South-Central Section - 45th Annual Meeting (27–29 March 2011)

Session No. 15
Tuesday, 29 March 2011: 10:45 AM-12:00 PM
D.H. Holmes C (Chateau Bourbon)

T12. Undergraduate Geoscience Education: Strategies Old and New

 

Jay Simms, Dean Moosavi and Jeffrey Sigler, Advocates
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10:45 AM
AMS CLIMATE STUDIES, AMS OCEAN STUDIES, AND AMS WEATHER STUDIES: UTILIZING REAL-WORLD, CURRENT DATA IN THE CLASSROOM
BREY, James A.1, GEER, Ira W.2, MORAN, Joseph M.2, WEINBECK, Robert S.2, MILLS, Elizabeth W.2, BLAIR, Bernard A.3, HOPKINS, Edward J.4, O'NEILL, Katie L.3 and NUGNES, Kira A.2, (1)Director, Education Program, American Meteorological Society, 1120 G Street NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20005, (2)Education Program, American Meteorological Society, 1200 New York Ave NW, Suite 500, Washington, DC 20005, (3)Education Program, American Meteorological Society, 1120 G Street, NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20005, (4)Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1225 W. Dayton Street, Madison, WI 53706, brey@ametsoc.org, brey@ametsoc.org
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11:00 AM
USE OF READILY AVAILABLE ON-CAMPUS SUBSURFACE DATA TO TEACH ESSENTIAL GEOLOGICAL CONCEPTS AND SKILLS
CONNORS Jr, James J., Department of Earth Sciences/Office of Research, University of South Alabama, AD 200, Mobile, AL 36688, jconnors@southalabama.edu, jconnors@southalabama.edu
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11:15 AM
WHAT WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT AND HOW WE HAVE TO THINK
SIMS, Wm. Jay, Department of Earth Sciences, Univ. of Arkansas, Little Rock, 2801 S. University, Little Rock, AR 72204-1099, wjsims@ualr.edu, wjsims@ualr.edu
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11:30 AM
ONLINE EARTH SCIENCE AT EMPORIA STATE UNIVERSITY: AN EXAMPLE OF SUCCESSFUL HYBRID ONLINE/ON-CAMPUS TEACHING
SCHULMEISTER, Marcia K.1, ABER, James S.2 and ABER, Susan W.2, (1)Earth Science Department, Emporia State University, 1200 Commercial St, Emporia, KS 66801, (2)Earth Science Department, Emporia State University, Campus Box 4030, 1200 Commercial, Emporia, KS 66801, mschulme@emporia.edu, mschulme@emporia.edu
 
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Discussion
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