Session: General Resident Education: I

Tuesday, November 3, 2009: 12:55 PM-4:00 PM

Convention Center, Room 337-338, Third Floor

Presiding:

Clay Robinson

12:55 PM

1:00 PM

Willie and the Beanstalk Contest: A Tool for Undergraduate Recruitment and K-12 Education.
Nathan O. Nelson, Kansas State Univ.; Stephen J. Thien, Kansas State Univ.

1:15 PM

Crossword Puzzles as Teaching Tools in Introductory Soil Science.
Kenneth Barbarick, Colorado State Univ.

1:30 PM

Teaching the Concept of Germplasm Resources: A Football Analogy.
David Weaver, Auburn Univ.

1:45 PM

Adventure Learning: Teaching Food and Agriculture From a Bicycle in Africa.
Margaret Mangan, Univ. of Minnesota; Paul Porter, Univ. of Minnesota

2:00 PM

Faculty Versus Tour Company Organized International Short Courses in Agriculture: Lessons Learned in Planning and Executing Positive Educational Student Trips.
Jamie Patton, Northwest Missouri State Univ.; Rod Barr, Northwest Missouri State Univ.; Lurinda Turner, Northwest Missouri State Univ.

2:15 PM

Podcast Utilization by Turf Science Students.
Cale Bigelow, Purdue Univ.; E. A. Guertal, Auburn Univ.; Gregg Munshaw, Mississippi State Univ.

2:30 PM

Break

2:45 PM

Enhancing Students' Learning Experience with Ifarm (Interactive Fundamental Agricultural Resource Materials).
Lori Unruh Snyder, Purdue Univ.; Pil Won-on, Purdue University; Samantha Ambrose, Purdue University Agronomy Club

3:00 PM

Integrating Spatial Educational Experiences (Isee) Into Crop, Soil, and Environmental Science Curricula.
Darrell G. Schulze, Purdue Univ.; Stephanie Mitzman, Purdue Univ.; Phillip R. Owens, Purdue Univ.; Lori Unruh Snyder, Purdue Univ.; George E. Van Scoyoc, Purdue Univ.; John G. Graveel, Purdue Univ.; Gary C. Steinhardt, Purdue Univ.; Christopher C. Miller, Purdue Univ.; Marianne Stowell Bracke, Purdue Univ.; Ronald J. Glotzbach, Purdue Univ.; Bedrich Benes, Purdue Univ.

3:15 PM

Assessing the Effectiveness of Mobile GIS On Students' Ability to Identify Landforms and Predict Soil Properties in the Field.
Stephanie Mitzman, Purdue Univ.; Darrell G. Schulze, Purdue Univ.; Phillip R. Owens, Purdue Univ.; Lori Unruh Snyder, Purdue Univ.

3:30 PM

Joys and Constraints of Teaching Large Soil and Water Science Classes.
Mary Collins, Univ. of Florida; James Bonczek, Univ. of Florida

3:45 PM

Mentoring 21st Century Scientists in Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences: A National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) Site at Alabama A&M University.
Elica M. Moss, Alabama A&M Univ.; Yong Wang, Alabama A&M Univ.; Robert Taylor, Alabama A&M Univ.

4:00 PM

Adjourn

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