Southeastern Section - 65th Annual Meeting - 2016

Session No. 21
Friday, 1 April 2016: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Lexington B (Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center)

T8. Issues in Environmental and Climate Education

 

Pamela J.W. Gore and William Witherspoon, Advocates
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Start Time
8:00 AM
NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROVERSIES (ENERGY, WATER, COASTAL ZONE): TRUTHS, HALF TRUTHS, AND LIES?
SHEW, Roger, Geography and Geology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, 601 S. College Road, Wilmington, NC 28403, shewr@uncw.edu, shewr@uncw.edu
8:20 AM
COASTAL GROUNDWATER WATCH: A CITIZEN SCIENCE PROJECT TO MONITOR GROUNDWATER LEVELS IN THE SURFICIAL AQUIFER OF THE NORTH CAROLINA COASTAL PLAIN
MANDA, Alex K., Department of Geological Sciences and Institute for Coastal Science and Policy, East Carolina University, 387 Flanagan Building, East 5th Street, Greenville, NC 27858, KOLODIJ, Lauren, North Carolina Coastal Federation, 3609 Hwy 24, Newport, NC 28570, KLEIN, Wendy A., Coastal Resources Management Program, East Carolina University, East 5th Street, Greenville, NC 27858 and OWERS Jr., James E., Department of geological Sciences, East Carolina University, Graham 101, East 10th Street, Greenville, NC 27858, mandaa@ecu.edu, mandaa@ecu.edu
8:40 AM
INTEGRATING CLIMATE CHANGE WITH THE CROSSCUTTING CONCEPTS IN THE FRAMEWORK FOR K-12 SCIENCE EDUCATION
SHELLEY, David C., Old Growth Bottomland Forest Research and Education Center, Congaree National Park, 100 National Park Road, Hopkins, SC 29061, david_shelley@nps.gov, david_shelley@nps.gov
9:00 AM
TEACHING ABOUT CARBON, CLIMATE, AND ENERGY RESOURCES
GORE, Pamela J.W., Department of Life and Earth Sciences, Perimeter College, Georgia State University, 555 North Indian Creek Drive, Clarkston, GA 30021, BENTLEY, Callan, Geology program, Northern Virginia Community College, Annadale, VA 22652 and BERQUIST, Peter J., Geology Department, Thomas Nelson Community College, 99 Thomas Nelson Dr, Hampton, VA 23670, Pamela.Gore@gpc.edu, Pamela.Gore@gpc.edu
 
9:20 AM
Break
9:35 AM
CORE VALUES: USING PALEOPROXIES TO TEACH CLIMATE CHANGE
WEJNERT, Katherine E. and FANKHAUSER, Sean W., Fernbank Science Center, 156 Heaton Park Drive, Atlanta, GA 30307, Katherine_E_Wejnert@dekalbschoolsga.org, Katherine_E_Wejnert@dekalbschoolsga.org
9:55 AM
A CLASSROOM SIMULATION OF 'CARBON FEE AND DIVIDEND'
WITHERSPOON, William, georgiarocks.us, P.O. Box 33522, Decatur, GA 30033 and TATERKA, Bruce, West Morris Mendham High School, 65 East Main Street, Mendham, NJ 07945, bill@georgiarocks.us, bill@georgiarocks.us
10:15 AM
EXPLORING SEA LEVEL RISE: A GUIDED TOUR THROUGH OUR CHANGING EARTH SYSTEMS
TURRIN, Margaret J., Education Coordinator, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, 61 Rt. 9W, Palisades, NY 10964, mkt@ldeo.columbia.edu, mkt@ldeo.columbia.edu
10:35 AM
BATTEN DOWN THE HATCHES - EDUCATION ON MAJOR STORMS AND COMMUNITY RESILIENCE
DONER, Lisa A., Environmental Science and Policy Dept, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, MA 03264, STAPLETON, Patricia, Social Science and Policy Studies, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA 01609 and MOTOLA, Lorraine, Emergency & Disaster Management, Metropolitan College of New York, New York, NY 10013, ladoner@plymouth.edu, ladoner@plymouth.edu
 
10:55 AM
Discussion
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