Joint South-Central and North-Central Sections, both conducting their 41st Annual Meeting (11–13 April 2007)
Session No. 15 Thursday, 12 April 2007
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Kansas Union, University of Kansas: Jayhawk

T12. Strategies for Success in Bridging the Gap between Culture, Religion, and Science in the Geoscience Classroom

Sadredin Moosavi and Elizabeth A. Heise, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
15-18:00 AM CULTURAL CONNECTIONS IN GEOSCIENCE EDUCATION: HEISE, Elizabeth A., Department of Chemistry and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas at Brownsville, 80 Fort Brown, Brownsville, TX 78520, elizabeth.heise@utb.edu
15-28:20 AM THE IMPACT OF AN INTERDISCIPLINARY COURSE ON STUDENT'S UNDERSTANDING OF CONCEPTS IN ORIGINS: TOTTEN, Iris Moreno, Geology, Kansas State University, 108 Thompson Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506, itotten@ksu.edu and MOORE, Juli Ann, Geology, Kansas State Unversity, 108 Thompson Hall, Manhattan, KS 66547
15-38:40 AM USE OF THE ‘HOLLOW EARTH THEORY' TO TEACH STUDENTS HOW TO CRITICALLY EVALUATE THEORIES: POUND, Kate S., Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, St. Cloud State Univ, WSB-44, 720 Fourth Avenue South, St. Cloud, MN 56301, kspound@stcloudstate.edu
15-49:00 AM ACCOMMODATING STUDENTS WITH ANTI-SCIENTIFIC CREATIONIST BELIEFS IN SCIENCE CLASSROOMS: SUCCESSFULLY IMPARTING STUDENT UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENTIFIC METHODS AND RELIABLE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT EVOLUTION: SCHAFERSMAN, Steven D., Texas Citizens for Science, 6202 Driftwood Drive, Midland, TX 79707, tcs@texscience.org
 9:20 AM Break
15-59:40 AM THE NATURE AND HISTORY OF SCIENCE: RESPONSE TO RELIGIOUS CHALLENGES TO EVOLUTION: MILLER, Keith B., Department of Geology, Kansas State University, 108 Thompson Hall, Manhattan, KS 66502, kbmill@ksu.edu
15-610:00 AM TWO VIEWS OF TIME: GEOLOGISTS' DEEP TIME VS. DEEP TIME FOR CHRISTIAN FUNDAMENTALISTS: GREER, Penny, Geology and Physics, The University of Southern Indiana, 8600 University Blvd, Evansville, IN 47712, greerp@sigecom.net
15-710:20 AM PREDICTING THE NEXT BATTLE OVER INTELLIGENT DESIGN IN SCIENCE CLASSROOMS: MOOSAVI, Sadredin C., Earth & Environmental Sciences, Tulane University, 120 Dinwiddie Hall, New Orleans, LA 70118, smoosavi@tulane.edu
 10:40 AM Panel Discussion

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