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Geoscience Education Division Newsletter, June-July 2011
From Your Newsletter Editor
Greetings Division members! We (meaning I) have been remiss in getting a
current newsletter out to you. Thus below is our June-July 2011 newsletter
for your enjoyment. It includes a call for nominations for the position of
GED Second Vice-Chair. Elections for this position will take place soon, so
be sure to nominate a colleague (or yourself) by July 18. See details below.
If you have items you would like included in the next newsletter, please
send them to me at mhafen@usf.edu.
Mark Hafen
University of South Florida
Call for Nominations: A Chance to Server Your GED
Seeking nominations for 2011-2012 2nd Vice Chair, Geoscience Education
Division, Geological Society of America
The Geoscience Education Division of the Geological Society of America is
seeking candidates for the position of second vice-chair to join the
executive board. The job of second vice-chair entails executive board
planning work, as well as supervising the Biggs Award and other Division
award processes. The second vice-chair moves up each succeeding year to
first vice-chair, chair, and past chair, so the position is a four-year
commitment. Attendance at the GSA Annual Meeting is strongly recommended
during all four years of service. It's a great way to get to know your
colleagues in the geoscience education community, and to learn more about
how GSA works.
If you are interested in running for this position, or if you would like to
nominate someone else, please respond to Eric Pyle at pyleej@jmu.edu by July
18th, 2011. We will request a brief bio and statement for the ballot.
Elections will be held in August, with the new member officially joining the
board at the 2011 GSA meeting.
Biographical sketch and statement:
Required information:
- Name: Last, First MI.
- Specialties: A, b, c.
- Education (ascending): Degree(s) & specialty (especially if not Geology - do not include years of degrees), Inst (abbreviate wherever meaning is clear); next degree, next Inst; etc.
- Professional Experience (chronologically ascending): Institution, position & years; next set; etc.
- Concurrent Positions (include if significant & relevant; chrono ascending
w/ order as for Prof Exp)
Professional Affiliations: GSA since yr, iff Fellow yr; other org's by acronym or by abbrev if less known, don't include years for those - GSA Service: (chrono ascending)
- Additional Service: if significant & relevant (chrono ascending)
- Honors/Awards: recent & relevant (chrono ascending); give especially if they are GSA awards
- Research Interests: brief list
- Address (short form); e-mail (these 2 items will not appear on final ballot bio)
- Statement of Interest: Candidates may provide a BRIEF (up to 100 words)
statement on why they are interested in serving in the position - since this
directly follows their biographic information, it doesn't need to restate a
candidate's experience but is an opportunity for the candidate to explain
how they would represent their group, what their own issues of special
interest are & how those fit with the group's interests, and/or what
motivates them to run for this office.
Example of a "brief bio" used for balloting:
Tonndrah, Rock E. Geomorphology; geomathematical analysis. Educ: BS
Civil Engineering, MS Geology, North Shore Univ; PhD Geology, Farther
North Univ. Prof Exp: GeoSteppe, Juneau, Staff Geologist 88-92; Cold
Clime Univ, Dept Geosciences Asst Prof 92-96, Assoc Prof 96-01, Prof
01-present, Director Frozen Debris Research Ctr 99-present. Concurrent
Pos: Glacial Rubble Inst, Res Scientist 90-92. Prof Affil: GSA since 85,
Fellow 01; AGU, IAG, NW Glac Soc. GSA Service: Hummock Award Chair
90-91; Mathematical Geology Div Chair 99-00; JTPC 00-present. Addtnl
Service: Journal of Frozen Ground, Assoc Ed 94-97; NWGS Task Force,
Chair 98-99. Honors/Awards: GSA Math Geol Div Achvt Award 02. Rsrch Int:
Patterned ground fractals, cryogenic alteration of moraine margins.
Address: Cold Clime Univ, Dept Geosciences, Norway, AK 99000; e-mail:
tonndrah@ccu.edu. Statement of Interest: (optional.)
