ED13C:
Earth Surface Modeling for Education: Adaptation, Successes, and Challenges Posters

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Session ID#: 12451

Session Description:
Earth's surface is the ever-changing, dynamic interface between lithosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, and atmosphere. Surface dynamics models (SDMs) enable researchers to predict the movement of water and the flux of sediment and solutes in the environment. SDMs can also help students understand complicated surface processes and their interactions by exploring different scenarios and observing the associated outcomes. In addition, modeling exposes students to quantitative analysis and associated uncertainty, which are critical skills to master.

However, for SDMs to be useful for education (especially at the undergraduate level), simplifications and adaptations are necessary. Furthermore, the efficacy of SDMs in enhancing students’ learning should be documented with classroom assessment statistics. The proposed session aims to bring together researchers/educators to discuss the latest efforts in adapting SDMs for educational purposes, successes as demonstrated by classroom use, and challenges and issues to be addressed in the future.

Primary Convener:  Wei Luo, Northern Illinois University, Department of Earth, Atmosphere, and Environment, DeKalb, United States
Conveners:  Mariela C Perignon, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States, Peter N Adams, University of Florida, Department of Geological Sciences, Ft Walton Beach, FL, United States and Carol J Ormand, Carleton College, Northfield, MN, United States
Chairs:  Wei Luo, Northern Illinois University, Department of Earth, Atmosphere, and Environment, DeKalb, United States and Mariela C Perignon, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Mariela C Perignon, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States
Co-Organized with:
Ocean Sciences, Earth and Planetary Surface Processes, Global Environmental Change, Hydrology, and Ocean Sciences

Cross-Listed:
  • EP - Earth and Planetary Surface Processes
  • GC - Global Environmental Change
  • H - Hydrology
  • OS - Ocean Sciences

Proposed Co-Organized Session with:
  • EP - Earth and Planetary Surface Processes
  • GC - Global Environmental Change
  • H - Hydrology
  • OS - Ocean Sciences
Index Terms:

0850 Geoscience education research [EDUCATION]
1622 Earth system modeling [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1824 Geomorphology: general [HYDROLOGY]
1847 Modeling [HYDROLOGY]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Earth surface modeling for education: How effective is it? Latest classroom tests with Web-based Interactive Landform Simulation Model - Grand Canyon (WILSIM-GC) (149662)
Wei Luo1, Jon D Pelletier2, Thomas Smith3, Kyle Whalley3, Aaron Shelhamer3, Andy Darling4, Carol J Ormand5, Kirk Duffin3, Wei-Chen Hung3, Ellen A R Iverson6, David Shernoff7, Xiaoming Zhai8, Jui-Ling Chiang3 and Nicholas Lotter3, (1)Northern Illinois University, Department of Earth, Atmosphere, and Environment, DeKalb, United States, (2)University of Arizona, Department of Geosciences, Tucson, AZ, United States, (3)Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, United States, (4)Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States, (5)Carleton College, Northfield, MN, United States, (6)Carleton College, SERC, Northfield, MN, United States, (7)Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, United States, (8)College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL, United States
Development of a Permafrost Modeling Cyberinfrastructure (152032)
Irina Overeem, University of Colorado, Department of Geological Sciences and Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, Boulder, United States, Elchin E Jafarov, Woodwell Climate Research Center, Falmouth, United States, Mark Piper, University of Colorado Boulder, INSTAAR, Boulder, CO, United States and Kevin M Schaefer, National Snow and Ice Data Center, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A, Boulder, United States
Flow visualization and modeling for education and outreach in low-income countries (154692)
Kannipa Motanated, Chiang Mai University, Department of Geological Sciences, Chiangmai, Thailand
Introducing students to ocean modeling via a web-based implementation for the Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS) river plume case study (186192)
Dr. Courtney Kay Harris, Ph.D., Virginia Institute of Marine Science, William & Mary, Gloucester Point, United States, Irina Overeem, University of Colorado, Department of Geological Sciences and Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, Boulder, United States, Eric Hutton, Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System, Boulder, United States, Julia Moriarty, US Geological Survey, Woods Hole, United States and Patricia Wiberg, University of Virginia, Environmental Sciences, Charlottesville, United States
Integration of simulations and visualizations into classroom contexts through role playing (Invited) (199169)
Stephen M Moysey, Clemson University, Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, Clemson, SC, United States

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