57 Issues in Geoscience Education

Tuesday, 22 March 2011
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Monongahela

Presentations

• 8:00 AM
  HOW TO TELL SCIENCE FROM BUNK? - USING THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD
  Constantin Cranganu, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
  183898 (Theme Sessions)
• 8:15 AM
  HOW MUCH DO STUDENTS KNOW ABOUT THEIR WATER AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT?
  Solomon A. Isiorho, Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW), Fort Wayne, IN
  184590 (Theme Sessions)
• 8:30 AM
  USING CITY WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM TO EDUCATE STUDENTS ABOUT WATER AND ENVIRONMENT
  Aaron Morse, Ball State University, Muncie, IN and Nicholas Flores, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, IN and Solomon A. Isiorho, Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW), Fort Wayne, IN
  186147 (Theme Sessions)
• 8:45 AM
  COMMUNITY PARTNERS SHARING RESOURCES TO ALLOW CHILDREN TO STUDY SHARED WATER RESOURCES
  Jeffrey Andrew Nowak, Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, IN
  185325 (Theme Sessions)
• 9:00 AM
  TEACHING CLIMATE CHANGE: IS THERE A COMMUNICATION PROBLEM?
  Constantin Cranganu, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
  183891 (Theme Sessions)
• 9:15 AM
  BIGGER EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE IDEAS AND THE NEXT GENERATION OF SCIENCE STANDARDS
  Don Duggan-Haas, Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, NY
  184596 (Theme Sessions)
• 9:30 AM
  INCORPORATING CONCEPT SKETCHING INTO TEACHING UNDERGRADUATE GEOMORPHOLOGY
  Lee Corbett, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT and Paul Bierman, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT and Lucas J. Reusser, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
  184127 (Theme Sessions)
• 9:45 AM
  UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS UNDERSTANDING ABOUT VOLCANOES: RESULTS FROM THE InVEST VOLCANIC CONCEPT SURVEY
  Dominike Merle-Johnson, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO and Lloyd Barrow, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO and Alan G. Whittington, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO
  185026 (Theme Sessions)
• 10:00 AM
  UNDERSTANDING GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURES: A STUDY OF INTRODUCTORY GEOLOGY STUDENTS' SPATIAL REASONING SKILLS
  Ashley T. Altheide, University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, IN and Kristen E. Schmeisser, University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, IN and Carrie Wright, Evansville, IN
  186273 (Theme Sessions)
• 10:15 AM
  TEACHING GEOLOGIC STRUCTURES IN AN INTRODUCTORY GEOLOGY CLASSROOM: STUDENT MISCONCEPTIONS, DIFFICULTIES, AND SPATIAL REASONING SKILLS
  Carrie Wright, Evansville, IN and Kristen E. Schmeisser, University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, IN and Ashley T. Altheide, University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, IN
  186146 (Theme Sessions)
• 10:30 AM
  CLASSROOM ROCKS: A SERVICE-LEARNING PROJECT TO INCREASING PEDAGOGICAL TOOLS FOR LOCAL EARTH SCIENCE TEACHERS AND K-12 STUDENT INTEREST IN GEOLOGY
  Kristen E. Schmeisser, University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, IN and Carrie L. Wright, University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, IN and Ashley T. Altheide, University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, IN
  185659 (Theme Sessions)
• 10:45 AM
  INTEGRATION OF WRITING IN LARGE INTRODUCTORY GEOLOGY CLASSES: LANDSLIDES AND EARTHQUAKES AND VOLCANOES! OH MY!
  Elizabeth R. Goeke, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN
  186279 (Theme Sessions)
• 11:00 AM
  FRAMING GEOSCIENCE COURSES AND CURRICULA IN THE CONTEXT OF SUSTAINABILITY
  Timothy Lutz, West Chester University, West Chester, PA
  186366 (Theme Sessions)
• 11:15 AM
  TACKLING SCIENCE COMMUNICATION: AN EXPERIMENTAL CLASSROOM APPROACH USING MULTI-MEDIA TO INCREASE UNDERGRADUATE SCIENCE COMMUNICATION SKILLS
  Kristin R. Wilson, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA
  186250 (Theme Sessions)