ED13D:
Incorporating Environmental, Societal, and Sustainability Issues into Traditional Geoscience Curricula Posters

Monday, 15 December 2014: 1:40 PM-6:00 PM
Chairs:  Geoffrey W Cook, U. of California, San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States and Ritayan Mitra, North Carolina State University at Raleigh, Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Raleigh, NC, United States
Primary Conveners:  Geoffrey W Cook, U. of California, San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States
Co-conveners:  Heather M Cook, California State University San Marcos, San Marcos, CA, United States and Ritayan Mitra, North Carolina State University at Raleigh, Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Raleigh, NC, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Geoffrey W Cook, U. of California, San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

 
The Integrate Student Portal: Online Resources to Prepare Students for the Workforce of a Sustainable Future
Monica Z Bruckner1, Cathryn A Manduca1, Anne E Egger2 and Heather Macdonald3, (1)Carleton College, Northfield, MN, United States, (2)Central Washington University, Geological Sciences and Science Education, Ellensburg, WA, United States, (3)College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, United States
 
Creating a 'Born Digital' Introductory Online Geology Course with a Community of Inquiry that Supports Discussion of Societal Challenges
Matthew A d'Alessio, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA, United States and Joshua J Schwartz, CSU Northridge-Geological Sci, Northridge, CA, United States
 
Teaching Physics to Environmental Science Majors Using a Flipped Course Approach
Nicole Breanne Hill, Susan J Riha and Mark W Wysocki, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States
 
Incorporating Systems Thinking in Traditional Geoscience Curriculum: A Laboratory Assignment
Ritayan Mitra, North Carolina State University at Raleigh, Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Raleigh, NC, United States, Geoffrey W Cook, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States and Karen McNeal, North Carolina State University at Raleigh, Raleigh, NC, United States
 
Strategies for increasing student knowledge and understanding about conflict minerals in a mineralogy class
Geoffrey W Cook, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States
 
Model Based Reasoning by Introductory Students When Analyzing Earth Systems and Societal Challenges
Lauren N Holder, Texas A & M University, Geology and Geophysics, College Station, TX, United States and Bruce E Herbert, Texas A & M Univ, College Station, TX, United States
 
Incorporation of Socio-scientific Content into Active Learning Activities
Daniel B King, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, United States, Jennifer E Lewis, University of South Florida Tampa, Tampa, FL, United States, Karen Anderson, Madison College, Madison, WI, United States, Doug Latch, Seattle University, Seattle, WA, United States, Susan Sutheimer, Green Mountain College, Poultney, VT, United States, Gail Webster, Guilford College, Greensboro, NC, United States and Richard Moog, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA, United States
 
Incorporation of Student-Centered, Practical Applications of Geographic Information Systems to Raise Awareness and Generate Solutions for Local Environmental Issues
Nicole A Bilsley, Charlotte Anne Love and Jean-Bernard H Minster, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States
 
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