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Activity

2025

• LEVERAGING PARTNERSHIPS TO IMPROVE TEACHER SELF-EFFICACY IN TEACHING CLIMATE SCIENCE.
  4 Innovations and Advancements in Geoscience Classrooms
  Thursday, 20 March 2025

  8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

  Appalachian B

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2024

• THE CENTER FOR CLIMATE CHANGE EDUCATION AT THE PALEONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTION
  T233 Whither Geoscience?
  Wednesday, 25 September 2024

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  208A

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2023

• LESSONS LEARNED FROM THREE YEARS OF SCIENCE IN THE VIRTUAL PUB
  T257 Outside the Classroom, Beyond Fieldwork: Innovative Approaches to Informal Geoscience Education in Non-Traditional Settings
  Wednesday, 18 October 2023

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  328

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2022

• WHEN WE CHANGE HOW WE GET ENERGY, WE CHANGE HISTORY
  T221 Intersections of Sustainability and Geosciences
  Wednesday, 12 October 2022

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Mile High Ballroom 4D
• EARTH@HOME REGIONAL GUIDES TO THE EARTH SCIENCE OF THE UNITED STATES
  T270 Giving Voice to Geosciences beyond the Science World (Posters)
  Wednesday, 12 October 2022

  2:00 PM - 6:00 PM

  Exhibit Hall F

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2021

• VIRTUAL FIELD EXPERIENCES FOSTER INTERDISCIPLINARY EXPLORATION OF FOSSIL-RICH EXPOSURES OF THE ASTORIA FORMATION (MIOCENE) OUTCROPS ALONG THE NORTHWEST OREGON COAST
  T191 Advances in Virtual Paleontology: Applications, Digitization, and Dissemination (Posters)
  Tuesday, 12 October 2021

  2:30 PM - 6:30 PM

  Exhibit Hall A
• FROM DEATH AND DECAY TO DATABASE AND DISPLAY: A REMOTE LEARNING EXPLORATION OF TAPHONOMIC PROCESSES IN THE ASTORIA FORMATION, OREGON
  T191 Advances in Virtual Paleontology: Applications, Digitization, and Dissemination (Posters)
  Tuesday, 12 October 2021

  2:30 PM - 6:30 PM

  Exhibit Hall A
• DARING TO DIG: WOMEN IN AMERICAN PALEONTOLOGY
  T175 In Memory of Joanne Kluessendorf: The Winifred Goldring Award and the Promise of Women in Paleontology II
  Tuesday, 12 October 2021

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  E141/E142 (Hybrid Room)
• EARTH@HOME: A NEW OPEN ACCESS WEBSITE TO HELP GEOSCIENCE EDUCATORS AND THEIR STUDENTS LEARN ABOUT THE EARTH WHERE THEY LIVE
  T115 Hands-On Teaching Demonstrations that Combine Geoscience and Societal Issues: Audience Participation Requested!
  Monday, 11 October 2021

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  B112
• KITCHEN CLIMATE SCIENCE
  T115 Hands-On Teaching Demonstrations that Combine Geoscience and Societal Issues: Audience Participation Requested!
  Monday, 11 October 2021

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  B112
• SCIENCE IN THE VIRTUAL (AND ACTUAL) PUB
  T49 The Lasting Effects of the 2020–2021 COVID-19 Crisis on Geoscience Education: Insights, Problems, and Unanticipated Benefits II
  Sunday, 10 October 2021

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  B113/B114 (Hybrid Room)

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2020

• DIGITAL SOLUTIONS TO PROVIDING INTERPRETIVE VISITS TO SITES OF GEOLOGICAL INTEREST
  130 D8. Distance Learning and Computer-based Educational Techniques in the Geosciences
  Wednesday, 28 October 2020

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  Meeting Rooms
• ADAPTING K-12 CLIMATE CHANGE LAB ACTIVITIES TO ONLINE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS
  130 D8. Distance Learning and Computer-based Educational Techniques in the Geosciences
  Wednesday, 28 October 2020

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  Meeting Rooms

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2019

• THE USE OF VIRTUAL FIELD EXPERIENCES IN THE PURISIMA FORMATION OF COASTAL CALIFORNIA FOR SCIENTIFIC STUDY, PUBLIC OUTREACH, AND K-12 EDUCATION
  T301 The Evolution and Diversity of Virtual Fieldwork Experiences
  Wednesday, 25 September 2019

