NAGT and Geoscience Education at GSA 2006

Philadelphia, PA
22-25 October, 2006

Organizational Business

Executive Committee Meeting (Executive Committee) - Saturday (10/21/06) 8:30 - 9:30 Loews: Washington, Room B

Executive Committee & Council Meeting (Executive Committee, Council, and Section Reps) - Saturday (10/21/06) 10:00 - 12:30 Loews: Washington, Room B

Executive Committee Meeting (Executive Committee & Council) Saturday (10/21/06) 13:30 - 16:30 Loews: Washington, Room B

Reception: Earth Science Education (Acrobat (PDF) 123kB Aug10 06) Sponsored by GSA ,GSA Geoscience Education Division, NAGT, DLESE, Cutting Edge, IRIS, JOI, EARTHSCOPE) (Everybody) Saturday (10/21/06) 17:00-19:00 Marriott, Grand Ballroom, Salon CD

GSA Presidential Address and Awards Saturday (10/21/06) 19:00-21:00

NAGT/GSA Geoscience Education Division Luncheon (Ticketed) Sunday (10/22/06) 11:00 - 14:00 Marriott: Grand Ballroom Salon F

GSA Exhibits Welcoming Party (Everybody) Sunday (10/22/06) 17-30 - 19:30

NAGT Past Presidents Breakfast (Past, present & future Presidents, Executive Directors, Editors & Treasurers) Monday (10/23/06) 7:15-9:00 Loews: Washington, Room C

GSA Geoscience Education Division: General Business (All invited) Monday (10/23/06) 16:30 - 17:30

NAGT Sponsored Education Sessions

• T43. Addressing Present and Future Energy, Mineral, and Water Issues in the Classroom: The Need to Prepare Both Educated Citizens and Geoscientists
  National Association of Geoscience Teachers; GSA Geoscience Education Division; GSA Geology and Society Division
• T44. Beyond the Content: Teaching Scientific and Citizenship Skills in the Geosciences (Posters)
  National Association of Geoscience Teachers; GSA Geoscience Education Division
• T49. Building New and Rebuilding Defunct College and University Geoscience Programs for the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities, Successes and Failures (Posters)
  GSA Geoscience Education Division; National Association of Geoscience Teachers
• T50. Effective Online Strategies for Teaching Geoscience at a Distance
  GSA Geoscience Education Division; National Association of Geoscience Teachers
• T51. GK12 (Graduate-K-12) Education: Improving Understanding of Geologic Concepts at All Levels (Posters)
  GSA Geoscience Education Division; National Association of Geoscience Teachers
• T40. Geohazards - Teachable Moments for Students and the Public: An Illustrated Community Discussion (Posters)
  National Association of Geoscience Teachers; GSA Geoscience Education Division; GSA Geology and Society Division; Public Policy; GSA Engineering Geology Division
• T49. Innovative Watershed Based Approaches for Integrating Research and Education
  GSA Geoscience Education Division; National Association of Geoscience Teachers
• T52. Preparing Future K-12 Teachers of Earth Science
  GSA Geoscience Education Division; National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT)
• T45. Service Learning and Community Service in Earth Science Courses: Community Involvement in Earth Science Education
  National Association of Geoscience Teachers; GSA Geoscience Education Division
• T55. Successes in Professional Development of Earth Science Teachers: Courses, Workshops, Partnerships, and Professional Development Opportunities that Work I and II
  National Association of Geoscience Teachers; GSA Geoscience Education Division
• T56. Successful Strategies for Recruiting and Retaining Undergraduate Geoscience Majors
  National Association of Geoscience Teachers; GSA Education Division
• T46. Teaching Hydrogeology in the 21st Century
  GSA Hydrogeology Division; National Association of Geoscience Teachers; GSA Education Division
• T53. Teaching Instrumentation to Geoscience Students: Course Design, Objectives, and Presentations
  GSA Geoscience Education Division; National Association of Geoscience Teachers
• T54. Translating Earth: Conceptions Research in Earth Science Education
  GSA Geoscience Education Division; National Association of Geoscience Teachers
• T41. Using Large Experiments And Programs For Education and Outreach: Examples From EarthScope, the Joint Oceanographic Institutions, and Others
  GSA Geoscience Education Division; National Association of Geoscience Teachers
• T42. Visualization in the geosciences (Posters)
  GSA Geoscience Education Division; National Association of Geoscience Teachers; GSA Engineering Geology Division
• T57. We Can Do Better: Alternatives to the Same Old Lab-Lecture Format in the College Classroom (Posters)
  National Association of Geoscience Teachers; GSA - Geosci Education Division

Other Education Sessions

• T18. Collegiate Watershed Research Projects: Opportunities for Student Learning and Community Involvement
  GSA Geoscience Education Division; Council on Undergraduate Research
• T124. Forensic Geoscience from the Classroom to the Courtroom
  GSA Geoscience Education Division
• T60. Geoscience Advocacy and Communicating with the Public
  GSA Geology and Society Division; GSA Geoscience Education Division
• T17. An Early Involvement of Undergraduates and K 7-12 Students in Geological and Environmental Research (Posters)
  GSA Geoscience Education Division

Education Short Courses

• Enhanced Seismology Education for Undergraduates [504]
  Sat., 21 Oct., 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Cosponsored by GSA Geoscience Education Division This workshop is intended for faculty at 2- and 4-year colleges and universities who wish to learn both new seismology content and instructional strategies to effectively convey content to students. Seismology topics will include "hot topics," causes of earthquakes, propagation of seismic waves, statistics and data, Earth's structure, and hazards. Educational topics will feature instructional sequences, student conceptions in geoscience, and constructivist learning theory. Effective science instruction will be modeled by emphasizing hands-on and inquiry-based activities to deliver content to learners.
  Faculty: Jeff Barker, Ph.D., Binghamton University; Michael Hubenthal, IRIS Consortium; Tom Owens, Ph.D., University of South Carolina; John Taber, Ph.D., IRIS Consortium.
  Limit: 25. Fee: US$15; includes course materials and lunch. CEU: 0.8.