Eric J. Pyle, Past Chair-Geoscience Education Division
James Madison University
Double Down to Support the Geoscience Education Fund
The purpose of the Geoscience Education Fund is to support geoscience
education awards, grants, scholarships, and
other activities as determined by the GED management board. The
management board plans is currently discussing
the creation of a new geoscience education research grant drawn from the
Geoscience Education Fund.
Donations can be made by going to
http://www.gsafweb.org/makeadonation.html and selecting "Geoscience
Education
Fund." GED members may also "double their dues" (normally $5) by
clicking on the above link or when renewing
membership at the end of the year. These donations will contribute to an
important and worthwhile endeavor to
promote educational research and professional development in the
geoscience.
Thank you for your support!
Paul Baldauf, Chair-Geoscience Education Division
Nova Southeastern University
Chris Atchison, Secretary/Treasurer- Geoscience Education
Division
Georgia State University
Craters of the Moon Geology Seminar
Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve is again offering a
two-day seminar on the Geology of the Park and region on July 16th and 17th.
Seminar will be held in the park and half or more of the time will be spent
in the field studying features firsthand. Class is taught by the Park
Geologist, who is also the Education Specialist for the park. One hour of
undergraduate credit or graduate credit is available to teachers through the
College of Southern Idaho, Boise State, or McCall Outdoor Science School.
Call Doug Owen (208) 527-1331 to sign up or for further questions.
Douglass E. Owen
Park Geologist and Education Specialist
Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve
P.O. Box 29, Arco, ID 83213
A Prehistoric Journey gets a new beginning
The Denver Museum of Nature and Science unveiled a new entrance to its
permanent exhibit gallery, Prehistoric Journey, in May. The exhibition
opened in 1995 as a state-of-the-art approach to teaching the history of
life on Earth in museums. Prehistoric Journey takes visitors on an
expedition from ancient Ediacaran seas to the Ice Age. With the renovated
entryway, each visitor’s journey begins even earlier — with the very early
Earth, 4.54 billion years ago.
The new entryway was designed to welcome visitors to Prehistoric Journey and
provide them with an overview of the exhibition’s content as they begin
their travel through time, featuring a large map of the exhibition. The new
entryway also features touchable specimens and a short video animation that
shares the story of Earth’s first four billion years, dramatically
illustrating that Earth was once very different from the planet we know
today. The touchable specimens are real fossils and rocks representing
important moments in Earth’s history. The specimens include a large banded
ironstone, a stromatolite, a chunk of Paleozoic seafloor covered in
brachiopods, a dinosaur footprint, and a fossil mammal skull.
The video is perhaps the most captivating component of the new entrance. In
just 90 seconds visitors witness the first four billion years of Earth as
never seen before. This animation shows key events such as the collision
that formed the moon, the late heavy bombardment, global glaciations, and
the assembly and breakup of supercontinents Nuna and Rodinia. This dramatic
video combines cutting-edge realistic animation with new unpublished data
from scientists all over the world.
We invite everyone to stop by and check out the new entryway the next time
you are in Denver. If you are interested in learning more about the
exhibition or using the new video for educational purposes, please contact
Samantha Sands at Samantha.sands@dmns.org
Samantha Richards, Educator/Coordinator for Earth Gallery Programs
Whitey Hagadorn, Tim and Kathryn Ryan Curator of Geology
Frances Kruger, Senior Exhibit Developer/Interpretive Writer
Lindsey Pierce, Coordinator of Volunteers for Earth Sciences
Tommy Kilpatrick, Senior Systems Support Specialist
17th Falls Fossil Festival
The Falls of the Ohio State Park's 17th "Falls Fossil Festival" will be held September 17 (9 a.m. - 6 p.m.) and 19 (10 a.m. - 5 p.m.). This event, sponsored by the Falls of the Ohio Foundation, will feature:
- Daily non-technical programs and workshops for hobbyists, educators and the curious on fossils, minerals, and collecting. (Keynoter this year: Dr. William Andrews – The Birth of the Ohio River.)
- Vendors selling fossils, minerals, educational material, crafts and food.
- Children's Activity Area with a variety of craft-making activities scheduled.
