Session: Outside the Classroom, Beyond Fieldwork: Innovative Approaches to Informal Geoscience Education in Non-Traditional Settings (Posters) (GSA Connects 2023 Meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)

Session No. 101

Monday, 16 October 2023: 8:00 AM-5:30 PM

Hall B (David L Lawrence Convention Center)

T33. Outside the Classroom, Beyond Fieldwork: Innovative Approaches to Informal Geoscience Education in Non-Traditional Settings (Posters)

Paleontological Society

Authors will be present from 3:30 to 5:30 PM.

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Booth #

101-1

150

ENGAGING HOBBYISTS AND STUDENT VISITORS THROUGH MICROMINERAL ACTIVITIES AT THE JMU MINERAL MUSEUM

JOHNSON, Elizabeth and MOSKO, Danielle, Department of Geology and Environmental Science, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22807

101-2

151

PERSPECTIVES ON PALEONTOLOGICAL PUBLIC OUTREACH IN CHINA: POPULAR DINOSAURS, PEKING MAN, AND LOTS OF FOSSIL POOP

STIDHAM, Thomas, Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 142 Xi Zhi Men Wai Da Jie, Beijing, 100044, China

101-3

152

A CLASS IN A GLASS – MAPPING THE GEOLOGIC ORIGIN OF SOILS IN THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY AMERICAN VITICULTURAL AREA (AVA), OREGON

WELLS, Ray¹, GALLAGHER, Andrew², RAND, David³, ADELSHEIM, David⁴, MCNALLY, Michael⁵, MCCORMICK, Erica⁶, BRADSHAW, Jillian⁷ and BURNS, Scott¹, (1)Department of Geology, Portland State University, P.O. Box 751, Portland, OR 97207-0751, (2)Red Hill Soils, 6320 NW Mountain View Drive, Corvallis, OR 97330, (3)US Department of Agriculture, Natural Resource Conservation Service, 650 Hawthorne Ave. SE, Ste. 130, Salem, OR 97301, (4)Adelsheim Vineyard, 16800 NE Calkins Ln, Newberg, OR 97132, (5)Fairsing Vineyard, 21455 NE Burkett Hill Rd, Yamhill, OR 97148, (6)Cascade GIS, Boring, OR 97009, (7)Willamette Valley Wineries Association, 10200 SW Eastridge St. Ste. 218, Portland, OR 97225

101-4

153

AN ON CAMPUS, COLLABORATIVE RESTORATION OF LANDFILL AND DEGRADED SUBURBAN ECOSYSTEMS

CARTAFALSA, Talia and PETERS, Chelsea, Environmental Studies, Roanoke College, 221 College Lane, Salem, VA 24153

101-5

154

CLIMATE IN ARTS AND HISTORY: AN EVOLVING CROSS-DISCIPLINARY CLIMATE EDUCATION RESOURCE PROMOTING CLIMATE LITERACY, RESILIENCE, AND DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES

AGENA, Taylor, GLUMAC, Bosiljka and BERRIOS, Lisa, Department of Geosciences, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063

101-6

155

INCREASING STUDENT ENGAGEMENT THROUGH INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH IN LUNAR EXPLORATION

SOBHANI, Barbra, Colorado Space Grant Consortium, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309

101-7

156

IMPROVING ACCESSIBILITY OF CAVE AND KARST SCIENCE: COMMUNICATION AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES AIMED AT REDUCING JARGON AND SUPPORTING PUBLIC STAKEHOLDERS

LUGO, Raquel¹, HEYER, Devra¹, JONES, Daniel S.² and DAVIS, Valerie¹, (1)National Cave and Karst Research Institute, Carlsbad, NM 88220, (2)Department of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Pl, Socorro, NM 87801; National Cave and Karst Research Institute, Carlsbad, NM 88220

101-8

157

THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENTIFIC INTEREST AND SKILL THROUGH DIGITAL DISPLAYS: INSPIRING AWE AND CURIOSITY ABOUT THE NATURAL WORLD

VALERIO, Juliana and JOSEPH, Leah, Environmental Studies, Ursinus College, PO Box 1000, Collegeville, PA 19426

101-9

158

YEAR ONE OF 'TREE TIME' AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY'S SCIFEST

MADSEN, Owen, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405

101-10

159

CATALOGING MINERAL COLLECTIONS: CENTERING CONNECTIONS TO COLONIALISM

HOFSTETTER, Maya¹, HEARTH, Selby¹ and ROBBINS, Carrie², (1)Geology, Bryn Mawr College, 101 N. Merion Ave, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010, (2)Special Collections, Bryn Mawr College, 101 N. Merion Ave, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010

101-11

160

A VIRTUAL FIELDWORK EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHTING ACTIVE RESEARCH ON THE CRETACEOUS-PALEOGENE BOUNDARY IN THE GULF COASTAL PLAIN

GUTIERREZ, Richard A., ROSS, Robert and HAAS, Don, Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850

101-12

161

DEEPENING STUDENT ENGAGEMENT IN SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE AND POLICY THROUGH PARTNERSHIP WITH AN URBAN OUTREACH CENTER

FEINEMAN, Maureen, PhD, Dept. of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802 and BARTNIK, Thomas, Penn State Center Pittsburgh, Energy Innovation Center, 1435 Bedford Ave, Suite A, Pittsburgh, PA 15219

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