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  Room 106BC, West Building
• CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING: EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A CLIMATE SCIENCE EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION PROGRAM IN A HIGHER EDUCATION CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT
  T254 Extreme Impacts of Global Climate Change: Effective Communication for Geoscientists, Educators, Policy Makers, and the Press
  Wednesday, 25 September 2019

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Room 101AB, West Building

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2018

• THOUGHTS ON WHY THE EARTH SCIENCE LITERACY PRINCIPLES HAVE NOT CONSPICUOUSLY CHANGED (AND PROBABLY WILL NOT CONSPICUOUSLY CHANGE) EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES: NEW USER-MANUALS DO NOT YIELD NEW SYSTEMS
  T211 Barriers, Misconceptions, and Progress in Improving Climate Literacy and Strategies for Communicating about Climate Change
  Tuesday, 6 November 2018

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  Room 234

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2017

• DIGITIZATION OF MILLIONS OF MARINE INVERTEBRATE FOSSILS THROUGH THE EASTERN PACIFIC INVERTEBRATE COMMUNITIES OF THE CENOZOIC (EPICC) THEMATIC COLLECTIONS NETWORK (TCN)
  T310 Natural History Museums in the 21st Century—Programming for the Future While Preserving the Past I
  Wednesday, 25 October 2017

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Room 3A
• DON’T JUST THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX, BREAK IT: CAN 3D SCIENCE DRIVE INNOVATIONS THAT GENUINELY AND SUBSTANTIALLY IMPROVE EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES?
  T235 Getting It Done: Experiences of Implementing the Framework and NGSS in Earth and Space Science
  Tuesday, 24 October 2017

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  Room 2B
• CRITICAL ZONE SCIENCE IS TO SCIENCE AS THE NEXT GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS ARE TO SCIENCE EDUCATION
  T138 Practical Advice for In-Service and Pre-Service K–12 Earth Science Teacher Preparation and Professional Development
  Monday, 23 October 2017

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  Room 3A
• NAGT ADVOCACY: GROWING AN ORGANIZATION'S OUTREACH PROGRAM
  T103 Barriers, Misconceptions, and Progress in Improving Climate Literacy and Strategies for Communicating about Climate Change
  Monday, 23 October 2017

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Room 3A
• TEACHING TECHNIQUES IN CLIMATE SCIENCE TELEVISION PROGRAMMING: EVALUATING THE QUALITY OF LEARNING OUTCOMES IN "EDUTAINMENT"
  T103 Barriers, Misconceptions, and Progress in Improving Climate Literacy and Strategies for Communicating about Climate Change
  Monday, 23 October 2017

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Room 3A
• TEACHING CLIMATE CHANGE, ENERGY, AND CRITICAL ZONE SCIENCE: DEVELOPING OPTIMALLY DISTINCT APPROACHES TO SCIENCE EDUCATION REFORM
  2 New Strategies and Best Practices for Teaching Climate and Energy
  Sunday, 19 March 2017

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Frick, Conference Level

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2016

• FIRE AND BRIMSTONE AND FORT MCMURRAY: CONSIDERING THE IMPLICATIONS OF APOCALYPTIC RHETORIC IN CLIMATE COMMUNICATION
  T285 Bringing the Horse to Water and Getting It to Drink: Obstacles and Innovative Ways of Getting the Religious Public to Consider Scientific Evidence
  Wednesday, 28 September 2016

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Room 503
• WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME? THE NGSS, PRIOR EDUCATIONAL REFORM INITIATIVES, AND THOUGHTS ON AVERTING ANOTHER FAILED REFORM EFFORT
  T40 Planning to Make a Difference through the Next Generation Science Standards II
  Sunday, 25 September 2016

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  Mile High Ballroom 4EF
• THE SHALE HILLS CRITICAL ZONE OBSERVATORY VIRTUAL FIELDWORK EXPERIENCE: USING VIRTUAL FIELDWORK TO CATALYZE ACTUAL FIELDWORK IN K16 CLASSES
  T67 Digital Poster Session: Training Preservice Teachers to Apply Digital Technology across the Geoscience Curriculum (Posters)
  Sunday, 25 September 2016

