Northeastern Section - 47th Annual Meeting (18–20 March 2012)

Session No. 14
Sunday, 18 March 2012: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Ballroom E (Hartford Marriott Downtown)

T18. Technology Integration in K–16 Geoscience Education

National Association of Geoscience Teachers

 

Christine Witkowski and Dawn Cardace, Advocates
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Start Time
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1:30 PM
SHAKE, RATTLE & ROCK: AN INQUIRY- AND TECHNOLOGY BASED APPROACH TO TEACHING PLATE TECTONICS AND GEOHAZARDS TO MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
MURRAY, Daniel P., Department of Geosciences, Univ. of Rhode Island, 337 Woodward Hall, Kingston, RI 02881, SAMMONS, James I., Sammons INK, Ltd, 271 Hamilton-Allenton Road, North Kingstown, RI 02852, KORTZ, Karen M., Physics Department, Community College of Rhode Island, 1762 Louisquisset Pike, Lincoln, RI 02865 and CAULKINS, Joshua L., Department of Geosciences, University of Rhode Island, 116 Woodward Hall, 9 East Alumni Avenue, Kingston, RI 02881, dpmurray@uri.edu, dpmurray@uri.edu
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1:50 PM
TECHNOLOGY-RICH, GUIDED INQUIRY ON-LINE RESOURCES FOR THE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE CLASSROOM FACILITATED BY THE NSF-MSP-FUNDED RITES PROJECT
CARDACE, Dawn, Geosciences, University of Rhode Island, 9 East Alumni Avenue, Woodward Hall, Kingston, RI 02881 and SCHIFMAN, Laura A., Geosciences, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881, cardace@uri.edu, cardace@uri.edu
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2:10 PM
TEACHING SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS WITH AN INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGY-ENHANCED PLATFORM: THE RITES APPROACH
DAY, William, RITES Project, University of Rhode Island, 9 East Alumni Avenue, 116 Woodward Hall, Kingston, RI 02881 and CAULKINS, Joshua L., Department of Geosciences, University of Rhode Island, 9 Greenhouse Road, Tyler Hall, Kingston, RI 02881, wday@ritesproject.net, wday@ritesproject.net
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2:30 PM
PETROPHYSICS-BASED GEOLOGY: INTEGRATION OF MINERALOGY, SEDIMENTARY PETROLOGY, STATISTICS, AND STRATIGRAPHY USING DIGITAL WELL LOG ANALYSIS SOFTWARE
ESLINGER, Eric, School of Mathematics and Sciences, The College of Saint Rose, 432 Western Avenue, Albany, NY 12203-1490, e.eslinger@gmail.com, e.eslinger@gmail.com
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2:50 PM
DYNAMIC DIGITAL MAPS: A TOOL EXTENDING GEOSCIENCE RESEARCH, MAPPING AND EDUCATION
NATHAN, Stephen A., Department of Environmental Earth Science, Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT 06226 and CONDIT, Christopher D., Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, nathans@easternct.edu, nathans@easternct.edu
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3:10 PM
SHIP TO SHORE SCIENCE EDUCATION: USING GIGAPIXEL IMAGERY WITHIN OPENLAYERS FOR VIRTUAL EXPLORATION OF SEDIMENT CORES
VAN HOESEN, John, Environmental Studies, Green Mountain College, One Brennan Circle, Poultney, VT 06754, vanhoesenj@greenmtn.edu, vanhoesenj@greenmtn.edu
 
3:30 PM
Break
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3:50 PM
HANDHELD DEVICES USED FOR INQUIRY-BASED LAB IN EARTH SYSTEMS SCIENCE
SINTON, Christopher, Environmental Studies and Sciences, Ithaca College, 953 Danby Rd, Ithaca, NY 14850, csinton@ithaca.edu, csinton@ithaca.edu
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4:10 PM
TECHNOLOGY AND TEAM-BASED LEARNING IN INTRODUCTORY OCEANOGRAPHY
YURETICH, Richard F., Geosciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Morrill Science Center, 611 N. Pleasant St, Amherst, MA 01003-9297 and KANNER, Lisa, Geosciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 611 N. Pleasant St, Amherst, MA 01003-9297, yuretich@geo.umass.edu, yuretich@geo.umass.edu
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4:30 PM
USING GROUND PENETRATING RADAR TO ATTRACT MINORITY STUDENTS TO GEOSCIENCES IN NEWARK, NJ
GATES, Alexander E., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University, 101 Warren St, Smith Hall Room 137, Newark, NJ 07102, KALCZYNSKI, Michael J., Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University, 101 Warren Street, Smith Hall, Newark, NJ 07102 and PARSEKIAN, Andrew, Earth and Environmental Science, Rutgers University, 101 Warren St, Smith Hall, Room 135, Newark, NJ 07102, agates@andromeda.rutgers.edu, agates@andromeda.rutgers.edu
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4:50 PM
USING GOOGLE EARTH FOR INQUIRY-BASED EXPLORATIONS OF PLATE TECTONICS
GOODELL, Laurel P., Department of Geosciences, Princeton University, Guyot Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544, laurel@princeton.edu, laurel@princeton.edu
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5:10 PM
INCORPORATING A GROUNDWATER MONITORING PROJECT INTO AN INTRODUCTORY GEOLOGY LABORATORY CLASS
MCCALLEN, John E., Physical Sciences Department, Broome Community College, AT-104B, P.O. Box 1017, Binghamton, NY 13902, mccallen_j@sunybroome.edu, mccallen_j@sunybroome.edu
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