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Session No. 16
Sunday, 31 October 2010: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 405 (Colorado Convention Center)

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, Advocates
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8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:15 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, 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, libarkin@msu.edu, libarkin@msu.edu
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8:30 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 and WIZEVICH, Michael C., Department of Physics and Earth Sciences, Central Connecticut State University, 1615 Stanley St, New Britain, CT 06050, kwizevi1@jhu.edu, kwizevi1@jhu.edu
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8:45 AM
INCORPORATING LIVE SEISMIC DATA IN MUSEUM EXHIBITS: SUCCESSES, CHALLENGES AND TIPS FOR FUTURE COLLABORATION
MCQUILLAN, Patrick James, IRIS Consortium, 1200 New York Ave. NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20005, WELTI, Russ, Education and Public Outreach, Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS), 1200 New York Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20005, TABER, John, IRIS, Washington, DC 20005 and JOHNSON, Jenda, IRIS Education and Public Outreach, 1200 New York Ave., NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20005, mcquillan@iris.edu, mcquillan@iris.edu
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9:00 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, lnesbitt@u.washington.edu
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9:15 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, scolecodoc@gmail.com
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9:30 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, brandt@msu.edu
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9:45 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 Road, Ithaca, NY 14850-1398 and ROSS, Robert M., Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850, wda1@cornell.edu, wda1@cornell.edu
 
10:00 AM
Break
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10:15 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 and HAMILTON, Patrick, Global Change Initiatives, Science Museum of Minnesota, 120 W. Kellogg Blvd, St. Paul, MN 55102, kmc@umn.edu, kmc@umn.edu
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10:30 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, gyoung@manitobamuseum.ca
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10:45 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, Amy3, BRZUSZEK, Robert F.4, KELLY, Jessica3 and HAMIL, Burnette5, (1)Geosciences, Mississippi State University, P.O. Box 1705, Mississippi State, MS 39762, (2)Educational Theory, Policy, and Practice, Louisiana State University, 223 F Peabody Hall, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, (3)Geosciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, (4)Landscape Architecture, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, (5)Curriculum and Instruction, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, rclary@geosci.msstate.edu, rclary@geosci.msstate.edu
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11:00 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 and GROULX, Pierre, 565 Hebert, Valleyfield, QC G6S 2B5, Canada, pierfossil@sympatico.ca, pierfossil@sympatico.ca
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11:15 AM
THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MUSEUM'S HALL OF GEOLOGICAL WONDERS - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA'S NEWEST VENUE FOR TEACHING EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE
SPRINGER, Kathleen1, SCOTT, Eric2 and SAGEBIEL, J. Christopher1, (1)Division of Geological Sciences, San Bernardino County Museum, 2024 Orange Tree Lane, Redlands, CA 92374, (2)San Bernardino County Museum, 2024 Orange Tree Lane, Redlands, CA 92374, kspringer@sbcm.sbcounty.gov, kspringer@sbcm.sbcounty.gov
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11:30 AM
TELLING THE STORY OF THE EARTH AT THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
WEBSTER, James D., American Museum of Natural History, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Central Park West at 79th St., New York, NY 10024, MATHEZ, Edmond A., Earth and Planetary Sciences, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024-5192, KINZLER, Rosamond J., Education, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024 and SLOAN, Heather, Environmental, Geographical and Geological Sciences, CUNY, Lehman College, 250 Bedford Park Blvd West, Bronx, NY 10468, jdw@amnh.org, jdw@amnh.org
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