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348 T172. Outdoor Classrooms for Water Resources Education
(Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Thursday, 9 October 2008: 8:00 AM
George R. Brown Convention Center, 342CF
Presiding:
Susan H. Conrad , Kirsten Menking and John A. Conrad
8:00 AM
348-1
Using the Outdoors to Teach Students from Elementary School through College about Surface and Subsurface Water
Michele M. Hluchy, Alfred University
8:20 AM
348-2
Hands-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 AM
348-3
Teaching 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 AM
348-4
Data-Driven Analysis of the Hydrologic Balance
John B. Ritter, Wittenberg University
9:05 AM
Break
9:20 AM
348-5
Concepts 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 AM
348-6
Incorporating 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 AM
348-7
Using 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 AM
348-8
Water 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 AM
348-9
Outdoor Classrooms: Development of a Cross Disciplinary, Watershed Based Approach at Binghamton University
Joseph R. Graney, Binghamton University
11:00 AM
348-10
Field-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 AM
348-11
The 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
11:30 AM
348-12
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