265 Geoscience Education: Research and Practice

Wednesday, 22 October 2014
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
204

Presentations

• 8:00 AM
  BROADER IMPACTS IN THE EARTH SCIENCES DIVISION OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
  Justin E. Lawrence, National Science Foundation, Alexandria, VA and Lina Patino, Arlington, VA
  242316 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:15 AM
  OCEAN ACIDIFICATION IN THE PUBLIC EYE
  Isaiah W. Bolden, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Brunswick, ME
  244918 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:30 AM
  GEOETHICS: BUILDING AN ETHICAL FRAMEWORK OF REFERENCE FOR RESEARCH AND PRACTICE IN GEOSCIENCES
  Silvia Peppoloni, INGV-Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Rome and Giuseppe Di Capua, INGV-Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Rome and Peter Bobrowsky, Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa, ON
  246211 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:45 AM
  TEACHING EARTH SCIENCE AT SUMMER CAMP: AN INFORMAL SETTING THAT IS ALMOST IDEAL
  R. Laurence Davis, University of New Haven, West Haven, CT and Deb Kure, Camp Pemigewassett, Wentworth, NH
  246576 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:00 AM
  FOSTERING A SYSTEMS APPROACH TO COLLABORATION ON CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT RESEARCH ACROSS INSTITUTIONAL AND DISCIPLINARY BOUNDARIES
  Ellen Iverson, Carleton College, Northfield, MN and Kim A. Kastens, Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC), Waltham, MA and Carol Baldassari, Program Evaluation and Research Group, Beverly, MA and David Steer, The University of Akron, Akron, OH
  244984 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:15 AM
  COLLEGE STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF EARTH’S NATURAL RESOURCES: IMPLICATIONS FOR IMPROVED INSTRUCTIONAL APPROACHES FOR ENRICHED GEOLITERACY
  Renee Clary, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS and James H. Wandersee, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
  243230 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:30 AM
  TEACHING AND LEARNING ABOUT PETROLEUM AND SUSTAINABILITY
  Leilani Arthurs, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
  245332 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:00 AM
  WHAT IS ‘GEOLOGY’? PRELIMINARY FINDINGS FROM A WORD ASSOCIATION EXERCISE WITH EXPERTS AND NON-EXPERTS
  Hazel Gibson, Plymouth University, Plymouth and Alison Stokes, Plymouth University, Plymouth, N/A and Iain Stewart, Plymouth University, Plymouth and Sabine Pahl, Plymouth University, Plymouth, N/A
  245865 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:15 AM
  HOW SAFE IS THE TASTE TEST FOR HALITE?
  Kesley J. Gibson, Troy University, Troy, AL and Michael Gibson, University of Tennessee at Martin, Martin, TN and Matthew A. Pritchett, University of Tennessee at Martin, Martin, TN
  246013 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:30 AM
  WARMING UP THE BRAIN: EVOKING STUDENT INTEREST WHILE EVALUATING BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE IN INTRODUCTORY PHYSICAL GEOLOGY COURSES
  Deniz Z.A. Ballero, Georgia Perimeter College, Clarkston, GA and Polly A. Bouker, Georgia Perimeter College, Covington, GA
  246089 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:45 AM
  CHARACTERIZING THE TEACHING BELIEFS OF FUTURE GEOSCIENCE PROFESSORS
  LeeAnna Young Chapman, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC and David McConnell, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
  246358 (Technical Sessions)
• 11:00 AM
  EDUCATIONAL RECONSTRUCTION OF PLATE TECTONICS
  Dominik Conrad, Bayreuth University, Bayreuth, N/A
  249769 (Technical Sessions)
• 11:15 AM
  UNCONFORMITIES: BUILDING GEOLOGIC KNOWLEDGE FROM “MISSING” TIME
  Barbara EchoHawk, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Denver, CO
  250253 (Technical Sessions)