ED34C:
Teaching and Career Challenges in Geoscience Pop-Ups

Session ID#: 2518

Wednesday, 17 December 2014: 3:00 PM-5:00 PM
Pacific H (Marriott Marquis)
Chairs:  John Leeman, Leeman Geophysical, Siloam Springs, United States and Gabrielle Tepp, University of Rochester, Rochester, United States
Primary Convener:  John Leeman, Leeman Geophysical, Siloam Springs, United States
Co-conveners:  Hannah S Rabinowitz, Columbia University in the City of New York, New York, NY, United States, Gabrielle Tepp, University of Rochester, Rochester, United States and Kasey Aderhold, Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology, Seattle, WA, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Gabrielle Tepp, University of Rochester, Rochester, United States
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • DI - Study of the Earth's Deep Interior
  • PA - Public Affairs
Index Terms:

0815 Informal education [EDUCATION]
0820 Curriculum and laboratory design [EDUCATION]
0825 Teaching methods [EDUCATION]
0845 Instructional tools [EDUCATION]
Virtual Option?: No

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Introductory Remarks
ED34C-18
From Environmental History to Environmental Engineering: Learning the Tools of the New Trade (24016)
Diana R Gergel, University of Washington Seattle Campus, Seattle, WA, United States
ED34C-02
Melting the Divide (25825)
Sebastian M Gibson, University of Cambridge, Department of Geography, Cambridge, United Kingdom
ED34C-03
Laurentide: The Crime Fighting Geologist, A Comic-Book Curriculum Tool (13248)
Alana McGillis1, Lisa A Gilbert2 and Katherine Putnam Enright2, (1)Williams College, Williamstown, MA, United States, (2)Williams College, Williams-Mystic, Mystic, CT, United States
ED34C-04
Beyond baking soda: Demonstrating the link between volcanic eruptions and viscosity to all ages (30766)
Iliya N Smithka, University of Florida, Ft Walton Beach, FL, United States, Rachel L Walters, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States and Karen S Harpp, Colgate Univ, Hamilton, United States
ED34C-05
Graduate students teaching elementary earth science through interactive classroom lessons (12752)
Tess Elaina Caswell, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States, Timothy A Goudge, University of Texas at Austin, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Austin, United States, Erica R Jawin, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, Washington, United States and Friedrika Robinson, Providence Public Schools, Vartan Gregorian Elementary School, Providence, RI, United States
ED34C-06
Bringing the Coral to the Classroom: Using Clay Cores to Learn about Paleoceanography (10284)
Logan D Brenner, Columbia University, New York, United States
ED34C-07
The Smallest R/V: A Small-scale Ocean Exploration Demonstration of Real-time Bathymetric Measurements (25902)
Samuel M Howell1, Brian Boston2, Sarah M M Maher2, Jonathan D Sleeper2, Harrison Togia2, Jonathan Patrick Tree2 and University of Hawaii Geophysical Society, (1)University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, United States, (2)University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, United States
ED34C-08
Using Low Cost Environmental Sensors in Geoscience Education (17293)
John Leeman, Leeman Geophysical, Siloam Springs, United States, Prof. Charles J Ammon, PhD, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Department of Geosciences, University Park, PA, United States and Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Pennsylvania State University, Department of Geosciences and Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, University Park, United States
ED34C-09
Engaging teachers & students in geosciences by exploring local geoheritage sites (29159)
Emily E Gochis, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, United States and John Scott Gierke, Michigan Technological University, Department of Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences, Houghton, United States
ED34C-11
Sustainable Agriculture as a Recruitment Tool for Geoscience Majors (30231)
Katherine Putnam Enright, Williams College, Williamstown, United States, Lisa A Gilbert, Williams College, Williams-Mystic, Mystic, CT, United States and Alana McGillis, Williams College, Williamstown, MA, United States
ED34C-12
Becoming Familiar with other Disciplines Through Hands-on Experience (29446)
Paul M Bremner, University of Florida-Geological Sciences, Gainesville, United States
ED34C-13
Learning Through Teaching (25712)
Gabrielle Tepp, University of Rochester, Rochester, United States
ED34C-14
A path paved by programming: scripting resources for the savvy geophysicist (29862)
Kasey Aderhold, Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology, Seattle, WA, United States
ED34C-15
Addressing the difficulty of changing fields in geophysics (28746)
Francesco Civilini, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States and Martha K Savage, Victoria University of Wellington, School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences, Wellington, New Zealand
ED34C-16
How to Succeed in a New Field (31351)
Ariane Papke, Freie Universität Berlin, Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science, Berlin, Germany
ED34C-17
Navigating a Transdisciplinary Research Project with a Non-Traditional Academic Background: Climate Change, Soil Health and Sustainability (26715)
Andrea Basche, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States
ED34C-01
Dazed and Confused: Learning to Engage Non-Science Undergraduates in the Geosciences (20421)
Jessica R. P. Sutton, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, United States
ED34C-19
Answering Scientific Questions Using an Artistic Framework: A Personal Perspective (11505)
Susan Flora Bradsher Little, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Earth and Environmental Science, Hydrology, Socorro, NM, United States
Discussion
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