32 Evolution and Geoscience Education

Friday, 1 April 2016
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Lexington B

Presentations

• 1:30 PM
  TEACHING EVOLUTION IN A GENERAL EDUCATION PREHISTORIC LIFE CLASS: ACT IT OUT, DON’T ACT UP
  Patricia Kelley, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC
  271595 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:50 PM
  WHY DON’T WE TEACH EVOLUTION IN GEOLOGY CLASS?: COMPARING THE EVOLUTION UNDERSTANDING OF BIOLOGY MAJORS TO GEOLOGY MAJORS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC
  Frank Forcino, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC
  271671 (Theme Sessions)
• 2:10 PM
  UNDERSTANDING EVOLUTION: VARIATION BETWEEN HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS
  Rachel L. Salter, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND and Frank Forcino, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC
  273982 (Theme Sessions)
• 2:30 PM
  EVOLUTION AS A PEDAGOGICAL PLATFORM FOR EDUCATION CONCERNING SCIENTIFIC MISCONCEPTIONS, BELIEF-BASED OPINIONS, AND CRITICAL THINKING
  R.J. Krenz, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC
  274016 (Theme Sessions)
• 2:50 PM
  LEVERAGING GLOBAL GEO-DATA RESOURCES TO SUPPORT GUIDED STUDENT INVESTIGATIONS IN AN INTRODUCTORY EARTH SCIENCE COURSE
  Jeffrey Ryan, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL and Declan G. De Paor, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
  274019 (Theme Sessions)
• 3:10 PM
  USING POLARIS AND OTHER CELESTIAL OBJECTS TO ESTABLISH PRECISE GEOGRAPHIC NORTH AZIMUTH WITH THE TOTAL STATION
  David T. Allison, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL and Donald Beebe, Clemson University, Clemson, SC and Samuel T. Barber, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL and Paul B. Bordelon, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL and William H. Brown, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL and Adam B. Goodwin, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL
  273632 (Theme Sessions)
• 3:30 PM
  THE CURRICULAR BENEFITS OF A SEISMOMETER IN UTC'S GEOLOGY PROGRAM
  Jonathan Mies, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN and Amy Brock-Hon, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN and Habte G. Churnet, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN and Ann E. Holmes, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN and Wayne K. Williams, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN
  273650 (Theme Sessions)
• 3:50 PM
  EARTHQUAKE EDUCATION WORKSHOPS IN N.C.: A POTENTIAL MODEL FOR SCIENCE EDUCATION WORKSHOPS
  Randy Bechtel, North Carolina Geological Survey, Raleigh, NC and Kenneth Taylor, North Carolina Geological Survey, Raleigh, NC
  273596 (Theme Sessions)
• 4:10 PM
  BREVARD COLLEGE'S 2015 FIELD COURSE IN ICELAND
  Lauren M. Fowler, Brevard College, Brevard, NC and Jim Reynolds, Brevard College, Brevard, NC and Allison M. Leburg, Brevard College, Brevard, NC and Stephen D. Olson, Brevard College, Brevard, NC and Adam H. Perkins, Brevard College, Brevard, NC and Ethan R. Woodie, Brevard College, Brevard, NC and Melanie J. Heying, Brevard College, Brevard, NC and Carrie Huffman, Brevard College, Brevard, NC and Tammy M. McGuriman, Brevard College, Brevard, NC and James Adamson, Chapel Hill, NC
  273416 (Theme Sessions)
• 4:30 PM
  FROM THE GROUND UP: WOMEN'S PARTICIPATION IN STEM
  Adrianna M. Allred, Guilford College, Charlotte, NC
  273631 (Theme Sessions)