4 Extending Geological Education beyond the Academy

Sunday, 20 March 2011
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Monongahela

Presentations

• 8:00 AM
  FOSSIL COLLECTING AT THE GREAT NEW YORK STATE FAIR: OUTREACH FROM THE PALEONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTION
  Robert M. Ross, Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, NY and Sara L. Auer, Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, NY and Trisha A. Smrecak, Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, NY and Samantha L. Sands, Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Denver, CO
  186474 (Theme Sessions)
• 8:15 AM
  THE SCIENTIST IS IN
  John Pojeta, Dept. of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC and Suzanne Lepple, NMNH volunteer, Alexandria, VA
  186403 (Theme Sessions)
• 8:30 AM
  CRETACEOUS CRIMES & PAPER BONES: TEACHING THE NATURE OF (EARTH) SCIENCE
  Richard A. Kissel, Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, NY
  186151 (Theme Sessions)
• 8:45 AM
  WIKIMEDIA COMMONS: A GLOBAL REPOSITORY FOR GEOLOGIC IMAGES
  Michael Rygel, State University of New York, College at Potsdam, Potsdam, NY
  186444 (Theme Sessions)
• 9:00 AM
  NYSGA GUIDEBOOKS TO GOOGLE EARTH
  Otto H. Muller, Alfred University, Alfred, NY and Alan I. Benimoff, New York State Geological Association, Staten Island, NY and William M. Kelly, NYS Geol Survey (Retired), Albany, NY
  185064 (Theme Sessions)
• 9:15 AM
  A THIRST FOR KNOWLEDGE: MEETING PUBLIC EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE OUTREACH NEEDS IN A RAPIDLY EMERGING SHALE GAS PLAY
  Trisha A. Smrecak, Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, NY and Robert Ross, The Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, NY and Kelly Cronin, Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, NY and Sara L. Auer, Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, NY and Rod Howe, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
  185761 (Theme Sessions)
• 9:45 AM
  PUBLIC EDUCATION INITIATIVES FOR NATURAL GAS DEVELOPMENT
  Thomas B. Murphy, Marcellus Center for Outreach and Research, University Park, PA
  185850 (Theme Sessions)
• 10:00 AM
  USING INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION AND THE CREATIVE PROCESS TO REACH A BROADER AUDIENCE WITH GEOSCIENCE INFORMATION
  Michael Phillips, Illinois Valley Community College, Oglesby, IL and Lisa Phillips, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
  186179 (Theme Sessions)
• 10:15 AM
  GREAT LAKES CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE AND EDUCATION SYSTEMIC NETWORK
  Sandra Rutherford, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
  186174 (Theme Sessions)
• 10:30 AM
  NATURAL DECISIONS: BLENDING ENVIRONMENTAL AND EARTH SYSTEMS APPROACHES TO PUBLIC EDUCATION
  Warren Allmon, Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, NY and Robert Ross, Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, NY and Don Duggan-Haas, PRI & its Museum of the Earth, Amherst, NY
  186469 (Theme Sessions)
• 10:45 AM
  ON THE NEED FOR NEW WAYS TO NURTURE UNDERSTANDING
  Don Duggan-Haas, Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, NY
  186461 (Theme Sessions)
• 11:00 AM
  GEOLOGIC EDUCATION THROUGH THE STATE PARKS OF OHIO
  David Hacker, Kent State University, Kent, OH and Michael P. Angle, Division of Geological Survey, Columbus, OH
  186423 (Theme Sessions)