191 The Human Connection with Planet Earth: What is it and Why is it Important?

Oral Session
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Monday, 6 October 2008: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
George R. Brown Convention Center, 342CF

Presiding:
Suzanne M. Smaglik and Edward Nuhfer
8:00 AM
8:35 AM
Leveraging Sense of Place in Geoscience Teaching and Assessment
Steven Semken, Arizona State University; Deborah Williams, Arizona State University; Tracy Perkins, Arizona State University; Monica Pineda, Arizona State University; Vicki Mills, Arizona State University; Carol Butler Freeman, Arizona State University
9:25 AM
Why Study Geology?
Eldridge M. Moores, Univ of California
9:45 AM
Break
10:15 AM
Earthscape Edinboro: An Earth Systems Based Educational Model to Connect Locals with Their Locale
Joseph F. Reese, Edinboro Univ of Pennsylvania; Eric C. Straffin
10:30 AM
10:45 AM
11:15 AM
Self-Discovered Human Connections with Planet Earth: Learning from the GEP's Earth Wall Chart
James H. Wandersee, Louisiana State University; Renee M. Clary, Mississippi State University
11:30 AM
Discussion
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