ED23A:
Education General Contributions I Posters

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Session ID#: 17156

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:

An Inquiry-Based Approach to Teaching Space Weather to Undergraduate Non-Science Majors (126400)
William B Cade III, Baylor University, Institute for Air Science, Waco, TX, United States
A Model for Community Colleges: Engaging Students in Space Weather Research (169077)
M. Chantale Damas1, Tak D Cheung2, Chigomezyo Mudala Ngwira3, Ahmed Mohamed4, Delores Knipp5, Yihua Zheng6, Leon P Johnson7, M. Leila Mays8, Maria M Kuznetsova6 and Roger Dorsinville4, (1)CUNY Queensborough Community College, Bayside, United States, (2)Queensborough Community College, Bayside, NY, United States, (3)Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, United States, (4)CUNY City College of New York, New York, NY, United States, (5)University of Colorado, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, Boulder, United States, (6)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Community Coordinated Modeling Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (7)CUNY Medgar Evers College, Brooklyn, NY, United States, (8)NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Education and Outreach for Volunteer Planetary Defense (129420)
James D Burke, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States
Patent Documents as a Resource for Studies and Education in Geophysics – An Approach. (133020)
Klaus Guenther Wollny, Federal Patent Court of Germany, 20th Senate, Munich, Germany
Indoor Micro-Gravity Survey: Using Massive Research Equipment for Geophysics Curriculum (142002)
Richard Secco and Reynold E Silber, University of Western Ontario, Earth Sciences, London, ON, Canada
Insights for Planetarium and Museum Educators Revealed by the iSTAR international Study of Astronomical Reasoning Database (145130)
Timothy F Slater1, Coty B Tatge1, Martin Ratcliff2 and Stephanie J Slater3, (1)Univ Wyoming, Laramie, WY, United States, (2)SkySkan, Nashua, NH, United States, (3)CAPER Center for Astronomy & Physics Education Research, Laramie, WY, United States
Construction of the iSTAR international Study of Astronomical Reasoning Database (145166)
Stephanie J Slater1, Coty Blue Tatge2, Timothy F Slater2, Paulo S Bretones3 and Sharon Schleigh4, (1)CAPER Center for Astronomy & Physics Education Research, Laramie, WY, United States, (2)Univ Wyoming, Laramie, WY, United States, (3)University Federal San Carlos, San Carlos, Brazil, (4)East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, United States
Astronomy Education Research Observations from the iSTAR international Study of Astronomical Reasoning Database (145193)
Coty Blue Tatge, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, United States, Stephanie J Slater, CAPER Center for Astronomy & Physics Education Research, Laramie, WY, United States, Timothy F Slater, Univ Wyoming, Laramie, WY, United States, Sharon Schleigh, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, United States and David McKinnon, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Australia
Establishing Reliability and Validity of the Criterion Referenced Exam of GeoloGy Standards EGGS (145208)
Sarah Kathryn Guffey1, Stephanie J Slater2, Timothy F Slater3, Sharon Schleigh4 and Andrea C Burrows3, (1)University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, United States, (2)CAPER Center for Astronomy & Physics Education Research, Laramie, WY, United States, (3)Univ Wyoming, Laramie, WY, United States, (4)East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, United States
Re-evaluating Traditional Predictors of Incoming Knowledge in Astronomy 101 and Implications for Course Revitalization (145960)
Katie J Berryhill1, Timothy F Slater2, Stephanie J Slater3, Cliff Harbour2 and Jennifer H Forrester4, (1)American Public University System Charles Town, Charles Town, WV, United States, (2)Univ Wyoming, Laramie, WY, United States, (3)CAPER Center for Astronomy & Physics Education Research, Laramie, WY, United States, (4)University of Wyoming, Elementary and Early Childhood Education, Laramie, WY, United States
TEAM-BASED MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP IN THE GEOSCIENCES (146235)
Phillipe Alan Wernette, Texas A&M University College Station, Geography, College Station, TX, United States, Chris Houser, University of Windsor, School of the Environment, Windsor, Canada and Chris Quick, Texas A&M University College Station, Physiology and Pharmacology, College Station, TX, United States
Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Pathways into Geoscience (IUSE: GEOPATHS) – A National Science Foundation Initiative (149596)
Brandon Jones, National Science Foundation, Directorate for Geosciences, Arlington, United States and Lina C Patino, National Science Foundation, Directorate for Geosciences, Arlington, VA, United States
Teaching and Learning Communities through Online Annotation (150255)
Ben van der Pluijm, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
Field trips local and abroad: What every field trip leader needs to know about insurance coverage (159216)
Tamie Jovanelly, Berry College, Physics, Astronomy, Geology, Washington, DC, United States
Contributions of the NOAA Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship Program to the Geosciences Pipeline (160426)
Marlene Kaplan, NOAA Office of Education, Silver Spring, MD, United States
Preparing Women for Leadership Roles in STEM: The HERS Institutes (160834)
Katherine H Straub, Susquehanna University, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Selinsgrove, PA, United States
Simulating real-world field-based petrologic research in a field course: Incorporation of portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometry in the Iceland Volcanology Field Camp (163351)
Brennan Jordan, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Black Hills Natural Sciences Field Station, Rapid City, SD, United States; University of South Dakota, Department of Earth Sciences, Vermillion, SD, United States
Incorporating Problem-Based Learning Into A Petrology Course Through A Research Project In The Local Northern Sierra Nevada (164274)
Hannah M Aird, California State University Chico, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Chico, CA, United States
Evaluation of Experiential Outdoor Research Locations in Asia for a K-12 school in Hong Kong (170890)
Diana Lynne Ibarra and Simon Joyce, Independent Schools Foundation Academy, Pokfulam, Hong Kong

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