- Resource Tent where you can get fossils and rocks identified by members of the Indiana Society for Paleontology, the Kentucky Paleontological Society and others. Learn about other geological sites with material from many other fossil parks in North America, as well as information and free literature from the Indiana and Kentucky Geological Surveys. This year two universities will have information about degrees in geosciences.
- Fossil and mineral identification (Bring in your mystery rocks!)
- Hikes on the fossil beds, including extended hikes on the outer fossil beds
- Collecting Silurian and Devonian fossils from special rock piles donated by local quarries and mineral piles from the dumps of Cave in Rock fluorite mines
Proceeds benefit the educational programs at the Falls of the Ohio State
Park which reach more than eleven thousand K-16 students each year!
A web site with a detailed schedule for the Festival is posted on our web
site at: http://www.fallsoftheohio.org/special_events.html
For more information contact Alan Goldstein at 812-280-9970 ext. 403 or
park@fallsoftheohio.org .
Alan Goldstein, Certified Interpretive Planner
Interpretive Naturalist
Falls of the Ohio State Park
GSA Position Statement Draft
THE IMPORTANCE OF TEACHING EARTH SCIENCE
I would like to call your attention to the June Issue of GSA Today. I wanted
to draw your attention to page 46 of the PDF, in particular. I wonder if you
wouldn't mind sharing this more broadly with other GSA members that are
involved in K-12 through undergraduate teacher candidate training. (Note: to
view this on-line, go to
ftp://rock.geosociety.org/pub/GSAToday/gt1106.pdf ,
and scroll to page 46).
Page 46 is the "draft" of a heavily revised GSA position statement regarding
"The Teaching of Earth Science." It is now being released for general GSA
membership comment for the next ~4-6 weeks-online deadline is 15 July (there
is a comment link on the Society's website at
www.geosociety.org along the
left-ish side of the new format, under the heading GSA Panel Seeks Input). I
was a GSA Geology and Public Policy liaison (and thus, panelist) helping
facilitate the Panel (which was productively chaired by Aida Awad). Several
others worked diligently on crafting this position statement.
I think that the more education-minded folks that offer endorsement or
constructive criticism during the call for comment (noting that the
requirement being that a person is also GSA members since this is a Society
position statement), the better the statement will be in its final form.
Wendi J. W. Williams
University of Arkansas - Fayetteville
Wagner Receives Catalyst Award
Emeritus Professor of Geology John R. Wagner received the South Carolina
Science Council’s highest award for a science educator on November 5, 2010
at the Council’s annual convention held at the Myrtle Beach Convention
Center. The ‘Catalyst Award for Educational Excellence’ is presented each
year to a science educator who has made a significant difference in the way
science is taught in the state of South Carolina. Wagner was honored for his
work in several K-12 curriculum development projects for the earth and
environmental sciences, in particular the SC MAPS and SE MAPS programs; and
for his many years of providing exemplary professional development
opportunities for teachers through graduate courses, workshops, and field
experiences. The South Carolina Science Council is a chapter of the National
Science Teachers Association and boasts over 2,000 members from South
Carolina’s K-12 and higher-education science teaching community. Wagner is a
past-president of the National Association of Geoscience Teachers and a
member of the Geoscience Education Division of the Geological Society of
America.
The photo above shows Wagner receiving the award from South Carolina Science
Council President Donald Poland. Congratulations John!
John R. Wagner - Emeritus Professor of Geology
Clemson University
Special Calls for Abstracts for GSA Minneapolis
As you begin planning for the GSA annual meeting this fall in Minneapolis,
we ask you to consider submitting an abstract to the following topical
session:
T208. Developing Resource Policies Informed by Geoscience: Applications from
the Classroom to the Capitol
Conveners: Mike Phillips and David Szymanski. Sponsors: GSA Geology and
Society Division; GSA Geology and Public Policy Committee; National
Association of Geoscience Teachers; GSA Geophysics Division; GSA Geoscience
Education Division.
As we enter the Anthropocene, we face the depletion of many important
resources. This session will explore ways to ensure the geologic perspective
on resource use and depletion is included in coursework and in policy
making.
