11 Bringing Geoscience to the Community

Monday, 20 March 2006
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Presentations

• 1:05 PM
  SERVICE LEARNING FOR SIXTH GRADERS IN SOUTHWESTERN VERMONT: ARSENIC CONTAMINATION OF GROUNDWATER AND CIVIC INVOLVEMENT
  Helen Mango, Castleton State College, Castleton, VT and Diane Mach, Mettawee Community School, West Pawlet, VT and Patty Lea, Mettawee Community School, West Pawlet, VT
  100633 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 1:25 PM
  ESTABLISHING A GEOSCIENCE THEME FOR THE NATIONAL ANNUAL LETTER-WRITING CAMPAIGN ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE KID DAY!
  Laura A. Guertin, Penn State Delaware County, Media, PA
  99977 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 1:45 PM
  MUSEUM-SCIENTIST COLLABORATION FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION
  David Lee Smith, Da Vinci Discovery Center, Allentown, PA and Robert A. Fox, Da Vinci Discovery Center, Allentown, PA
  100589 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 2:05 PM
  FULL EMERSION GEOSCIENCE: POPULAR GEOLOGY WRITING AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL
  Robert C. Titus, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY
  100052 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 2:25 PM
  PRESENTING GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL ORIENTATION DATA ON INTERACTIVE MAPS
  Declan G. De Paor, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA and Liam Morley, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA and Heather Melanson, Boston University, Boston, MA and Elizabeth Wilson, Boston University, Boston, MA
  100834 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 3:00 PM
  IS THERE ARSENIC IN THE WATER? IS IT A PROBLEM? EXPLAINING RISK TO THE PUBLIC IN THE WALLKILL RIVER WATERSHED, NEW JERSEY
  Terri Romagna, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Trenton, NJ and Kimberly Cenno, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Trenton, NJ
  101066 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 3:20 PM
  PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA AND LOCAL WATERSHED ASSOCIATIONS
  Daria Nikitina, California University of Pennsylvania, California, PA
  101073 (THEME SESSIONS)