North-Central Section - 49th Annual Meeting (19-20 May 2015)

Session No. 6
Tuesday, 19 May 2015: 8:00 AM-11:20 AM
Hall of Ideas I (Monona Terrace Convention Center)

Geoheritage and Place-Based Education

 

Erika C. Vye, Emily Gochis and William I. Rose, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:05 AM
GEOHERITAGE - A POSITIVE INFLUENCE ON PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF EARTH SCIENCE
VYE, Erika C. and ROSE, William I., Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 49931, ecvye@mtu.edu, ecvye@mtu.edu
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8:25 AM
PUBLICIZING, INTERPRETING, AND PROTECTING THE GEOHERITAGE OF MINNESOTA'S ARROWHEAD
GREEN, John C., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Professor Emeritus, University of Minnesota Duluth, Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN 55812, jgreen@d.umn.edu, jgreen@d.umn.edu
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8:45 AM
BUILDING LOCAL UNDERSTANDING OF STRONG GEOHERITAGE, MICHIGAN’S KEWEENAW AND ISLE ROYALE
ROSE, William I., Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 49931, raman@mtu.edu, raman@mtu.edu
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9:05 AM
USING LAKE SUPERIOR PARKS TO PRESENT THE MIDCONTINENT RIFT
STEIN, Seth, Earth & Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208-3130, STEIN, Carol A., Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 W. Taylor St, m/c 186, Chicago, IL 60607-7059 and BLAVASCUNAS, Eunice, Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society, Leopoldstr. 11a, Munich, 80802, Germany, seth@earth.northwestern.edu, seth@earth.northwestern.edu
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9:25 AM
INCREASING EARTH SCIENCE LITERACY THROUGH COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH AT REGIONAL GEOHERITAGE SITES: THE STORY OF KITCH-ITI-KIPI SPRINGS
GOCHIS, Emily E., Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences, Michigan Technological University, 1400 Townsend Dr, Houghton, MI 49931 and GIERKE, John S., Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 49931, eegochis@mtu.edu, eegochis@mtu.edu
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9:45 AM
PLACE-BASED TEACHING WITH THE MID-CONTINENT RIFT: USING GEOLOGIC AND GEOPHYSICAL SIGNATURE OF THE MCRS TO EDUCATE ABOUT TECTONICS
WAITE, Gregory P., Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences, Michigan Technological Univ, 1400 Townsend Dr, Houghton, MI 49931, ENGELMANN, Carol A., STEM Learning Instructor, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE 68182, STEIN, Carol A., Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 W. Taylor St, m/c 186, Chicago, IL 60607-7059 and STEIN, Seth, Earth & Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208-3130, gpwaite@mtu.edu, gpwaite@mtu.edu
 
10:05 AM
Break
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10:20 AM
UNDERGRADUATES AS COMMUNICATORS OF LOCAL GEOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE IN A SEDIMENTOLOGY AND STRATIGRAPHY COURSE
LINZMEIER, Benjamin J., Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 W Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706 and MEYERS, Stephen R., Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin, 1215 West Dayton St, Madison, WI 53076, blinzmei@geology.wisc.edu, blinzmei@geology.wisc.edu
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10:40 AM
THE SOCIOSCIENTIFIC REALITY - WHEN CONTEXT SHAPES THE DECISON
JABOT, Michael, Curriculum & Instruction, State University of New York at Fredonia, 291 Chestnut St., Fredonia, NY 14063, jabot@fredonia.edu, jabot@fredonia.edu
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11:00 AM
UWEC’S INTERNATIONAL FELLOWS PROGRAM IN ISRAEL: A TRANSFORMATIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR STUDENTS
JOL, Harry M.1, FREUND, Richard A.2, DARAWSHA, Maha3, ARTZY, Michal4, ARAV, Rami5, SAVAGE, Carl E.6, LÓPEZ, Gloria I.4, ZAPATA-MEZA, Marcela7 and FILIN, Sagi8, (1)Department of Geography and Anthropology, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire, 105 Garfield Avenue, P.O. Box 4004, Eau Claire, WI 54702-4004, WI 54702-4004, (2)Maurice Greenberg Center of Judaic Studies, University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, Hartford, WI 06117, (3)Department of Literatures, Cultures & Languages, University of Connecticut, 365 Fairfield Way U-1057, Storrs, CT 06269, (4)Hatter Laboratory, Recananti Institute for Maritime Studies, University of Haifa, Haifa, 3498838, Israel, (5)Religious Studies Program, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 6001 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE 68182-0298, (6)Doctor of Ministry Program, Drew University, Madison, NJ 07940, (7)Universidad Anáhuac México Sur, Av. De las Torres 131, Olivar de Los Padres, Mexico City, 01780, Mexico, (8)Transportation and Geo-Information Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Haifa, 32000, Israel, jolhm@uwec.edu, jolhm@uwec.edu
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