The increase in societal demand for water, energy, and mineral resource
coincides with a decline in the availability of many of those resources and
concern for the impact inherent in resource exploitation. Geoscientists must
be proactive and provide objective information based on the best available
data to ensure its inclusion when plans for exploration and development of
resources are made. How do these efforts begin in the classroom? How do they
extend to the political realm, where today’s decisions will have
consequences that reach far into the future? We welcome your perspectives on
developing well-informed resource policy, from either of these venues and
anywhere between.
You can submit your abstract online at
http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2011AM/cfp.epl
.
The deadline for submissions is July 26, 2011.
Please contact Mike Phillips (Mike_Phillips@ivcc.edu) or David Szymanski
(dszymanski@bentley.edu) with questions.
Mike Phillips
Illinois Valley Community College
Enjoying the view? Most of us entered the geosciences in part because of a strong personal connection to the land, with particular places special to each of us playing a key role in our personal and professional development. Learning to read, and ultimately becoming part of, the stories of the places special to us can be a powerful motivator for teaching, learning, research and service for students. If you use this approach in your academic work, please consider submitting an abstract to one of the place-based sessions at this Fall’s GSA meeting.
T158: Sense of Place, Geoparks and National Parks: Strategies for Improved
Earth Science Education, and
T159: Sense of Place, Geoparks and National Parks: Strategies for Improved
Geoscience Education (Posters)
These sessions investigate how sense of place affects our capacity to learn,
drives advances in inquiry, and augments improved earth-science literacy
with existing National Park initiatives and the development of UNESCO
Geoparks.
William Rose, Michigan Tech, Erika Vye, Michigan Tech, Mark Klawiter,
Michigan Tech.
T160: Stories of Place: Place-Based Research Projects as a Vehicle for
Geoscience Education and Service Learning
This session seeks to highlight and share those classroom techniques, field
methods, research projects, and service learning programs that use student
knowledge and interest in specific places as a mechanism for broader
geoscience education.
Sadredin Moosavi GED 2nd Vice Chair
Rochester Community Technical College, smoosavi@charter.net
GED Student Travel Grants
Students in geoscience education: are you presenting at GSA this fall? The
Geoscience Education Division will offer several travel grants up to $250 to
student members who are presenting work at the 2011 GSA Annual Meeting in
Minneapolis from October 9-12, 2011. Grants will be awarded based on merit
and financial need.
To be eligible for an award, you must be:
- A student member of GSA and the Geoscience Education Division in good standing – to join contact GSA Sales and Services at gsaservice@geosociety.org
- Presenting a poster or talk at the 2011 Annual Meeting in a geoscience
education topical or discipline session.
- Confirmation of your standing as a student member of the GED (member number).
- A copy of your accepted abstract.
- A current CV, limited to 2 pages.
- A brief itemized budget and statement of your financial needs, including all other sources of funding.
Faculty, please direct your students' attention to this opportunity!
Sadredin Moosavi GED 2nd Vice Chair
Rochester Community Technical College
NAGT Activities at Fall GSA
There will be several short courses and many topical sessions of interest to geoscience educators at the annual GSA meeting this coming fall. You can read about all of them (whether sponsored by NAGT or not) on the NAGT website:
http://www.nagt.org/nagt/programs/meetings/GSA11.html
Registration for short courses opened in mid-June, and abstract submissions have already begun. The abstract deadline is July 26.
Carol Ormand
Carleton College (SERC)
Field Trip at Fall GSA
Do you work with pre or in-service teachers or general education audiences? Do you get excited about field trips spanning billions of years of Earth history? Have you struggled to find field trip ideas or locations in the “boring” areas where most people live?
Join us for a 2-day pre-meeting field trip before attending the 2011 GSA Annual Meeting in Minneapolis.
3.5 Billion Years of Geologic History: A Teachers Guide to the Rocks of Southern Minnesota
Dates: Friday October 7 – Saturday October 8
Departing: Minneapolis Convention Center
Cost: $190
Contact: Sadredin Moosavi (smoosavi@charter.net)
Description: This field trip is designed for teachers of geology and general education audiences seeking an overview of the 3.5 billion year geology of southern Minnesota. Archean and Paleozoic rocks of the Minnesota River Valley, Proterozoic and Paleozoic rocks of the St. Croix River Valley and Quaternary geology of the region will be the focus. Strategies for using the outcrops visited for K-16 field trips will be discussed.
