2 New Strategies and Best Practices for Teaching Climate and Energy

Sunday, 19 March 2017
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Frick, Conference Level

Presentations

• 8:00 AM
  TEACHING CLIMATE CHANGE, ENERGY, AND CRITICAL ZONE SCIENCE: DEVELOPING OPTIMALLY DISTINCT APPROACHES TO SCIENCE EDUCATION REFORM
  Don Haas, The Paleontological Research Institution, Amherst, NY
  291265 (Theme Sessions)
• 8:20 AM
  INDEPENDENT ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING RESEARCH IN THE UNDERGRADUATE CLASSROOM
  Kyle Whittinghill, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
  290488 (Theme Sessions)
• 8:40 AM
  FINDING THE SIGNAL IN CLIMATE DATA
  Kenneth Coles, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA and Steven A. Hovan, Indiana, PA
  290967 (Theme Sessions)
• 9:00 AM
  ENERGY CHOICE IN AN ERA OF GLOBAL WARMING: HOW ANTHRACITE COGENERATION PLANTS SERVE AS A VALUABLE ACADEMIC EXERCISE
  Daniel H. Vice, Penn State Lehigh Valley, Center Valley, PA and Harold W. Aurand, Penn State-Schuylkill Campus, Schuylkill Haven, PA
  289851 (Theme Sessions)
• 9:40 AM
  THE HARNESSED ATOM - MIDDLE SCHOOL STEM CURRICULUM
  Christie Orlosky, Armstrong High School, Kittanning, PA
  290781 (Theme Sessions)
• 10:00 AM
  BRINGING POLAR RESEARCH INTO THE CLASSROOM
  Anne Farley Schoeffler, Seton Catholic School, Hudson, OH
  290188 (Theme Sessions)
• 10:20 AM
  CONNECTIONS TO THE FIELD:  USING NASA'S OPERATION ICEBRIDGE DATA IN THE CLASSROOM TO INVESTIGATE CLIMATE CHANGE
  Kelly McCarthy, Our Lady of Lourdes, Coal Township, PA
  291640 (Theme Sessions)
• 10:40 AM
  MAKING CLIMATE AND ENERGY EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES ACCESSIBLE THROUGH THE PENNSYLVANIA EARTH SCIENCE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION (PAESTA)
  Laura A. Guertin, Penn State Brandywine, Media, PA and Eric Aitala, Penn State University, University Park, PA
  291536 (Theme Sessions)