NAGTNews - Vol 14 - No 12 - December 2015

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Be well and see you all in the New Year!

1. Activities and Events at AGU

There are lots of things going on at next week's AGU meeting in San Francisco!

• There are tons of workshops, sessions, and events happening. Find a listing of important education-related activities on the NAGT at AGU webpage.
• Stop by the NAGT booth (#128) at AGU to meet other members and learn more about all the programs that NAGT is involved with. 
   
• Join the Friends of SERC Gathering on Sunday evening. This event is a nice opportunity for people involved with NAGT, InTeGrate, and many other projects to see each other as well as SERC staff and share our joint interest in geoscience education. Feel free to bring friends. Cash bar and light appetizers will be available. The gathering will be at:
   

Sunday, December 13 at 7 p.m.
San Francisco Marriott Marquis
780 Mission St
Fourth Floor in the Pacific I

2. Time to Renew Your Membership for 2016

NAGT is deeply thankful for everyone whose commitment to geoscience education leads them to become a member and support what we do. It's now time to start thinking about renewing your membership for 2016 and you can do that online at http://nagt.org/nagt/membership/index.html.

Remember that you can sign up for automatic renewals or multi-year memberships if you want to make it easy to continue to receive the benefits of membership without having to worry about letting them lapse.

3. Save the Date for next summer's Earth Educators' Rendezvous - July 18-22, 2016

Save the date for the second annual Earth Educators' Rendezvous! The 2015 Rendezvous was a huge success and we look forward to another exciting event next year in Madison, Wisconsin.

This year we will be expanding our audience to welcome a mix of college faculty, graduate students, and K-12 teachers from all disciplines who are interested in improving their teaching about the Earth. Our program is designed to appeal to everyone from the instructor attending their first Earth education themed meeting, to experienced STEM education researchers, to administrators who want to better support students in their programs. Among many options, participants can learn about new teaching approaches, discover opportunities to get involved in research programs, prepare for an academic career, or discuss how to approach teaching and learning challenges in their classroom. Consider joining the Rendezvous for 2- or 3-day blocks, or for the whole week-long (5-day) event.

The first draft of the 2016 program is available. The morning workshop will be open on a first come, first serve basis (workshop size is limited based on room capacity)- registration will be open when the program is finalized in early January. The first draft of the afternoon mini-workshops is available, and and we welcome your feedback. Afternoon mini workshops are open to all participants registered for that day (not reserved ahead of time).

For additional information:

Website: http://serc.carleton.edu/earth_rendezvous/2016/index.html
Working Group Application Deadline : February 1, 2016
Abstract Deadline: March 1, 2016
Early Registration Deadline : May 2, 2016

4. AESS 2016 Conference: Science, Empathy, Collaboration, and Sustainability

We are pleased to invite you to submit a proposal to lead a session or make a presentation at the 2016 annual meeting of the Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences (AESS) to be held on 8-11 June 2016 at American University in Washington DC with full participation from other colleges and universities in the larger DC metropolitan area.

AESS is now accepting proposals for individual paper and poster presentations, as well as proposals for full panels, workshops, discussion symposia, and mealtime roundtables. For proposed multi-person sessions please secure a commitment from participants. In addition, AESS will make every effort to group individual presentations together as thematic sessions.

Submit a Proposal: proposalspace.com/calls/d/558

Conference Website: http://aess.info/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=939971&module_id=190307

5. New at SERC

Planning your 2016 classes and looking for inspiration? Interested in incorporating some of the best new teaching materials that SERC has to offer? Check out the recently updated "What's New at SERC" page.

Highlights include: On the Cutting Edge Exemplary Reviewed Collection, new SAGE 2YC resources, new Margins/GeoPRISMS mini-lessons, new teaching activities in the Spatial Thinking Workbook, and resources for incorporating GeoETHICS across the curriculum.

Rock and Mineral Exchange

• There are no current postings at this time.

Are you looking for new specimens for your collection? Do you have extra samples to share with colleagues? 
Post in the Rock and Mineral Exchange.

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