ED14A:
Experience-Based Learning: Enhancing Understanding by Expanding the Limits of the Classroom II

Monday, 15 December 2014: 4:00 PM-6:00 PM
Chairs:  Stephen A Macko, Univ Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States and James M Byrne, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB, Canada
Primary Conveners:  Stephen A Macko, Univ Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States
Co-conveners:  Arthur Schwarzschild, Univ Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Arthur Schwarzschild, University of Virginia Main Campus, Charlottesville, VA, United States

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

4:00 PM
ED14A-01
 
Passionate Perspectives: Global Change Emersion in Southwestern Dust and Waters
James M Byrne and Leanne J Little, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB, Canada
4:15 PM
ED14A-02
 
Border to Beltway: A Formative Field Exchange Program between Two Community Colleges for Non-Traditional Students
Joshua I Villalobos, El Paso Community College, Geological Sciences Discipline, El Paso, TX, United States and Callan Bentley, Northern Virginia Community College Annandale, Geology, Annandale, VA, United States
4:30 PM
ED14A-03
 
A Captive Ocean: Evaluation of Aquaculture, Fisheries Sustainabilty and Aquaria as Arks in the Setting of a Field-based Class
Stephen A Macko, Matthew T O'connell, Heather Sullivan and Ryan Oliver, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States
4:45 PM
ED14A-04
 
Improving Science Literacy and Earth Science Awareness Through an Intensive Summer Research Experience in Paleobiology
Noel A. Heim1, Jennifer Saltzman1 and Jonathan Payne2, (1)Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States, (2)Stanford University, Los Altos Hills, CA, United States
5:00 PM
ED14A-05
 
A Week in the Wilderness of the Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont: An Outdoor Science Education Course for Graduate and Undergraduate Students
Sarah Radencic, Ryan M. Walker and Kenneth V. Anthony, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, United States
5:15 PM
ED14A-06
 
From Texas to Alaska: Leading Hearing Impaired Elementary Students in Texas to Engage in Science of the Northern Lights Performed in Alaska.
Jörg-Micha Jahn1, Sandy Ibarra2, Michael D Pfeifer2, Marilia Samara3 and Robert Michell4, (1)Southwest Research Inst, San Antonio, TX, United States, (2)Sunshine Cottage School for Deaf Children, San Antonio, TX, United States, (3)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (4)Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, United States
5:30 PM
ED14A-07
 
Australian Seismometers in Schools: Apps, Archiving and Adventures
Natalie Balfour, Michelle Salmon and Malcolm Sambridge, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
5:45 PM
ED14A-08
 
The SUPER Program: A Research-based Undergraduate Experience
Jessica Gilman Ernakovich1,2, Randall B Boone1,3, Claudia M Boot1, Karolien Denef1,4, Jocelyn Marie Lavallee1, John C Moore1,3 and Matthew D Wallenstein1,3, (1)Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States, (2)Division of Land and Water, CSIRO, Glen Osmond, Australia, (3)Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States, (4)Central Instrument Facility, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States
 
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