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| | 8:00 AM | Opening Remarks |
| 1-1 | 8:20 AM | IMPROVING K-12 GEOSCIENCE EDUCATION THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS: ELLINS, Katherine K., CLAPP, Amanda, SVHILA, Vanessa, and SULLIVAN, Sean, The Institute for Geophysics, The Univ of Texas at Austin, 4412 Spicewood Springs Road, Building 600, Austin, TX 78759, kellins@ig.utexas.edu |
| 1-2 | 8:40 AM | BACK TO SCHOOL: GRADUATE STUDENTS AND UNIVERSITY RESEARCHERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES IN K-12 CLASSROOMS: RUEZ, Dennis R. Jr, Environmental Science Institute, The Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712-0254, ruez@mail.utexas.edu and BANNER, Jay L., Environmental Science Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712-0254 |
| 1-3 | 9:00 AM | A NOVEL LECTURE SERIES AND ASSOCIATED OUTREACH PROGRAM IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL SCIENCES: BANNER, Jay L., Department of Geological Sciences and Environmental Science Institute, The Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, banner@mail.utexas.edu, STERN, Libby A., Department of Geological Sciences, The Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, and GUDA, Nelson, Environmental Science Institute, The Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712 |
| 1-4 | 9:20 AM | GK-12 ACTIVITY: MEASURING YOUR CARBON DIOXIDE FOOTPRINT: KIRBY, Lynn Elizabeth, Kealing Junior High Magnet School, 1607 Pennsylvania Ave, Austin, TX 78702, lkirby@mail.utexas.edu. |
| 1-5 | 9:40 AM | ENVIRONMENT SUCCESSION: GEOSCIENCE IN AN URBAN SETTING: CLAPP, Amanda, Institute for Geophysics, The Univ of Texas at Austin, 4412 Spicewood Springs Road, Building 600, Austin, TX 78759, a.g.c@mail.utexas.edu, DINAN, M., The Liberal arts and Science Academy of Austin, LBJ High School, 7309 Lazy Creek Drive, Austin, TX 78724, THOMAS, D., Lake Travis Middle School, 3322 RR 620 South, Austin, TX 78738, and ELLINS, Katherine K., Institute for Geophysics, The University of Texas at Austin, 4412 Spicewood Springs Road, Building 600, Austin, TX 78759 |
| | 10:00 AM | Break |
| 1-6 | 10:20 AM | TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM: REMAINING A STEP AHEAD: SULLIVAN, Sean Michael1, ELLINS, Kathy K.1, and FLY, Murry2, (1) Univ of Texas Institute for Geophysics, 4412 Spicewood Springs Rd., Bldg. 600, Austin, TX 78759-8500, sullivansmi@mail.utexas.edu, (2) Westlake Highschool, 4100 Westbank Dr, Austin, TX 78746 |
| 1-7 | 10:40 AM | ECOLOGY AND COMMUNITY: ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES WITH GIS: CHAPA-JONES, Veronica, GORDON, Jessica, and POAGE-NIXON, Nancy, Environmental Science Institute, Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, npoageni@austin.isd.tenet.edu |
| 1-8 | 11:00 AM | USING LONG-TERM SOIL EXPERIMENTS TO ENGAGE STUDENTS IN SCIENTIFIC LEARNING: GORDON, Jessica D., Environmental Science Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78704, jdgordon@mail.utexas.edu, HILGERS, Sara J., Hornsby-Dunlap Elementary, Austin, TX, and NIXON, Nancy P., Covington Middle School, Austin, TX, npoageni@austin.isd.tenet.edu |
| 1-9 | 11:20 AM | ADAPTATION OF A STREAM RAPID BIOASSESSMENT PROTOCOL TO TEACH THE CONCEPT OF BIOMONITORING IN THE CLASSROOM: GUTHRIE, Carla G., Environmental Science Institute and Section of Integrative Biology, The Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, cguthrie@mail.utexas.edu and MAAS, Martha M., Environmental Science Institute and Department of Biological Sciences, The Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712 |
| 1-10 | 11:40 AM | USING INQUIRY TO PROMOTE SCIENTIFIC THINKING IN THE CLASSROOM: COOK, Marilyn J., H.G. Olsen Elementary School, 100 S. Station Street, Port Aransas, TX 78373, mjcook@dorado.port-aransas.k12.tx.us and KOPECKY, Andrea L., Marine Science, The Univ of Texas, 750 Channel View Drive, Port Aransas, TX 78373, kopecky@utmsi.utexas.edu |
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