56 Breaking Barriers and Challenging Traditions in Geoscience Education

Sunday, 19 March 2023
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Regency Ballroom A

Presentations

• 1:30 PM
  IMPORTANCE OF PROVIDING STEM OUTREACH TO TRADITIONALLY UNDERSERVED INDIGENOUS STUDENTS
  Frank Forcino, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC and Sara Duncan, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC
  385009 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:50 PM
  AN ONLINE “CAREERS MODULE” TO RECRUIT UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS INTO THE GEOSCIENCE WORKFORCE WITH UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR LEARNING APPROACHES
  Danielle Sumy, EarthScope Consortium, Washington, DC and Heather Houlton, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO and Joyce Smith, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC and David McConnell, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
  385760 (Theme Sessions)
• 2:10 PM
  EARTH SCIENCE ASSESSMENT THROUGH DIAGRAMMING
  Steven Mittwede, Huntsville, AL
  385960 (Theme Sessions)
• 2:30 PM
  ENGAGING COMMUNITY COLLEGE GEOLOGY STUDENTS IN AND OUT OF THE CLASSROOM WITH PROBLEM SOLVING LABORATORIES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR EARLY UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH WITH MINIMAL EQUIPMENT AND BUDGET
  Daniel Childers, Delaware County Community College, Media, PA
  386112 (Theme Sessions)
• 2:50 PM
  INTRODUCING GEOSCIENCE EDUCATION TO KINDERGARTEN THROUGH SECOND GRADE STUDENTS VIA A PALEONTOLOGY ENRICHMENT COURSE
  Patricia Kelley, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC and Katherine L. Kelley, Lake Washington Institute of Technology, Kirkland, WA
  385245 (Theme Sessions)