T154 Exposing Myths and Misrepresentations of Climate Change and Evolution Science: Strategies and Case Studies for Geoscientists, Educators, Policy Makers, and the Press

Tuesday, 2 November 2010
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Room 503

Presentations

• 8:00 AM
  FROM WORDS TO ACTION: NOT A "BUSINESS AS USUAL" APPROACH TO CLIMATE CHANGE COMMUNICATION
  Mark Chandler, Goddard Institute for Space Studies, Columbia University, New York, NY
  181204 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:20 AM
  FIGHTING A STRONG HEADWIND: CHALLENGES IN COMMUNICATING THE SCIENCE OF CLIMATE CHANGE
  M.E. Mann, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
  176753 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:35 AM
  THE MYTH OF EARLY 20TH CENTURY SOLAR FORCING
  Tom M.L. Wigley, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO
  177536 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:55 AM
  MISREPRESENTATIONS OF SARGASSO SEA TEMPERATURES BY ARTHUR B. ROBINSON ET AL
  Mark B. Boslough, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM and Lloyd D. Keigwin, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA
  178248 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:10 AM
  CONSERVATION OF MASS AND ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE: IDENTIFYING AND IMPROVING STUDENTS' MISUNDERSTANDINGS OF BUDGETS
  Cinzia Cervato, Iowa State University, Ames, IA and Collin Reichert, Iowa State University, Ames, IA and Michael D. Larsen, George Washington University, Rockville, MD
  177225 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:25 AM
  ANTHROPOGENIC VERSUS VOLCANIC CO2: MYTHS AND MISREPRESENTATIONS
  Terrence M. Gerlach, U.S. Geological Survey, Vancouver, WA
  178855 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:40 AM
  ASK A GEOLOGIST: PERCEIVED IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE EARTH SCIENCE COMMUNITY
  Sheldon P. Turner, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL and Robert E. Drost, Michigan State University, Department of Geological Sciences, East Lansing, MI
  180849 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:10 AM
  DENIALISM IN THE CLASSROOM: HOW TO TEACH STUDENTS WHO REJECT SCIENCE
  Steven F. Newton, National Center for Science Education, Oakland, CA
  179028 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:30 AM
  CREATIONIST TACTICS IN MISREPRESENTING THE SCIENCE OF EVOLUTION
  Eugenie C. Scott, National Center for Science Education, Oakland, CA
  178553 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:45 AM
  A RATIONAL IMPERATIVE: THE LIGHT OF REASON MUST ILLUMINATE REALITY AND DISPEL RESURGENT SHADOWS OF THE DARK AGES
  George T. Stone, Milwaukee Area Technical College, Milwaukee, WI
  181681 (Technical Sessions)
• 11:00 AM
  UNDERSTANDING THEORIES: EXPLICITLY TEACHING THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE TO ADDRESS COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS
  Anne E. Egger, Stanford University, Stanford, CA and Anthony Carpi, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY and Nathan H. Lents, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY
  180181 (Technical Sessions)
• 11:15 AM
  SAVING THE BEST FOR LAST: ADDRESSING SUBJECTS OF PUBLIC CONTROVERSY BY ANSWERING QUESTIONS FIRST AND PLACING CONCLUSIONS IN SCIENTIFIC CONTEXT
  Michael Phillips, Illinois Valley Community College, Oglesby, IL
  176880 (Technical Sessions)
• 11:30 AM
  WHEN CLEAR PRESENTATION ISN'T ENOUGH: THE NEED FOR A PARADIGM SHIFT IN SCIENCE ADVOCACY
  Gregg Davidson, University of Mississippi, University, MS and Ken Wolgemuth, Wolgemuth & Associates, LLC, Tulsa, OK
  182306 (Technical Sessions)
• 11:45 AM
  A GEOSCIENTIST'S PERCEPTION: UNDERSTANDING (AND CHALLENGING?) SPECIFIC CHRISTIAN RESISTANCE TO GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
  Penny Greer, The University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, IN and James M. Durbin, the University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, IN
  181919 (Technical Sessions)