Southeastern Section - 58th Annual Meeting (12-13 March 2009)

Session No. 2
Thursday, 12 March 2009: 8:30 AM-12:30 PM

Geoscience Education

 

Mary Beck and Marianne O'Neal-Caldwell, Chairs
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Start Time
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8:30 AM
USE OF LARGE SCALE ROCK SAMPLES IN INTRODUCTORY EARTH SCIENCE AND PHYSICAL GEOLOGY COURSES
WERHNER, Matthew, Division of Mathematics and Science, Hillsborough Community College, 4001 W. Tampa Bay Blvd, Tampa, FL 33614 and O'NEAL-CALDWELL, Marianne, Division of Mathematics and Sciences, Hillsborough Community College, 4001 Tampa Bay Blvd, Tampa, FL 33614, mcaldwell@hccfl.edu, mcaldwell@hccfl.edu
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8:50 AM
ELEMENTS OF A GREAT GEOLOGY FIELD TRIP/COURSE: LLANO UPLIFT - SANGRE DE CRISTO - NORTH RIM OF THE GRAND CANYON AS AN EXAMPLE
ALLISON, David T. and HAYWICK, Douglas W., Earth Sciences, University of South Alabama, LSCB 136, Mobile, AL 36688, dallison@jaguar1.usouthal.edu, dallison@jaguar1.usouthal.edu
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9:10 AM
AN UNDERGRADUATE GEOLOGY FIELD EXCURSION TO A CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY SITE IN CENTRAL ALABAMA
HAYWICK, Douglas W., Earth Sciences, University of South Alabama, LSCB 136, Mobile, AL 36688 and SEBASTIAN, Glenn R., Earth Sciences, Univ of South Alabama, LSCB 136, Mobile, AL 36688, dhaywick@jaguar1.usouthal.edu, dhaywick@jaguar1.usouthal.edu
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9:30 AM
PARTNERS IN INTEGRATED EARTH SYSTEMS SCIENCE-A NEW EXPERIENCE FOR EDUCATION
LUNSFORD, Suzanne K. and BUTLER, Christina L., Dept. of Chemistry, Wright State Univ, 250 Oelman Hall, Dayton, OH 45435-0001, suzanne.lunsford@wright.edu, suzanne.lunsford@wright.edu
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9:50 AM
A NOVEL SCIENCE EXPERIMENT ASSIGNMENT FOR NON-SCIENCE MAJOR, INTRODUCTORY GEOLOGY STUDENTS
BRANDE, Scott, Chemistry, UAB, CHM-289, Birmingham, AL 35294, sbrande@uab.edu, sbrande@uab.edu
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10:10 AM
EXPLORING THE INTERSECTION OF INTEREST AND LEARNING IN INTRODUCTORY GEOSCIENCE CLASSES
CUMBERBATCH, Keron and MCCONNELL, David, Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, kncumber@ncsu.edu, kncumber@ncsu.edu
 
10:30 AM
Break
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10:50 AM
FROM OBJECTIVES TO ASSESSMENTS: REDESIGNING A WETLANDS COURSE
HAFEN, Mark R., Department of Geography, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave. - NES107, Tampa, FL 33620-5250, mhafen@cas.usf.edu, mhafen@cas.usf.edu
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11:10 AM
GEOLOGICAL EDUCATION: REACHING OUT TO THE HOMESCHOOLED
CONNORS, Mary Anne, Earth Sciences, Geology, University of South Alabama, LSCB 136, Mobile, AL 36688, maconnors@usouthal.edu, maconnors@usouthal.edu
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11:30 AM
BEST AND WORST FIELD TRIPS
RINDSBERG, Andrew K., Department of Biological & Environmental Sciences, Station 7, The University of West Alabama, Livingston, AL 35470, arindsberg@uwa.edu, arindsberg@uwa.edu
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11:50 AM
FLORIDA'S INITIATIVE TO IMPROVE SCIENCE LITERACY: DEVELOPMENT OF THE CPALMS WEB-BASED RESOURCE
GABOARDI, Mabry, Department of Geological Sciences and FCR-STEM, Floirda State University, Tallahassee, FL 32310, gaboardi@gly.fsu.edu, gaboardi@gly.fsu.edu