T13 Preparing Pathways in K–12 Classrooms for Tomorrow’s Diverse Geoscience Workforce: Teachers, Students, and Communities

Sunday, 1 November 2015
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Room 322/323

Presentations

• 8:15 AM
  ONRAMPS GEOSCIENCE: DELIVERING A UNIVERSITY GEOLOGY COURSE IN TEXAS HIGH SCHOOLS
  Eleanour Snow, University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX
  265814 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:30 AM
  A WELL UNTAPPED: OVERCOMING THE OBSTACLES INHIBITING DUAL ENROLLMENT AGREEMENTS IN THE GEOSCIENCES
  Richard Schmidt, Upper Dublin High School, Fort Washington, PA and Martin Helmke, West Chester University of Pennsylvania, West Chester, PA
  269741 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:00 AM
  SUPPORTING A BETTER EDUCATION IN MATH AND SCIENCE (SABE MAS) AND THE MASTERS OF ARTS IN TEACHING SCIENCE (MATS) AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO
  Laura Serpa, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX and Ellen Esposito, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX
  264661 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:15 AM
  CONNECTING GRADE 3-12 STUDENTS TO NATURAL GEOSCIENCE PROCESSES IN THEIR LOCAL URBAN NATIONAL PARK
  Randall S. Sanders, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ
  265098 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:30 AM
  INTO THE WOODS: TRAINING URBAN ELEMENTARY TEACHERS TO USE THE OUTDOORS AS A CLASSROOM TO IMPROVE ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY
  Peter Schmidt, Queens College, Flushing, NY and Allan Ludman, Queens College (CUNY), Flushing, NY and David Jakim, Queens College, Flushing, NY and Mary Leou, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, New York, NY
  262926 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:00 AM
  GEOSCIENCE EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT IN AN UNDERSERVED, MINORITY-MAJORITY RURAL MINING REGION
  Steven Semken, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ and Colette Bos, Central Arizona College, San Tan Valley, AZ and Angel A. Garcia, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
  263487 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:15 AM
  PREPARING K-12 TEACHERS FOR HIGH-NEED SCHOOLS
  Deborah Cornelison, Arlington, VA and Keith A. Sverdrup, Arlington, VA
  260091 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:30 AM
  SYSTEMIC EFFORTS TO IMPROVE TEACHER QUALITY IN STEM CREATES PROGRAMS WITH POTENTIAL TO INCREASE DIVERSITY: WILL THIS INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION OF GEOSCIENTIST?
  Roderic I. Brame, Keystone Prep High School, Odessa, FL and Vanessa Pitts Bannister, FAMU, Tallahassee, FL and Rachel Brame, R2B2STEM Science and Education, Land O Lakes, FL
  270695 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:45 AM
  TEACHING EARTH SCIENCE AS A LANGUAGE: ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS AND LANGUAGE OF EARTH SCIENCE FOR THE SECONDARY SCHOOL URBAN CLASSROOM
  Tovah DiPrinzio, NYC Department of Education, Brooklyn, NY
  262132 (Technical Sessions)
• 11:00 AM
  SCIENCE TEACHING FOR OHIO’S NEW ECONOMY (STONE); BUILDING A MORE DIVERSE GEOSCIENCE WORKFORCE THROUGH A K-12 TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
  William Slattery, Wright State Univ, Dayton, OH and Suzanne K. Lunsford, Wright State Univ, Dayton, OH and Patrick Jacomet, Ohio Aggregate and Industrial Minerals Association, Gahanna, OH and Douglas Brown, Ponitz Career Technology Center, Dayton, OH and Robert Crawford, Sinclair Community College, Dayton, OH
  265730 (Technical Sessions)
• 11:15 AM
  TEACHING ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY - MODEL MY WATERSHED
  Juanmanuel Hernandez, Millersville University, Millersville, PA and Nanette Marcum-Dietrich, Millersville University, Millersville, PA and Susan Gill, Stroud Water Research Center, Avondale, PA and Carolyn Stoudt, Concord Consortium, Concord, MA
  267172 (Technical Sessions)
• 11:30 AM
  TERRAELM: AN EXERCISE IN EARTH SCIENCE INSTRUCTION
  Peter Anderson, University of Houston, Houston, TX and Jonathan E. Snow, University of Houston, Houston, TX
  269667 (Technical Sessions)