2010 GSA Denver Annual Meeting (31 October –3 November 2010)
Session No. 16 Sunday, 31 October 2010
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Colorado Convention Center: Room 708

T80. Earth System Science in Museums: Tapping the Potential to Engage the General Public in the Complexity of the Earth (GSA Geoscience Education Division; Denver Museum of Nature and Science; American Association of Museums)

Ian M. Miller, Kirk R. Johnson and James W. Hagadorn, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
 8:00 AM Introductory Remarks
16-18:15 AM THE COLOR OF CONFUSION IN AN EXPERT WORLD: LIBARKIN, Julie C., Department of Geological Sciences, Division of Science and Mathematics Education, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, libarkin@msu.edu, CLARK, Scott K., Department of Geology, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, 154 Phillips Hall, Eau Claire, WI 54702, and SIMMON, Robert B., NASA Earth Observatory, Sigma Space Corporation, 4400 Lottsford Vista Road, Lanham, MD 20706
16-28:30 AM USING EVALUATION RESEARCH TO ASSESS EARTH SCIENCE MUSEUM EXHIBITS: A WELL-GROUNDED APPROACH: WIZEVICH, Karen, Johns Hopkins University and People, Places, Design Research, 90 Lemay St, West Hartford, CT 06107, kwizevi1@jhu.edu and WIZEVICH, Michael C., Department of Physics and Earth Sciences, Central Connecticut State University, 1615 Stanley St, New Britain, CT 06050
16-38:45 AM INCORPORATING LIVE SEISMIC DATA IN MUSEUM EXHIBITS: SUCCESSES, CHALLENGES AND TIPS FOR FUTURE COLLABORATION: MCQUILLAN, Patrick James1, WELTI, Russ1, TABER, John2, and JOHNSON, Jenda3, (1) Education and Outreach, Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS), 1200 New York Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20005, mcquillan@iris.edu, (2) IRIS Consortium, 1200 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20005, (3) Volcano Video Productions, 1924 NE 47th St, Portland, OR 97215
16-49:00 AM CRUISIN' THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST: ENGAGING THE PUBLIC IN PALEONTOLOGY AND ART: NESBITT, Elizabeth A., Burke Museum, Univ of Washington, Box 353010, Seattle, WA 98195-3010, lnesbitt@u.washington.edu
16-59:15 AM GEOLOGY AS A DETECTIVE STORY; EXPOSING THE “MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN” IN EARTH SCIENCE EXHIBITS: COLBATH, G. Kent, GKC Geoscience, 1677 Wood Hollow Way, Flagstaff, AZ 86004, scolecodoc@gmail.com
16-69:30 AM DARWIN DISCOVERY DAY: AN ANNUAL EXERCISE IN BRINGING OUR MESSAGE TO THE MASSES: BRANDT, Danita S., Department of Geological Sciences and the MSU Museum, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, brandt@msu.edu
16-79:45 AM PALEONTOLOGY AS ALPHA AND OMEGA FOR EXPLORING EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE AT THE MUSEUM OF THE EARTH: ALLMON, Warren D., Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Rd, Ithaca, NY 14850-1398, wda1@cornell.edu and ROSS, Robert M., Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850
 10:00 AM Break
16-810:15 AM HOW TO SURVIVE AND THRIVE ON A HUMAN DOMINATED PLANET: EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE ANTHROPOCENE: CAMPBELL, Karen M., National Center for Earth-surface Dynamics, University of Minnesota, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, Mississippi River at 3rd Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414, kmc@umn.edu and HAMILTON, Patrick, Science Museum of Minnesota, 120 W. Kellogg Blvd, St. Paul, MN 55102
16-910:30 AM BREATHING WATERY LIFE INTO OLD DRY SHELLS: THE ANCIENT SEAS EXHIBIT AT THE MANITOBA MUSEUM: YOUNG, Graham A., The Manitoba Museum, 190 Rupert Avenue, Winnipeg, MB R3B 0N2 Canada, gyoung@manitobamuseum.ca
16-1010:45 AM A CRETACEOUS MOMENT: INCORPORATING LOCAL GEOLOGY TO PROMOTE VIEWER UNDERSTANDING OF THE EARTH SCIENCE LITERACY PRINCIPLES: CLARY, Renee M.1, WANDERSEE, James H.2, MOE HOFFMAN, Amy1, BRZUSZEK, Robert F.3, KELLY, Jessica1, and HAMIL, Burnette4, (1) Geosciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, rclary@geosci.msstate.edu, (2) Educational Theory, Policy, and Practice, Louisiana State University, 223 F Peabody Hall, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, (3) Landscape Architecture, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, (4) Curriculum and Instruction, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762
16-1111:00 AM A GEOLOGIC STONEHENGE: LE PARC DES GALETS: HAGADORN, James W., Department of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205, jwhagadorn@dmns.org and GROULX, Pierre, 565 Hebert, Valleyfield, QC G6S 2B5, Canada, pierfossil@sympatico.ca
16-1211:15 AM THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MUSEUM'S HALL OF GEOLOGICAL WONDERS - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA'S NEWEST VENUE FOR TEACHING EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE: SPRINGER, Kathleen, SCOTT, Eric, and SAGEBIEL, J. Christopher, Division of Geological Sciences, San Bernardino County Museum, 2024 Orange Tree Lane, Redlands, CA 92374, kspringer@sbcm.sbcounty.gov
16-1311:30 AM TELLING THE STORY OF THE EARTH AT THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: WEBSTER, James D.1, MATHEZ, Edmond A.1, KINZLER, Rosamond J.2, and SLOAN, Heather3, (1) Earth and Planetary Sciences, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024-5192, jdw@amnh.org, (2) Education, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, (3) Environmental, Geographical and Geological Sciences, CUNY, Lehman College, 250 Bedford Park Blvd West, Bronx, NY 10468

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