  9:00 AM - 5:30 PM

  Exhibit Hall E/F
• OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND CURRICULUM SUPPORT FROM THE CRITICAL ZONE OBSERVATORY NETWORK
  11 Connecting K–12 and Higher Education: What Teachers Need, What Faculty Can Offer (Posters)
  Monday, 21 March 2016

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Convention Hall

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2015

• THE OBSTACLES ARE LARGELY THE SAME: ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND SCHOOL REFORM
  T332 Clear As Mud? Advancing Communication in the Geosciences
  Wednesday, 4 November 2015

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  Room 343
• CRITICAL ZONE OBSERVATORIES, VIRTUAL FIELDWORK EXPERIENCES, THE NEXT GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS, AND TEACHING IN AND ABOUT COMPLEX SYSTEMS
  T242 Research on Teaching and Student Learning in the K–12 Earth Science Classroom
  Tuesday, 3 November 2015

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  Room 324

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2014

• HYDROFRACKING, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND, EVOLUTION OUTREACH YIELD RULES OF THUMB FOR TEACHING ABOUT CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES
  T247 Climate Literacy: Formal and Informal Education and Outreach Efforts to Increase Awareness and Enable Responsible Decisions
  Tuesday, 21 October 2014

  1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

  217/218
• WHETHER THE EXPLORATION IS VIRTUAL OR ACTUAL, YOUR LOCAL ENVIRONMENT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PLACE TO EXPLORE!
  T93 A Grand Tour of the World’s Most Important Geological Sites on Google Earth
  Monday, 20 October 2014

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  217/218
• TOOLS FOR MAKING VIRTUAL FIELDWORK EXPERIENCES: RESOURCES FROM THE REAL EARTH INQUIRY PROJECT
  T71 Place-Based Approaches to Geoscience Education II
  Sunday, 19 October 2014

  1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

  219
• THE ADVANTAGES OF VIRTUAL FIELD EXPERIENCE IN THE K-12 CLASSROOM: THE FALLS OF THE BIG SIOUX RIVER
  T71 Place-Based Approaches to Geoscience Education II
  Sunday, 19 October 2014

  1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

  219

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2013

• LESSONS LEARNED FROM FIVE YEARS OF VIRTUAL FIELDWORK-CENTERED EDUCATOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
  T285 Innovative Geoscience Teacher Professional Development: Design, Implementation, Evaluation
  Tuesday, 29 October 2013

  1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

  Room 403
• WHAT DO YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND TO TEACH ABOUT HYDROFRACKING?
  T112 Training, Assessment, and Outreach That Enhance Communication of Geosciences for Formal and Informal Audiences
  Monday, 28 October 2013

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Room 405
• ENHANCING DIVERSITY IN THE GEOSCIENCES THROUGH FOSTERING IMPROVED EARTH SCIENCE EDUCATION IN URBAN CHARTER SCHOOLS: PLANNING A KIPP SCHOOL-UNIVERSITY-MUSEUM PARTNERSHIP
  T147 Geoscience Across Cultures and Communities: Benefits and Challenges of Diversity (Posters)
  Monday, 28 October 2013

  9:00 AM - 6:30 PM

  Hall D
• FROM VIRTUAL FIELD TRIPS TO GEOLOGIC MAP INTERPRETATION: USING GOOGLE EARTH TO TEACH GEOLOGIC THINKING AND VISUALIZATION
  T143 Digital Geology Express (Digital Posters)
  Monday, 28 October 2013

  9:00 AM - 6:30 PM

  Hall D
• THE POTENTIAL TO DEVELOP AND SHARE DEEP UNDERSTANDINGS OF PLACE THROUGH VIRTUAL FIELDWORK AND BROADCASTING FROM THE FIELD
  T17 The New K–12 Next Generation Science Standards I
  Sunday, 27 October 2013

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Room 403

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2012

• THE REAL EARTH INQUIRY PROJECT: INTRODUCING INQUIRY-DRIVEN FIELD EXPLORATION TO STUDENTS ACROSS THE NATION
  T217 Teaching Teachers: Examples of Successful Geoscience Content Courses and Workshops for Pre-Service and in-Service Teachers
  Wednesday, 7 November 2012

