North-Central Section - 43rd Annual Meeting (2-3 April 2009)
Session No. 15 Thursday, 2 April 2009
1:00 PM-5:00 PM, Northern Illinois University Rockford: 203

T11. K–16 Collaboration, Outreach, and Engagement (National Association of Geoscience Teachers)

Peter A. Macfarlane, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
15-11:00 PM RELEVANCE FIRST! HOW TO ENGAGE PRESERVICE ELEMENTARY (K-8) TEACHER CANDIDATES IN A REQUIRED GEOSCIENCE COURSE: SKALAC, Priscilla Field, Dept. of Physical Sciences, Olivet Nazarene University, One University Ave, Bourbonnais, IL 60914, pskalac@olivet.edu
15-21:20 PM K-16 COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-OMAHA AND OMAHA, NEBRASKA AREA SCHOOLS: ON-LINE EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE COURSE OFFERINGS: SHUSTER, Robert D., Geography/Geology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 6001 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE 68182-0199, rshuster@mail.unomaha.edu and GRANDGENETT, Nealy F., Teacher Education, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 6001 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE 68182
15-31:40 PM USING ACTIVITY SYSTEMS ANALYSIS FOR MONITORING TEACHER ACTION RESEARCH: YAMAGATA-LYNCH, Lisa, Educational Technology, Research and Assessment, Northern Illinois University, Gabel Hall 101E, Dekalb, IL 60115, lisayl@niu.edu, KITTS, Kathleen, Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, Northern Illinois University, Davis Hall 312, Normal Rd, DeKalb, IL 60115, PERRY, Eugene, Geology and Environmental Geosciences, Northern Illinois University, Davis Hall 312, Normal Road, DeKalb, IL 60115, and SMITH, M. Cecil, Program in Educational Psychology, Northern Illinois University, 402 Graham Hall, Stadium Drive, DeKalb, IL 60115
15-42:00 PM BONES WRITING; EXPLORING PALEONTOLOGY AND THE WORLD OF SCIENCE: CARLSON, Elizabeth C.B., education, Burpee Museum of Natural HIstory, 737 North Main Street, Rockford, IL 61103, betsy.carlson@burpee.org
 2:20 PM Break
15-52:40 PM THE WYANDOTTE LAKE PROJECT: ENHANCING MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE CLASSES THROUGH A HYDROLOGIC CASE STUDY: TOWNSEND, M.A., Kansas Geological Survey, The Univ of Kansas, 1930 Constant Ave, Lawrence, KS 66047, townsend@kgs.ku.edu, MACFARLANE, P. Allen, Geohydrology Section, Kansas Geological Survey, 1930 Constant Ave, Lawrence, KS 66047, and SCHULMEISTER, Marcia K., Earth Science Department, Emporia State University, 1200 Commercial St, Emporia, KS 66801
15-63:00 PM COLLABORATIVE OUTREACH AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT THROUGH STREAM MONITORING AND GEOSPATIAL WATERSHED ASSESSMENT: GUEBERT, Michael D. and DYKSTRA, Steve L., Earth and Environmental Science, Taylor University, 236 W. Reade Ave, Upland, IN 46989, mcguebert@taylor.edu
15-73:20 PM “ASSET EARTH” AS A METHOD OF OUTREACH TO IMPROVE THE SCIENTIFIC LITERACY OF WAUBONSEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS AND THE WAUBONSEE COMMUNITY: VOORHEES, David H., Earth Science / Geology Department, Waubonsee Community College, Rt 47 @ Waubonsee Dr, Sugar Grove, IL 60554, dvoorhees@waubonsee.edu
15-83:40 PM GPS: GEOSCIENCE PARTNERSHIP STUDY: SCHUSTER, Dwight A.1, FILIPPELLI, Gabriel2, WOOD, Elee J.1, NELSON, Jennifer A.2, SHARP, Janet, and JUDITH, Solchik, (1) School of Education, Indiana University, Indianapolis (IUPUI), 902 West New York Street, ES 3120, Indianapolis, IN 46202, daschust@iupui.edu, (2) Department of Earth Sciences, IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN 46202-5132

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