North-Central Section - 39th Annual Meeting (May 19–20, 2005)
Session No. 29 Friday, 20 May 2005
9:00 AM-12:00 PM, Radisson Metrodome: Coffman Room

T9. Inquiry-Based, Hands-On, Classroom Exercises, Lab Demonstrations, and Field Investigations in Geoscience Education

Kate S. Pound, Megan Jones and Lee Schmitt, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
29-19:00 AM RED BEANS AND RICE: A SIMPLE LAB EXPERIMENT TO INVESTIGATE SLOPE STABILITY AND LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION IN THE CAJUN LAB!: HICKSON, Thomas A., Department of Geology, Univ of St. Thomas, 2115 Summit Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55105, tahickson@stthomas.edu
29-29:20 AM TAKING RESEARCH ON THE ROAD: THE CLASSROOM DAM REMOVAL STORY: SANDLAND, Travis, Science Museum of Minnesota, 120 West Kellogg Blvd, Saint Paul, MN 55102, tsandland@smm.org and CAMPBELL, Karen, National Ctr for Earth-surface Dynamics, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, 2 Third Ave. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414
29-39:40 AM BEYOND THE 3-D MAP: ACTIVITIES FOR INTERPRETING EARTH-SURFACE PROCESSES: BAUMTROG, Jill1, FRIESEN, Benjamin2, CAMPBELL, Karen2, KIRKBY, Kent3, and MORIN, Paul4, (1) Education and Human Development, Univ of Minnesota, 2 Third Ave SE, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, Minneapolis, MN 55414, jillbaumtrog@yahoo.com, (2) National Ctr for Earth-surface Dynamics, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, 2 Third Ave. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414, (3) Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, (4) Department of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Minnesota, 310 Pillsbury Drive SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0219
 10:00 AM Break
29-410:20 AM AN ELECTRON MICROPROBE IN THE CLASSROOM: A REMOTE-ACCESS SYSTEM FOR EDUCATION: FRAHM, Ellery, Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Minnesota, 108 Pillsbury Hall, 310 Pillsbury Drive SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, frah0010@tc.umn.edu
29-510:40 AM A CASE STUDY: GEOLOGY AND THE INVESTIGATION, REMEDIATION, AND REDEVELOPMENT OF A RAILROAD SHOP BROWNFIELD SITE IN ST. PAUL, MN: KLEITER, Kathryn J., American Engineering Testing, Inc, 550 Cleveland Avenue North, St. Paul, MN 55114, kkleiter@amengtest.com
29-611:00 AM THE HEAT BUDGET OF THE EARTH: A HANDS-ON INVESTIGATION: PLOTNICK, Roy and HARRIS, Gene, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Univ of Illinois at Chicago, 845 W. Taylor St, Chicago, IL 60607, plotnick@uic.edu
29-711:20 AM USING INQUIRY TECHNIQUES TO CONSTRUCT THE TECTONIC PLATES WITH MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS: ERICKSON, Stephanie S., Washington Technology Magnet Middle School, St. Paul Public Schools, 1041 Marion St, St. Paul, MN 55117, stephanie.s.erickson@spps.org
 11:40 AM Discussion

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