Session: Geoscience Education I: Learning Geoscience in the Outdoor Classroom (2008 Joint Annual Meeting (5-9 Oct. 2008))

Oral Session

General Discipline Sessions

Tuesday, 7 October 2008: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

George R. Brown Convention Center, 330B

Presiding:

Elizabeth Nagy-Shadman , Joseph T. Hannibal and Bruce F. Rueger

1:30 PM

Cultural Geology: Connecting the Geological Sciences with Human Activities and Enlarging the Audience for Our Discipline
Joseph T. Hannibal, Cleveland Museum of Natural History

1:45 PM

258-2

International Geosciences Research Projects Benefit US Graduate Education
An Yin, University of California; Mark Harrison, University of California; Craig E. Manning, University of California

2:00 PM

258-3

Developing a Framework for Earth Science Literacy I: Engaging the Community
Nicole D. LaDue, National Science Foundation; Peter Tuddenham, College of Exploration; Michael Wysession, Washington University; Gary Lewis, Geological Society of America; Kristina Bishop, College of Exploration; William Bragg, College of Exploration; Scott Carley, College of Exploration; Jill Karsten, National Science Foundation; Lina Patino, National Science Foundation

2:15 PM

258-4

Developing a Framework for Earth Science Literacy II: Big Ideas and Supporting Concepts
Michael E. Wysession, Washington University; John Taber, IRIS Consortium; David Budd, University of Colorado at Boulder; Karen Campbell, National Ctr for Earth-surface Dynamics; Martha Conklin, University of California, Merced; David Kirschtel, Consortium for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science; Robert Raynolds, Denver Museum of Nature & Science; Robert Ridky, United States Geol Survey; Robert Ross, The Paleontological Research Institution; Barbara Tewksbury, Hamilton College

2:30 PM

258-5

Dinosaurs and Their Relatives: A Way of Teaching Paleontology to Non-Science Major Undergraduates
Charles Marshall, Harvard Univ

2:45 PM

258-6

Does Completion of a University Earth Science Course Affect the Spatial Ability of Preservice Elementary/middle Teachers? a Preliminary Study
Alice Black, Missouri State University

3:00 PM

258-7

Sedimentology and Stratigraphy Fieldtrips in the Urban Jungle of Youngstown, Ohio
Shane V. Smith, Youngstown State University

3:15 PM

258-8

A Volunteer K-12 Environmental Education Program: A Model for Early Geological Education
Mary Anne Connors, University of South Alabama

3:30 PM

Break

3:45 PM

258-9

Geologic Field Trips in and around Highly Developed Areas in Los Angeles, California
Elizabeth Nagy-Shadman, Pasadena City College; David N. Douglass, Pasadena City College; Martha A. House, Pasadena City College; Yuet-Ling O'Connor; Bryan C. Wilbur, Pasadena City College

4:00 PM

258-10

Field Trips in Urban Settings: Essential Experiences for Modern Geologists
Tim Lutz, West Chester University

4:15 PM

258-11

Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Watershed Study: An Outdoor Classroom in the Pine Ridge Region of Northwestern Nebraska, USA
Jennifer L. Balmat, Chadron State College; Michael B. Leite, Chadron State College

4:30 PM

258-12

Paleontology in Museums: Using Interactive "Discovery Labs" to Engage the Public in the Science of Paleontology
Samantha L. Sands, Paleontological Research Institution; Robert M. Ross, Paleontological Research Institution; S. Elizabeth Humbert, Paleontological Rsch Institution; Sarah C. Chicone, Paleontological Research Institution

4:45 PM

258-13

Geophysical Field Work for Educators
Alison Henning, Rice Univ; Dale Sawyer, Rice Univ

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