More, More, More for GSA Minneapolis!
Short Courses
F G 507. Preparing for the Tenure Process.
Fri., 7 Oct., 5 p.m.–8 p.m.
$20; includes a light dinner. Limit: 35. CEU: 0.3.
Cosponsors: On the Cutting Edge; GSA Geoscience Education Division.
Kristen St. John, James Madison Univ.; R. Mark Leckie, Univ. of Massachusetts–Amherst.
F G 512. Virtual Field Experiences in Geoscience Education.
Sat., 8 Oct., 8 a.m.–5 p.m.
$50; includes continental breakfast and lunch. Limit: 30. CEU: 0.9.
Richard Kissel, Paleontological Research Institution; Don Duggan-Haas, Paleontological Research Institution; Frank Granshaw, Portland Community College. Attendees will need to bring laptop computers.
F G 516. Teaching about Earth’s Climate History.
Sat., 8 Oct., 8 a.m.–5 p.m.
$50; includes continental breakfast and lunch. Limit: 35. CEU: 0.9.
Cosponsors: National Science Foundation; Wiley Blackwell Publishers; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Geoscience Education Division.
Kristen St. John, James Madison Univ.; R. Mark Leckie, Univ. of Massachusetts–Amherst; Kate Pound, St. Cloud State Univ.; Megan Jones, North Hennepin Community College; Larry Krissek, Ohio State Univ.
F G 519A. Teaching Students How to Learn.
Sat, 8 Oct., 8 a.m.–noon.
$35 for one course—or, get two-for-one!—$35 for combined courses (519C or 519D); includes lunch. Limit: 40. CEU: 0.4.
Cosponsors: GSA Geoscience Education Division; National Association of Geoscience Teachers.
Dexter Perkins, Univ. of North Dakota; Karl Wirth, Macalester College.
F G 519B. Teaching Climate Science with Active Learning Strategies.
Sat., 8 Oct., 8 a.m.–noon.
$35 for one course—or, get two-for-one!—$35 for combined courses (519C or 519D); includes lunch. Limit: 40. CEU: 0.4.
Cosponsors: GSA Geoscience Education Division; National Association of Geoscience Teachers.
Karin Kirk, Science Education Resource Center; Susan Buhr, CIRES.
F G 519C. Retooling Your Geosciences Class: Strategies to Assess Learning and Improve Student Success.
Sat., 8 Oct., 1–5 p.m.
$35 for one course—or, get two-for-one!—$35 for combined courses (519A or 519B); includes lunch. Limit: 40. CEU: 0.4.
Cosponsors: GSA Geoscience Education Division; National Association of Geoscience Teachers.
David McConnell, North Carolina State Univ.; David Steer, Univ. of Akron.
F G 519D. Teaching with Google Earth.
Sat., 8 Oct., 1–5 p.m.
$35 for one course—or, get two-for-one!—$35 for combined courses (519A or 519B); includes lunch. Limit: 40. CEU: 0.4.
Cosponsors: GSA Geoscience Education Division; National Association of Geoscience Teachers.
Peter Selkin, Univ. of Washington–Tacoma; Declan De Paor, Old Dominion Univ.
F G 528. Common Misconceptions about Plate Tectonics, Earth’s Interior, and the Rock Cycle, with Active Learning Approaches to Correct Them.
Sun., 9 Oct., 8 a.m.–12 p.m.
$20; includes continental breakfast. Limit: 40. CEU: 0.4.
Cosponsors: GSA Geoscience Education Division; National Association of Geoscience Teachers.
Scott Clark, Univ. of Wisconsin–Eau Claire; Karen Kortz, Community College of Rhode Island; Jessica Smay, San José City College.
Topic Sessions
T91. Geology in the National Forests and Grasslands: Stewardship, Education, and Research
GSA Geology and Society Division; GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; USDA Forest Service; GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division
Michael A. Crump, Christopher P. Carlson
T104. Urban and Suburban Lakes: Paleorecords of Human Impacts and Opportunities for Geoscience Education
GSA Limnogeology Division; GSA Geoscience Education Division; National Association of Geoscience Teachers
Amy Myrbo, Kate S. Pound
T138. Honoring Maynard M. Miller, Founder of the Juneau Icefield Research Program
Foundation for Glacier and Environmental Research; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division
P. Jay Fleisher, Guy Adema
T145. Geology in the National Parks: Research, Mapping, Outreach, and Resource Management
GSA Geophysics Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division
Bruce A. Heise, Tim Connors, Jason P. Kenworthy
T146. Student-Involved Research Experience in Earth-System Science: An Effective Tool for Recruitment and Retention in the Geosciences (Posters)
National Association of Geoscience Teachers; GSA Geoscience Education Division; GSA Geology and Society Division
Nazrul I. Khandaker, Stanley Schleifer
T147. What Are Undergraduates Learning in/from Our Programs? (Posters)
National Association of Geoscience Teachers
Solomon A. Isiorho
T148. Geophotography across the Spectrum
J.F. Magloughlin, Brent H. Breithaupt, Neffra A. Matthews
T149. Virtual Reality in Geoscience Education (Digital Posters)
GSA Geoscience Education Division; GSA Geoscience Education Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Geoinformatics Division; GSA Planetary Geology Division; National Association of Geoscience Teachers; Google Inc.; Oxford University Press; Minnesota Planetarium Society
Declan G. De Paor, Steven J. Whitmeyer, John E. Bailey
T150. Teaching about Hazards in the Geoscience Classroom
National Association of Geoscience Teachers
John R. McDaris
T151. Engaging Early-Career Geoscientists and Geoscience Students in Outreach Activities
National Association of Geoscience Teachers; YES Network; American Geological Institute
Mary Seid, Tiffany A. Rivera
T152. The Growing Role of Adjunct Faculty in the Earth Sciences
GSA Geoscience Education Division; National Earth Science Teachers Association; National Association of Geoscience Teachers
Sue Ann Finstick, Gwyneth Jones
T153. Effective Practices for Broader Impacts in K-12: How to Share Your Research and Make Meaningful Contributions
National Association of Geoscience Teachers
Nicole LaDue, Heather Pacheco
T154. Implementation and Assessment of Interactive Strategies in Earth and Space Science Courses
Leilani Arthurs, Sarah Bean Sherman
T155. Broadening Participation in the Geosciences (Posters)
National Center for Earth-Surface Dynamics
Diana Dalbotten, Antony R. Berthelote, Amy Myrbo
T156. Engaging Minority Undergraduate Students in the Geosciences
Lisa Majkowski, Michael J. Pullin
T157. Innovative Hands-on Geoscience Lab and Class Activities for use in Undergraduate Teaching
National Association of Geoscience Teachers; National Center for Earth-Surface Dynamics
Kate S. Pound, Cathryn Manduca, Lee Schmitt
T158. Sense of Place, Geoparks and National Parks: Strategies for Improved Earth Science Education
GSA Geoscience Education Division; National Association of Geoscience Teachers
William I. Rose, Erika C. Vye, Mark F. Klawiter
T159. Sense of Place, Geoparks, and National Parks: Strategies for Improved Earth Science Education (Posters)
GSA Geoscience Education Division; National Association of Geoscience Teachers
William I. Rose, Erika C. Vye, Mark F. Klawiter
T160. Stories of Place: Place-Based Research Projects as a Vehicle for Geoscience Education and Service Learning
GSA Geoscience Education Division; National Association of Geoscience Teachers; Council on Undergraduate Research
Sadredin C. Moosavi
T161. The Transition from Student to Investigator: Promising Classroom Strategies and Best Educational Practices
Council on Undergraduate Research; National Association of Geoscience Teachers
Jeffrey Ryan, Elizabeth A. Heise
T162. Increasing Accessible Opportunities in the Geosciences for Students with Disabilities: Current Research and Best Practices
GSA Geoscience Education Division; National Earth Science Teachers Association; National Association of Geoscience Teachers; GSA Diversity in the Geosciences Committee; International Advisory for Geoscience Diversity
Christopher Atchison, Sharon Locke
T163. International Field Trips: Introducing Students to the Rocks of the World (Posters)
Richard Diecchio, Stanley Williams, David G. Bailey
T164. Challenges and Successes in Involving Undergraduates in Research on Climate Change and Energy Resources
Council on Undergraduate Research; GSA Geology and Society Division; GSA Geoscience Education Division; National Association of Geoscience Teachers
Anne E. Egger, Christopher S. Kim
T165. Geoscience for All: Strategies for Effectively Teaching a Broad Student Population: Lessons Learned from Two-Year Colleges and Other Open-Door and Diverse Institutions
GSA Geoscience Education Division; National Association of Geoscience Teachers
Eric M.D. Baer, Joy M. Branlund, Robert H. Blodgett
T166. Geoscientists Without Borders®: A Model for the Development Programs That Apply Geoscience to Humanitarian Needs
GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division; YES Network; American Geological Institute; Society of Economic Geologists; Society of Exploration Geophysicists Foundation
Leila M. Gonzales, Sophie J. Hancock, William Barkhouse
T167. Time, Events, and Places: Understanding Temporal and Spatial Learning in Geoscience Education
National Association of Geoscience Teachers; Spatial Intelligence and Learning Center
Thomas Shipley, Steven Semken, Carol J. Ormand
T168. Overcoming Threats to Earth and Space Science Instruction at K-12 Levels
National Association of Geoscience Teachers; National Earth Science Teachers Association; American Geological Institute
Jacqueline E. Huntoon, Carol A. Engelmann
T169. Geo-Workforce Preparation for 21st-Century Challenges
GSA Geoscience Education Division; GSA Geophysics Division; National Association of Geoscience Teachers
Marilyn J. Suiter, Lina C. Patino, David J. Matty
T170. Using GIS and Remote Sensing to Teach Geoscience in the 21st Century
GSA Geoscience Education Division; On the Cutting Edge
Barbara Tewksbury, Brian M. Hynek
T171. Developing the Global Geoscientist through International Geoscience Networks and Research Projects
GSA Geoscience Education Division; YES Network; American Geological Institute; Society of Exploration Geophysicists Foundation; GSA Geophysics Division
Leila M. Gonzales, Sophie J. Hancock
T172. Geocognition Research in Classroom, Laboratory, and Informal Environments
GSA Geoscience Education Division; National Association of Geoscience Teachers
Sheldon P. Turner
T173. Geocognition Research in Field-Based Environments
GSA Geoscience Education Division; National Association of Geoscience Teachers
Eric M. Riggs
T174. Identifying and Addressing K-16 Student Misconceptions in the Earth-Science Classroom
National Association of Geoscience Teachers
Laura A. Guertin, Tanya Furman, Jason Petula, Scott McDonald
T175. Innovative Approaches to Enhancing the Earth Science Competence and Confidence of Elementary Teachers
National Center for Earth-Surface Dynamics; National Center for STEM Elementary Education
Karen M. Campbell
T176. Innovative Methods for Broadening Participation in the Geosciences through In-Service Teacher Professional Development
GSA Geoscience Education Division; American Geological Institute; National Association of Geoscience Teachers; National Earth Science Teachers Association
Carol Engelmann, William I. Rose, Jacqueline E. Huntoon, Mark F. Klawiter, Erika Vye, Stephen R. Mattox, Ann E. Benbow
T177. Place-Based Education, Traditional Knowledge, and Research on Tribal Lands: Special Considerations for Collaborating with Native Communities on Geoscience Research (Posters)
National Association of Geoscience Teachers; National Center for Earth-Surface Dynamics; LacCore/Limnological Research Center; University of Minnesota
