T66 Sense of Place, Geoparks and National Parks: Strategies for Improved Earth Science Education

Sunday, 9 October 2011
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Room 211AB

Presentations

• 1:30 PM
  IMPLICATIONS OF SENSE OF PLACE FOR EARTH-SCIENCE INTERPRETATION IN PARKS
  Steven Semken, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
  196365 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:45 PM
  INTERPRETING PARK LANDSCAPES AND THEIR DEEPER MEANINGS: USING SENSE OF PLACE TO HELP PARK RANGERS AND VISITORS LINK GEOLOGY, ECOLOGY AND HUMAN HISTORY
  Robert J. Lillie, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
  190386 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:00 PM
  USING THE NATIONAL PARKS AS WAY TO ENGAGE DIVERSE LEARNERS IN EARTH SCIENCE EDUCATION
  Erika C. Vye, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI and William I. Rose, Michigan Technological Univ, Houghton, MI and Bruce L. Nash, Natural Resource Program Center, Office of Education and Outreach, Denver, CO
  197870 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:15 PM
  SENSE OF PLACE, EMOTIONS, AND INTERPRETATION: LEVERAGING NATIONAL PARK INFORMAL EDUCATION TECHNIQUES TO INCREASE GEOSCIENCE LITERACY
  Stephanie F. Kyriazis, Death Valley National Park, Death Valley, CA
  198160 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:30 PM
  EARTH SCIENCE INTERPRETATION EFFORTS AS A GEOLOGICAL INTERN AT ISLE ROYALE NATIONAL PARK
  Justin G. Olson, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI and William I. Rose, Michigan Technological Univ, Houghton, MI
  195277 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:45 PM
  IMPROVING EARTH SCIENCE EDUCATION THROUGH LEARNER CENTERED ACTIVITIES (CAMPING) WITH STUDENTS
  Kathleen L. Clough, Grand Rapids Public School, Grand Rapids, MI
  196815 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:00 PM
  THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE JUNIOR PALEONTOLOGIST PROGRAM: EXPLORING PALEONTOLOGY, LEARNING ABOUT FOSSILS THROUGH TIME, AND PROTECTING NON-RENEWABLE PALEONTOLOGICAL RESOURCES
  Jason P. Kenworthy, Geologic Resources Division, Denver, CO and Vincent L. Santucci, Geologic Resources Division, University Park, PA
  196666 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:15 PM
  PEBBLES TO PIXELS: VIRTUAL FIELD EXPERIENCES AND THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT BUILDS THEM
  Richard A. Kissel, Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, NY and Don Duggan-Haas, Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, NY and Robert Ross, Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, NY
  193041 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:30 PM
  VIRTUAL VS. VISCERAL FIELD EXPERIENCES: TWO PATHS DIVERGED... TAKE BOTH
  Debra L. Zolynsky, Lake Shore High School, St. Clair Shores, MI and Mark F. Klawiter, Michigan Technological Univ, Houghton, MI
  196540 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:45 PM
  USING EarthCache TO PROMOTE PLACED BASED EDUCATION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
  Emily Gochis, Michigan Technological Univ, Houghton, MI and William I. Rose, Michigan Technological Univ, Houghton, MI and Carol A. Engelmann, Michigan Technological Univ, Houghton, MI and Mark F. Klawiter, Michigan Technological Univ, Houghton, MI and Erika C. Vye, Michigan Technological Univ, Houghton, MI
  197151 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:00 PM
  FOR PLACE-BASED EARTH SCIENCE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, THERE'S NO ‘PLACE' LIKE HOME
  Mark F. Klawiter, Michigan Technological Univ, Houghton, MI and Carol A. Engelmann, Michigan Technological Univ, Houghton, MI and Erika C. Vye, Michigan Technological Univ, Houghton, MI and E. Gochis, Michigan Technological Univ, Houghton, MI and Jacqueline E. Huntoon, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI and Stephen Mattox, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI and William I. Rose, Michigan Technological Univ, Houghton, MI
  195973 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:30 PM
  DISCUSSION OF A KEWEENAW GEOPARK
  William I. Rose, Michigan Technological Univ, Houghton, MI and Erika Vye, Michigan Technological Univ, Houghton, MI
  195130 (Technical Sessions)