Joint 52nd Northeastern Annual Section / 51st North-Central Annual Section Meeting - 2017

Session No. 2
Sunday, 19 March 2017: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Frick, Conference Level (Omni William Penn Hotel)

T1. New Strategies and Best Practices for Teaching Climate and Energy

GSA Geoscience Education Division

 

Karen Cercone and Ken Coles, Advocates
Paper #
Start Time
2-1
8:00 AM
TEACHING CLIMATE CHANGE, ENERGY, AND CRITICAL ZONE SCIENCE: DEVELOPING OPTIMALLY DISTINCT APPROACHES TO SCIENCE EDUCATION REFORM
DUGGAN-HAAS, Don, The Paleontological Research Institution, 92 South Drive, Amherst, NY 14226, dad55@cornell.edu, dad55@cornell.edu
Handouts
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  • 2-2
    8:20 AM
    INDEPENDENT ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING RESEARCH IN THE UNDERGRADUATE CLASSROOM
    WHITTINGHILL, Kyle, Department of Geology and Environmental Science, University of Pittsburgh, 4107 Ohara Street, 200 SRCC, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, kyle.whittinghill@gmail.com, kyle.whittinghill@gmail.com
    2-3
    8:40 AM
    FINDING THE SIGNAL IN CLIMATE DATA
    COLES, Kenneth, Geoscience, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 111 Walsh Hall, Indiana, PA 15705 and HOVAN, Steven A., Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 115 Walsh Hall, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA 15705, kcoles@iup.edu, kcoles@iup.edu
    2-4
    9:00 AM
    ENERGY CHOICE IN AN ERA OF GLOBAL WARMING: HOW ANTHRACITE COGENERATION PLANTS SERVE AS A VALUABLE ACADEMIC EXERCISE
    VICE, Daniel H., Science, Penn State Hazleton, 76 University Dr., Hazleton, PA 18202 and AURAND, Harold W., Penn State-Schuylkill Campus, 200 University Drive, Schuylkill Haven, PA 17972, dhv1@psu.edu, dhv1@psu.edu
     
    9:20 AM
    Break
    2-5
    9:40 AM
    THE HARNESSED ATOM - MIDDLE SCHOOL STEM CURRICULUM
    ORLOSKY, Christie, Armstrong School District, Armstrong High School, 300 Buffington Drive, Kittanning, PA 16201, corlosky@asd.k12.pa.us, corlosky@asd.k12.pa.us
    2-6
    10:00 AM
    BRINGING POLAR RESEARCH INTO THE CLASSROOM
    SCHOEFFLER, Anne Farley, Middle School Science, Seton Catholic School, 6923 Stow Rd., Hudson, OH 44236, schoefflera@setoncatholicschool.org, schoefflera@setoncatholicschool.org
    2-7
    10:20 AM
    CONNECTIONS TO THE FIELD:  USING NASA'S OPERATION ICEBRIDGE DATA IN THE CLASSROOM TO INVESTIGATE CLIMATE CHANGE
    MCCARTHY, Kelly, NASA/PolarTREC, Our Lady of Lourdes, 2001 Clinton Avenue, Coal Township, PA 17866, kxm5002@gmail.com, kxm5002@gmail.com
    2-8
    10:40 AM
    MAKING CLIMATE AND ENERGY EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES ACCESSIBLE THROUGH THE PENNSYLVANIA EARTH SCIENCE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION (PAESTA)
    GUERTIN, Laura A., Earth Science, Penn State Brandywine, 25 Yearsley Mill Road, Media, PA 19063 and AITALA, Eric, Earth and Space Science Partnership, Penn State University, 321B Boucke Building, University Park, PA 16802, guertin@psu.edu, guertin@psu.edu
     
    11:00 AM
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