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  210AB
• HYDRAULIC FRACTURING AND THE MARCELLUS SHALE: A CASE STUDY FOR EMERGENT ENERGY ISSUES AND FOR TEACHING CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES
  T10 Teaching Controversy in the K–16 Earth Science Classroom
  Sunday, 4 November 2012

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  210AB

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2011

• BUILDING A VIRTUAL FIELDWORK DATABASE
  T115 Virtual Reality in Geoscience Education I (Digital Posters)
  Monday, 10 October 2011

  9:00 AM - 6:00 PM

  Hall C
• USING THE DEVELOPMENT OF VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS AS MOTIVATION TO STUDY ACTUAL ENVIRONMENTS
  1 Geoscience Education I: Field and Place Based Approaches to Geoscience Education
  Sunday, 9 October 2011

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Room 208AB
• PEBBLES TO PIXELS: VIRTUAL FIELD EXPERIENCES AND THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT BUILDS THEM
  T66 Sense of Place, Geoparks and National Parks: Strategies for Improved Earth Science Education
  Sunday, 9 October 2011

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  Room 211AB
• BIGGER EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE IDEAS AND THE NEXT GENERATION OF SCIENCE STANDARDS
  57 Issues in Geoscience Education
  Tuesday, 22 March 2011

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Monongahela
• VIRTUAL FIELDWORK DEVELOPMENT IS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
  67 Virtual Field-Trips for K–16 Geoscience Education
  Tuesday, 22 March 2011

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  Monongahela
• FALLS & FOSSILS: A MODEL VIRTUAL FIELD EXPERIENCE FOCUSING ON TAUGHANNOCK FALLS STATE PARK, NY
  67 Virtual Field-Trips for K–16 Geoscience Education
  Tuesday, 22 March 2011

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  Monongahela
• ON THE NEED FOR NEW WAYS TO NURTURE UNDERSTANDING
  4 Extending Geological Education beyond the Academy
  Sunday, 20 March 2011

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Monongahela
• NATURAL DECISIONS: BLENDING ENVIRONMENTAL AND EARTH SYSTEMS APPROACHES TO PUBLIC EDUCATION
  4 Extending Geological Education beyond the Academy
  Sunday, 20 March 2011

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Monongahela

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2010

• BRINGING THE OUTSIDE IN: AN EFFECTIVE MODEL FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES
  224 Geoscience Education III: Professional Development and Resources
  Wednesday, 3 November 2010

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Room 201

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2009

• FOREST FOR THE TREES: EARTH SYSTEMS SCIENCE LITERACY INITIATIVES AND THE NEED FOR A SMALLER INTEGRATED SET OF PRINCIPLES
  T278 Promoting Literacy about Earth System Science Concepts
  Wednesday, 21 October 2009

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  C123
• VIRTUAL FIELDWORK AND TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
  T192 From Virtual Globes to Geoblogs: Digital Innovations in Geoscience Research, Education, and Outreach (Posters)
  Tuesday, 20 October 2009

  9:00 AM - 6:00 PM

  Hall A
• VIRTUAL FIELDWORK EXPERIENCES: BRINGING INQUIRY-BASED EXPLORATION OF EARTH SYSTEMS INTO THE CLASSROOM
  T144 From Virtual Globes to Geoblogs: Digital Innovations in Geoscience Research, Education, and Outreach
  Monday, 19 October 2009

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  B117/118/119

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2007

• FIELDWORK, REAL & VIRTUAL, AS A DRIVER OF INQUIRY IN EDUCATION: WHY DOES THIS PLACE LOOK THE WAY IT DOES?
  T232 Innovative, Inquiry-Based Approaches that Bring the Field into the Classroom: Moving from Virtual Tour to Virtual Fieldwork
  Wednesday, 31 October 2007

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
• FIDELITY OF VIRTUAL FIELDWORK: COMPARING REAL AND VIRTUAL FIELDWORK EXPERIENCES
  T232 Innovative, Inquiry-Based Approaches that Bring the Field into the Classroom: Moving from Virtual Tour to Virtual Fieldwork
  Wednesday, 31 October 2007

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM