Thursday, 9 October 2008: 8:00 AM
George R. Brown Convention Center, 342CF
348: Outdoor Classrooms for Water Resources Education
Sponsor:Topical Sessions
JTPC Reps:Elizabeth Nagy-Shadman, Pasadena City College
Michael Taber, Colorado College
Conveners/Advocates:Susan H. Conrad, Dutchess Community College
Kirsten Menking, Vassar College
John A. Conrad,
8:00 AM348-1Using the Outdoors to Teach Students from Elementary School through College about Surface and Subsurface Water
Michele M. Hluchy, Alfred University
8:20 AM348-2Hands-on Approaches to Place-Based Learning about Water Resources through the NSF-BSI GK-12 Program
Monica Z. Bruckner, Montana State University, Bozeman, Jeremy Harder, Ophir School
8:35 AM348-3Teaching Introductory Hydrology using the Hobbs Brook Reservoir Wateshed in Eastern Massachusetts as a Case Study
P. Thompson Davis, Bentley College, Anna K. Tary, Bentley College, Edward Dowling, Cambridge Water Department, Peter Varga, Cambridge Water Department
8:50 AM348-4Data-Driven Analysis of the Hydrologic Balance
John B. Ritter, Wittenberg University
9:05 AM Break
9:20 AM348-5Concepts and Tools for Outdoor Classrooms to Characterize Soil Water in the Vadose Zone: Applications of Hydrology and Hydrological Geophysics
John F. Hermance, Brown University
9:40 AM348-6Incorporating Watershed Studies into the Gustavus Environmental Studies Program
Mark Bjelland, Gustavus Adolphus College, Jeff Jeremiason, Gustavus Adolphus College, Joel Carlin, Gustavus Adolphus College, Laura Triplett, Gustavus Adolphus College, Kathryn Ladig, Gustavus Adolphus College
9:55 AM348-7Using Wetlands as a Natural Laboratory In the Middle School Classroom: An Example from the University of Tennessee National Science Foundation GK-12 Program
Jorene L. Hamilton, University of Tennessee, Ann Tillett, Carpenters Middle School
10:10 AM348-8Water EducaTion for Alabama's Black Belt (WET): Hands-on Laboratory and Field Exercises for K-12 Students and Teachers
Ming-Kuo Lee, Auburn University, Lorraine Wolf, Auburn University, Kelli Hardesty, Auburn University, Lee Beasley, Auburn University, Jena Smith, Lara Adams, Kay Stone, Dennis Block
10:25 AM Break
10:40 AM348-9Outdoor Classrooms: Development of a Cross Disciplinary, Watershed Based Approach at Binghamton University
Joseph R. Graney, Binghamton University
11:00 AM348-10Field-Based Learning “In the Center of It All”: Applied Hydrogeology at ESU's on-Campus Hydrogeology Teaching and Research Station
Marcia K. Schulmeister, Emporia State University
11:15 AM348-11The Florida River Project: Using Watershed Monitoring to Teach Introductory Earth Systems Science
Kimberly A. Hannula, Fort Lewis College, Lauren Heerschap, Fort Lewis College, Jeffrey Cary, Fort Lewis College, Ray Kenny, Fort Lewis College, Daniel Newman, Fort Lewis College

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