25 Issues in Geoscience Education

Monday, 12 April 2010
1:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Cooper Creek 2

Presentations

• 1:30 PM
  THE LANGUAGE AND THE APPEAL OF INTELLIGENT DESIGN
  Justin Smith, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, IN
  171455 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:45 PM
  STUDENTS' MISUNDERSTANDINGS OF ATMOSPHERIC CARBON BUDGETS: PROBLEMS AND REMEDIATION
  Collin Reichert, Iowa State University, Ames, IA and Cinzia Cervato, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
  170962 (Theme Sessions)
• 2:00 PM
  UTLILIZING UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS' ALTERNATIVE CONCEPTIONS TO MODIFY INSTRUCTION IN GEOSCIENCE COURSES
  Sarah Zellers, Warrensburg, MO and Katherine Mangione Leslie, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO
  171461 (Theme Sessions)
• 2:15 PM
  STRATEGIES FOR IDENTIFYING ALTERNATIVE CONCEPTIONS OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCES COURSES
  Katherine Mangione Leslie, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO and Sarah Zellers, Warrensburg, MO
  171462 (Theme Sessions)
• 2:30 PM
  PRESERVICE ELEMENTARY TEACHERS' UNDERSTANDING OF FOSSILIZATION: IDENTIFYING MISCONCEPTIONS AS BARRIERS TO INSTRUCTION
  Cathy Wissehr, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
  171342 (Theme Sessions)
• 3:15 PM
  THE TRAVELING SCIENCE CIRCUS: DEVELOPING PreK – 12 GEOSCIENCE EDUCATORS THROUGH PUBLIC OUTREACH OPPORTUNITIES
  Priscilla Field Skalac, Olivet Nazarene University, Bourbonnais, IL
  171255 (Theme Sessions)
• 3:30 PM
  STUDENT EXPERIMENTS IN SEDIMENT TRANSPORT, LANDFORM MIGRATION, AND CHANNEL MODIFICATION IN NONCOHESIVE RIVER CHANNELS USING A LARGE SCALE LABORATORY STREAM MODEL
  Ana C. Londoño, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO and Alicia Brockelbank, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO and Yuyan Chen, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO and Erin Gant, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO and Thomas Gilbers, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO and Joseph Heneberry, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO and Lacey Luscri, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO and Thomas Moriarty, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO
  171537 (Theme Sessions)
• 3:45 PM
  GEOLOGICAL WORKSHOP FOR TEACHERS ON MIDDLE BUFFALO RIVER, TYLER BEND TO GILBERT, NORTH-CENTRAL ARKANSAS
  Erica L. Doerr, Arkansas Geological Survey, Little Rock, AR and Erin Smart, Arkansas Geological Survey, Little Rock, AR
  171007 (Theme Sessions)
• 4:00 PM
  “ADOPT A SANDBAR” – A STUDENT PROJECT TO MONITOR CHANGES IN CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY IN BOQUILLAS CANYON, BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, TEXAS
  Kevin M. Urbanczyk, Sul Ross State Univ, Alpine, TX and Jeffery Bennett, National Park Service, Big Bend National Park, TX
  171497 (Theme Sessions)
• 4:15 PM
  TEACHING FIELD METHODOLOGY THROUGH UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH: SLOPE FAILURE MODELING
  Cathy Baker, Arkansas Tech University, Russellville, AR
  171446 (Theme Sessions)
• 4:30 PM
  INTRODUCTORY PHYSICAL GEOLOGY IN THE NORTHERN ROCKIES: AN INQUIRY-BASED FIELD COURSE FOR INCOMING FIRST-YEAR COLLEGE STUDENTS
  Jeffrey Strasser, Augustana College, Rock Island, IL and Michael B. Wolf, Augustana College, Rock Island, IL
  171268 (Theme Sessions)
• 4:45 PM
  CONSTRUCTING AND IMPLEMENTING THE IOWA GEOSCIENCE EDUCATION INFORMATION NETWORK (IGEIN)
  Chad Heinzel, The University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA and John Dunkhase, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, N/A and James C. Walters, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA and Molly Schlumbohm, The University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA
  170981 (Theme Sessions)