Holly Pellerin, Amy Myrbo, Lowana Greensky, Diana Dalbotten, Emi Ito
T178. Reaching the Next Generation: Tales of Successful Strategies and Frustrating Challenges from Teaching Earth-Science Courses For Pre-Service Elementary Teachers
GSA Geoscience Education Division; National Association of Geoscience Teachers
Kyle Gray, Ann Bykerk-Kauffman
T179. Results from Undergraduate Research in the Geosciences (Posters)
National Center for Earth-Surface Dynamics
Diana Dalbotten, Karen M. Campbell
T180. Solitary Geoscience Faculty: Collaborating Outside Our Programs
National Association of Geoscience Teachers; GSA Geoscience Education Division
Kyle C. Fredrick, Abigail M.S. Domagall, Janis D. Treworgy
T181. Teaching and Learning in the Field: Helping Students to “Read the Record” and “Tell the Story of Earth”
GSA Geoscience Education Division; National Association of Geoscience Teachers; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division
David W. Mogk, J.W. Geissman, Christopher Bailey, Miriam Barquero-Molina
T182. Teaching Geoscience Online
GSA Geoscience Education Division; National Association of Geoscience Teachers
Karin B. Kirk, William H. Hirt
T183. Teaching Students to Learn
National Association of Geoscience Teachers; GSA Geoscience Education Division
Dexter Perkins, Karl Wirth
T184. The 21st Century Geoscience Classroom: Creating Learner-Centered Environments for Undergraduates (Digital Posters)
National Association of Geoscience Teachers
Candace L. Kairies Beatty, William Lee Beatty, Jennifer L. Piatek
T185. Truth in Advertising: Do Students Gain Conceptual Awareness of Science in General Education Curricula?
National Association of Geoscience Teachers; GSA Geoscience Education Division
Edward Nuhfer, Julie Libarkin
T186. Registration and Discovery of Geoscience Information Resources: Metadata, Search, and Catalogs
GSA Geoinformatics Division; Geoscience Information Society
Stephen M. Richard, Rusty Kimball
T205. Combat Geology: Safeguarding Geologists in the Field
U.S. Geological Survey; Association of American State Geologists
M. Lee Allison, Kathleen M. Johnson
T206. STEMming the Tide: How Can We Promote Science Literacy?
GSA Geology and Society Division; American Geological Institute; American Geophysical Union; Geology and Public Policy Committee; GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division; GSA Geoscience Education Division; American Association of State Geologists; National Association of Geoscience Teachers
J.E. Fryxell, David W. Szymanski, James F. Davis
T208. Developing Resource Policies Informed by Geoscience: Applications from the Classroom to the Capitol
GSA Geology and Society Division; GSA Geology and Public Policy Committee; National Association of Geoscience Teachers; GSA Geophysics Division; GSA Geoscience Education Division
Michael A. Phillips, David W. Szymanski
T211. 30+ Years of Teaching about Planetary Geology: Past Lessons Learned and Future Possibilities
GSA Planetary Geology Division; GSA Geoscience Education Division
Jayne C. Aubele, Eric J. Pyle
To submit an abstract to any of these sessions, visit http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2011AM/cfp.epl .
Your 2010-2011 GED Officers and Key Contacts
| Chair: | Paul E. Baldauf, Nova Southeastern University, pb501@nova.edu |
| First Vice-Chair: | Steven H. Schimmrich, SUNY Ulster County Comm. College schimmrs@sunyulster.edu |
| Second Vice-Chair: | Sadredin (Dean) C. Moosavi, smoosavi@charter.net |
| Sec.-Treasurer: | Christopher L. Atchison, Ohio State University, atchison.6@osu.edu |
| Past Chair: | Eric J. Pyle, James Madison University, pyleej@jmu.edu |
| Newsletter | Editor: Mark R. Hafen, University of South Florida, mhafen@usf.edu |
| Webmaster: | Hugh Rance, Queensborough Community College/CUNY, hughrance@rcn.com |
| GSA Council Liaison: | Lisa D. White, San Francisco State University, lwhite@sfsu.edu |
| Edu. Committee Rep: | Jacque Hams, hamsje@lavc.edu |
| GED Web Site: | http://gsaged.org/ |
| GED on Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=386803165827 |