Southeastern Section - 74th Annual Meeting - 2025

Session No. 4
Thursday, 20 March 2025: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM
Appalachian B (Hotel Madison & Shenandoah Valley Conference Center)

T30. Innovations and Advancements in Geoscience Classrooms

GSA Geology and Society Division; GSA Geoscience Education Division; National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) - Southeastern Section

 

Eric Pyle and Kurt Kight, Advocates
Paper #
Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
4-1
8:05 AM
FROM TEXT TO MAP: AN ACTIVITY TO ASSESS, EVALUATE AND FOSTER SPATIAL REASONING
MATCHEN, David, Ivy Creek School, Charlottesville, VA 22901
4-2
8:20 AM
VIRTUALLY THERE: VIRTUAL REALITY DELIVERED VIRTUAL FIELD EXPERIENCES FOR STUDENT LEARNING
KOHRS, Russell, Shenandoah County Public Schools, Massanutten Regional Governor's School for Environmental Science and Technology, 6375 South Main Street, Mount Jackson, VA 22842
4-3
8:35 AM
INTERACTIVE VIRTUAL (3D) ROCK MODELS ARCHIVE FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING THROUGH OPEN-SOURCE GEOSCIENCE ACCESS
BRANDE, Scott, Department of Chemistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 901 14th St South, Birmingham, AL 35233 and NOSOFSKY, Robert, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN 47405
 
8:50 AM
Discussion
4-4
9:00 AM
LEVERAGING PARTNERSHIPS TO IMPROVE TEACHER SELF-EFFICACY IN TEACHING CLIMATE SCIENCE.
LIENAU, Kurt1, BELLE, Donald2, BIERMAN, Kendra3, BURNETT, Jenna3, HAAS, Don4, MOORE, Alexandra5, PEARCE, Matthew6, ROSS, Robert5, WARD-BARANYAY, Megan7 and ZABEL, Ingrid5, (1)Academy of Health Sciences at Prince George's Community College, 301 Largo Road, 329 Lanham Hall, Largo, MD 20774, (2)Prince George's County Public Schools, Science Office, 9201 East Hampton Drive, Capitol Heights, MD 20743, (3)Anacostia Watershed Society, Bladensburg, MD 20710-1031, (4)Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, NY 14850, (5)Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850, (6)NASA, NASA Office of STEM Engagement, New York, NY 10025, (7)Cal Poly Pomona, 3801 W Temple Ave, Pomona, CA 91768-2557
4-5
9:15 AM
OVERCOMING WORKING MEMORY DEFICITS TO SUPPORT PROBLEM SOLVING IN EARTH SCIENCE CURRICULA
BREWER-LAPORTA, Margaret C., Department of Special Education, Monroe Woodbury High School, 155 Dunderberg Road, Central Valley, NY 10917; Department of Chemistry and Physical Sciences, Pace University, 861 Bedford Road, Pleasantville, NY 10570
4-6
9:30 AM
PATTERNS OF STUDENT INTEREST AND ENGAGEMENT IN INTRODUCTORY GEOLOGY LABS: A GUIDE TOWARDS LAB IMPROVEMENT
RYKER, Katherine, ANDERSON, Stephanie, FERNÁNDEZ, C. Ademar, FRANCO, Gabriel, ROJAS KOLOMIETS, Ekaterina, ROSS, J.D., THOMS-WARZECHA, Benedict and TULLY, Lancen S., School of the Earth, Ocean and Environment, University of South Carolina, 701 Sumter Street, EWS 617, Columbia, SC 29208
Handouts
  • Patterns of Student Interest and Engagement in Introductory Geology Labs_ A Guide Towards Lab Improvement (1).pdf (3.5 MB)
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    9:45 AM
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