12 Innovative Methodologies and Techniques in Geoscience Education

Thursday, 29 March 2007
1:20 PM - 5:20 PM

Presentations

• 1:20 PM
  GEOLOGICAL CASE STUDY: THE 1780 BATTLE OF KINGS MOUNTAIN, SC: AN OPPORTUNITY FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY LEARNING
  John R. Wagner, Clemson University, Clemson, SC
  119201 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 1:40 PM
  THE WOODVILLE KARST PLAIN, A PLACE-BASED UNIT PRESENTING KARST GEOLOGY AND ITS ENVIRONMENTAL AND CULTURAL IMPLICATIONS IN FLORIDA
  Paulette A. Bond, Florida Geological Survey, Tallahassee, FL and Valerie LaHart, Panacea, FL
  119237 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 2:00 PM
  STREAMS, LAKES, AND BEACHES: INTERDISCIPLINARY TEACHING AND RESEARCH MODULES FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA COASTAL PLAIN
  Roger D. Shew, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Wilmington, NC
  118590 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 2:20 PM
  THE WATER QUALITY OF POE CREEK: PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM THE HAMILTON COUNTY, TENNESSEE HIGH SCHOOL EARTH EXPLORERS
  Tracy Jones, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN and Soeung Chov, Tyner High School, Chattanooga, N/A and Savannah Caldwell, Tyner High School, Chattanooga, TN and Angela Cook, Tyner High School, Chattanooga, TN and Keefer Dorris, Tyner High School, Chattanooga, TN and Jaskinae McClellan, Tyner High School, Chattanooga, TN and Nicholas Sankey, Tyner High School, Chattanooga, TN
  119033 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 2:40 PM
  HOW TO TEACH OCEANOGRAPHY WHEN YOU'RE NOWHERE NEAR THE OCEAN: THE APPLICATION OF GIS
  Steppen W. Murphy, Furman University, Greenville, SC
  119279 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 3:00 PM
  PROBLEM-BASED GEOPHYSICAL LEARNING EXPERIENCES FOR UNDERGRADUATES
  Terry Ferguson, Wofford College Environmental Studies, Spartanburg, SC
  119349 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 3:20 PM
  TEACHING CRITICAL THINKING BY COMPARING TERRAN AND MARTIAN GEOLOGY
  Lynne Saunders, Elizabeth City State University, Elizabeth City, NC and Thomas J. Rossbach, Elizabeth City State University, Elizabeth City, NC
  118653 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 3:40 PM
  TEACHING STRATIGRAPHY BY POGIL (PROCESS-ORIENTED GUIDED INQUIRY LEARNING): SUCCESSES AND CHALLENGES
  Julie K. Bartley, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA
  119024 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 4:00 PM
  INCREASING ACCESSIBILITY, INTEREST AND UNDERSTANDING: THE APPLICATION OF MULTIMEDIA ELEMENTS IN DISTANCE AND FACE TO FACE GEOLOGY COURSES
  Deniz Z. Altin, Georgia Perimeter College, Lawrenceville, GA and Polly A. Bouker, Georgia Perimeter College, Lawrenceville, GA
  117166 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 4:20 PM
  EXCEPTIONAL COLLEGE TEACHING/LEARNING BEGINS IN PRE-COLLEGE CLASSROOMS: AN INNOVATIVE EXAMPLE
  Gail G. Gibson, Florida Community College at Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL and Steven A. Teeter, West Stanly High School, Oakboro, NC
  117593 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 4:40 PM
  USING A GEOSCIENCE AFTER-SCHOOL CLUB IN SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE TO INTEREST HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE GEOSCIENCES
  Tracy Jones, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN and Soeung Chov, Tyner High School, Chattanooga, N/A and Angela Cook, Tyner High School, Chattanooga, TN and Keefer Dorris, Tyner High School, Chattanooga, TN and Nicholas Sankey, Tyner High School, Chattanooga, TN
  119350 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 5:00 PM
  2007 UPDATE ON GEOSCIENCE EDUCATION IN GEORGIA
  Pamela J.W. Gore, Georgia Perimeter College, Clarkston, GA
  119348 (THEME SESSIONS)