2007 GSA Denver Annual Meeting (28–31 October 2007)
Session No. 90 Monday, 29 October 2007
1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Colorado Convention Center: 605/607

P1. Creating Citizen Scientists: Needs and Opportunities to Engage Students and the Public in the Process of Science

Anne E. Egger and Robert W. Ridky, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
 1:30 PM Introductory Remarks
90-11:35 PM CITIZEN SCIENCE: EXPANDING THE SCIENTIFIC PYRAMID: RIDKY, Robert W., U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA 20192, rridky@usgs.gov
90-21:55 PM DID YOU FEEL IT? PARTICIPATORY SCIENCE ON THE WEB: WALD, David J., National Earthquake Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 1711 Illinois St, Golden, CO 80401, wald@usgs.gov
90-32:15 PM GLOBAL CHANGE IN MY BACK YARD: PHENOLOGY AS A TOOL FOR ENGAGING CITIZEN SCIENTISTS IN LOCAL ASSESSMENT OF GLOBAL CHANGE: WELTZIN, Jake F., National Coordinating Office, USA National Phenology Network, 1955 East 6th Street, Tucson, AZ 85719, jweltzin@utk.edu
90-42:35 PM GLOBE AT NIGHT: CLASSIC AND DIGITAL OBSERVATIONS BY CITIZEN SCIENTISTS: POMPEA, Stephen M., National Optical Astronomy Observatory, 950 N. Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85719, spompea@noao.edu
90-52:55 PM COLLABORATIVE MODELING: BUILDING TRUST THROUGH PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT IN NUMERICAL MODELING: MCCAFFREY, Maggie, Montrose Interagency Fire, Bureau of Land Management, 2465 South Townsend, Montrose, CO 81401, maggie_mccaffrey@co.blm.gov, TURNER, Christine, U. S. Geol Survey, Federal Center M.S. 939, Box 25046, Denver, CO 80225, and LEAVESLEY, George, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO 80225
 3:15 PM Break
90-63:30 PM CHANGING INTRODUCTORY GEOSCIENCE COURSES TO CULTIVATE CITIZEN SCIENTISTS FROM ALL UNDERGRADUATES: EGGER, Anne E., Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Building 320, Stanford, CA 94305-2115, annegger@pangea.stanford.edu
90-73:50 PM EDGCM: PROVIDING ACCESS TO CLIMATE SIMULATION CAPABILITIES FOR EDUCATORS, STUDENTS, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC: CHANDLER, Mark A., Center for Climate Systems Research, Columbia University, NASA/GISS, 2880 Broadway, New York, NY 10025, mac59@columbia.edu
90-84:10 PM TRANSPARENT TEACHING: AN OPEN-SOURCE CODE FOR STUDENT LEARNING: PERKINS, Dexter and HARTMAN, Joseph, Dept. of Geology and Geological Engineering, University of North Dakota, 81 Cornell Street Stop 8358, Grand Forks, ND 58202-8358, dexter_perkins@und.edu
90-94:30 PM UNDERGRADUATES AS INFORMAL EDUCATORS IN A NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM: NESBITT, Elizabeth A., HOOD, Larkin N., and LAPE, Peter V., Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Univeristy of Washington, Box 353010, Seattle, WA 98195-3010, lnesbitt@u.washington.edu
90-104:50 PM FROM GRASSROOTS TO NATIONAL – ENGAGING PEOPLE IN SCIENCE AT ALL LEVELS: SCOTCHMOOR, Judith G., Musuem of Paleontology, University of California, 1101 Valley Life Sciences Bldg. #4780, Berkeley, CA 94720-4780, jscotch@berkeley.edu
 5:10 PM Concluding Remarks

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