Session No. 349
	Wednesday, 30 October 2013: 9:00 AM-6:30 PM
	Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
	
	T122.  Geoheritage and Sense of Place in the Context of Earth Science Education (Posters)
	
	
	
	
		
	
		
	
Authors will be present from 2:00 to 4:00 PM, and 5:00 to 6:30 PM.
	
	 
	
	
	
	
	
		
	
	 
	
		
	
	
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				LEMPTÉGY VOLCANO: HOW A HILL TOP REMOVAL BECAME A MAJOR GEO-EDUCATIONAL FACILITY
			
			
				
					VAN WYK DE VRIES, Benjamin, Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans CNRS, IRD, OPGC, Blaise Pascal University, 5 rue Kessler, Clermont-Ferrand,  63038, France and OLIVE, Cécile, Conseil Régionale du Puy de Dôme, 24 rue Saint-Esprit, Clermont-Ferrand,  63033, France, b.vanwyk@opgc.fr
				
 
			
			
				
			
		
	 
 
	
		
	
	
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				SEIZE THE DAY: WHAT TO DO WHEN A 500-YEAR FLOOD STRIKES IN YOUR BACKYARD
			
			
				
					GRAN, Karen B., Geological Sciences, University of Minnesota Duluth, 1114 Kirby Dr, Duluth, MN 55812, RIKER-COLEMAN, Kristin, Department of Natural Sciences, Geology Program, University of Wisconsin-Superior, Belknap and Catlin, P.O. Box 2000, Superior, WI 54880 and HILLER, Kristine, Jay Cooke State Park, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, 780 Highway 210, Carlton, MN 55718, kgran@d.umn.edu
				
 
			
			
				
			
		
	 
 
	
		
	
	
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				DEVELOPMENT OF A SURVEY TO CHARACTERIZE REGIONAL DIFFERENCES IN PERCEPTIONS OF VOLCANIC AND SEISMIC HAZARDS
			
			
				
					ELWONGER, Justin1, SHERMAN, Sarah Bean
2, BURKEMPER, Laura K.
3 and ARTHURS, Leilani
1, (1)Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 330 Bessey Hall, P.O. Box 880340, Lincoln, NE 68588, (2)Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, University of Hawaii, 1680 East West Rd, Honolulu, HI 96822, (3)Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 211 Bessey Hall, P.O. Box 880340, Lincoln, NE 87131, jmelwonger@gmail.com
				
 
			
			
				
			
		
	 
 
	
		
	
	
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				ARE SEDIMENTARY ROCKS OF TERTIARY IN THE NORTHWESTERN PART OF COLOMBIA RAISING UP? FAR FROM THE RHETORIC, CLOSER TO REALITY?
			
			
				
					MARTÍNEZ-SACRISTÁN, Hernando, Geology, City University of New York City, 554 W. 53rd Street Room 6-I-1, New York, NY 10019 and ARISTIZABAL-VASQUEZ, Marcela, Universidad de Caldas, Calle 65 Nº 26 - 10, Manizales,  10019, Colombia, hernando.martinez@yorkmail.cuny.edu
				
 
			
			
				
			
		
	 
 
	
		
	
	
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				THE IMPORTANCE OF PARTNERSHIPS FOR IMPROVED EARTH SCIENCE LITERACY AND THE COMMUNICATION OF GEOHERITAGE
			
			
				
					VYE, Erika C.1, ROSE, William I.
1, KLAWITER, Mark F.
2 and GOCHIS, Emily E.
3, (1)Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences, Michigan Technological University, 1400 Townsend Dr, Houghton, MI 49931, (2)Geological and Mining Engineering & Sciences, Michigan Technological Univ, 1400 Townsend Dr, Dow 613, Houghton, MI 49931, (3)Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences, Michigan Technological Univ, 1400 Townsend Dr, Houghton, MI 49931, ecvye@mtu.edu
				
 
			
			
				
			
		
	 
 
	
		
	
	
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				INCREASING AWARENESS OF GEOHERITAGE SITES & EARTH SCIENCE LITERACY THROUGH TEACHER-DEVELOPED EARTHCACHES
			
			
				
					GOCHIS, Emily E.1, ROSE, William I.
1, VYE, Erika C.
1, HUNGWE, Kedmon
2, MATTOX, Stephen R.
3 and PETCOVIC, Heather
4, (1)Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences, Michigan Technological University, 1400 Townsend Dr, Houghton, MI 49931, (2)Cognitive and Learning Sciences, Michigan Technological University, 1400 Townsend Drive, Houghton, MI 49931, (3)Department of Geology, Grand Valley State Univ, Allendale, MI 49401-9403, (4)Department of Geosciences and The Mallinson Institute for Science Education, Western Michigan University, 1187 Rood Hall, Kalamazoo, MI 49008, eegochis@mtu.edu