray E. Ferrell, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
  96363 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  DEVELOPING PROBLEM-BASED LABORATORY EXERCISES IN IGNEOUS PETROLOGY: NO PLACE LIKE HOME
  Lara E. Heister, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA and Charles E. Lesher, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
  97294 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  DIVERSIFYING INTRODUCTORY CLASS TEACHING WITH HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES
  J. Bradford Hubeny, Univ of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI
  97569 (Technical Sessions)