ED51C:
Education General Contributions II Posters

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Session ID#: 14174

Session Description:
Geoscience education is critical for ensuring the future of geoscience research, the geoscience workforce, and an informed citizenry.  If your geoscience education work does not fit into the other geoscience education sessions please submit them to Education General Contributions.
Primary Convener:  Tamara S Ledley, Technical Education Research Centers, Cambridge, MA, United States
Convener:  Michelle Hall, Science Education Solutions, Los Alamos, NM, United States
Chairs:  Michelle Hall, Science Education Solutions, Los Alamos, NM, United States and Tamara S Ledley, Technical Education Research Centers, Cambridge, MA, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Michelle Hall, Science Education Solutions, Los Alamos, NM, United States
Index Terms:

0805 Elementary and secondary education [EDUCATION]
0810 Post-secondary education [EDUCATION]
0815 Informal education [EDUCATION]
0850 Geoscience education research [EDUCATION]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Pathways to the Geosciences through 2YR Community Colleges: A Strategic Recruitment Approach being used at Texas A&M University (126512)
Chris Houser1, Judy Nunez2 and Kate C Miller2, (1)University of Windsor, School of the Environment, Windsor, Canada, (2)Texas A & M University College Station, College Station, TX, United States
Increasing the Number of Canadian Indigenous Students in STEM at the University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada (169754)
Jeannine-Marie St-Jacques1, Susan McGee2, Rachel Janze2, Misty Longman2, Shauneen Pete3 and Noel Starblanket2, (1)Concordia University, Geography, Planning and Environment, Montreal, QC, Canada, (2)University of Regina, Aboriginal Student Centre, Regina, SK, Canada, (3)University of Regina, Regina, SK, Canada
Design training activity for teachers and students on environmental science topic in the frame of ENVRIPLUS project (172366)
Giuliana D'Addezio, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Rome, Italy, Laura Beranzoli, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Roma, Italy and Marsili Antonella, National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology, Rome, Italy
Learning GIS and exploring geolocated data with the all-in-one Geolokit toolbox for Google Earth (175632)
Arnaud Watlet1, Antoine Triantafyllou1,2 and Christophe Bastin1, (1)University of Mons, Geology and Applied Geology Unit, Mons, Belgium, (2)LPGN Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géodynamique de Nantes, Nantes Cedex 03, France
Students Targeting Engineering and Physical Science (STEPS) at California State University Northridge (CSUN):Activities and Outcomes 2011-2016 (178967)
Ana Cristina Cadavid, Vicki A. Pedone, Werner Horn and Harvey Rich, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA, United States
Collaborative Testing as a Model for Addressing Equity in Student Success in STEM Classes (182915)
Christopher Dileonardo, De Anza College, Cupertino, CA, United States and Bridget Renee James, San Francisco State University, School of the Environment, San Francisco, CA, United States
Guiding Design of University STEM Courses Based on Gifted Status and Strategies for Success (183533)
Alice M. Hawthorne Allen, Concord University, Athens, WV, United States
Identifying Key Concepts and Student Misconceptions Related to the Cryosphere (186875)
Julie E Ferguson, University of California Irvine, Department of Earth System Science, Irvine, CA, United States
A Hurricane Hits Home: An Interactive Science Museum Exhibit on Ocean Mapping and Marine Debris (188362)
Thomas Butkiewicz1,2, Daniel J Vasta2, Nicole C Gager2, Benjamin W Fruth1 and Jeremy LeClair3, (1)Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping Joint Hydrographic Center, Durham, NH, United States, (2)University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States, (3)Seacoast Science Center, Rye, NH, United States
From Utility to Exploration: Teaching with Data to Develop Complexity Thinking (189055)
Timothy M Lutz, West Chester University of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Earth & Space Sciences, West Chester, PA, United States
Spatial Thinking in Atmospheric Science Education (189309)
Peggy Mansfield McNeal, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, United States, Heather L Petcovic, Western Michigan University, Geological & Environmental Sciences, Kalamazoo, MI, United States and Todd D Ellis, Western Michigan University, Mallinson Institute for Science Education, Kalamazoo, MI, United States
Care and Feeding of Transfer Students: a First-Semester Seminar Helps Students Thrive (189430)
Suzanne Rosser1, David Walter Sparks1 and Julie Newman2, (1)Texas A&M University College Station, College Station, TX, United States, (2)Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States
Make Change Happen at the Program or Institutional Scale: Converting Community Expertise into Practical Guidance (189729)
John Robert McDaris, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Minneapolis, United States, Cathryn Allen Manduca, Carleton College, SERC, Northfield, MN, United States and Cailin Huyck Orr, Carleton College, Northfield, MN, United States
Engaging Underrepresented Group Youth in Environmental Science Research Activities: Catalyst for Change (190537)
Kevin Cuff, Mathew Cannady, Rena Dorph, Vivian A Rodriguez and Valeria Romero, University of California Berkeley, East Bay Academy for Young Scientists, Berkeley, CA, United States
Understanding the Perception of Global Climate Change: Research into the Role of Media (195327)
Rohan Kundargi1, Sucharita Gopal2 and Mina Tsay-Vogel1, (1)Boston University, Boston, MA, United States, (2)Boston University, Earth & Environment, Boston, United States
Global warming /climate change: Involving students using local example. (196814)
Solomon A Isiorho, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, IN, United States
MARS-LEARNING: AN OPEN ACCESS EDUCATIONAL DATABASE (197699)
Sophie M Kolankowski and Peter Arthur Fox, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, United States
Geophysics education on the Internet: Course production and assessment of our MOOC, “Deep Earth Science” (198920)
Yoshiyuki Okuda1, Koji Tazawa2, Karin Sugie1, Haruka Sakuraba1, Mori Hideki3, Shoh Tagawa4 and Scott J Cross3, (1)Tokyo Institute of Technology, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Tokyo, Japan, (2)Tokyo Institute of Technology, Department of Industrial Engineering and Economics, Tokyo, Japan, (3)Tokyo Institute of Technology, Online Eucation Development Office, Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning, Tokyo, Japan, (4)The University of Tokyo, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Tokyo, Japan
Written Communication Skills for Scientists and Engineers (117842)
Mysore Narayanan, Miami University Oxford, Oxford, OH, United States

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