ED037
Leading Effective Geo Field Trips: Lessons Learned and Activities to Share
Session ID#: 83215
Session Description:
Taking students into the field poses a variety of unique opportunities as well as challenges. This session is interested in materials, methodologies, locations, stories, solutions, and/or other unique approaches to field based education. Presenters will share their most effective, most fun, and most interesting experiences of taking students into the field, along with solutions for the logistical, content-oriented, and other pitfalls that sometimes occur along the way.
Index Terms:
0810 Post-secondary education [EDUCATION]
0825 Teaching methods [EDUCATION]
0994 Instruments and techniques [EXPLORATION GEOPHYSICS]
8486 Field relationships [VOLCANOLOGY]
Primary Convener: Leah M Courtland, University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, United States
Conveners: Sarah Kruse, Univ South Florida, School of Geosciences, Tampa, FL, United States and Walter Yerk, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Primary Liaison: Leah M Courtland, Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus, Atlanta, GA, United States
The 2019 Greenland Expedition for Undergraduate Research (516255)
Mark Flanner, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, Perry J Samson, Univ Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, Jeremy N Bassis, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, C. Robert Clauer, National Institute of Aerospace, Hampton, VA, United States and Sean Patrick, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Center for Academic Innovation, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
The University of South Florida Geophysics Field Camp: Experiences and Science Results from the Lost River Valley and Craters of the Moon, Idaho (518029)
Sarah Kruse1, Jochen Braunmiller2, Rocco Malservisi3, Christine M Downs4, Sajad Jazayeri1, Luke Varner2, Judy McIlrath5, Tonian Robinson3, Paul Wetmore4 and Charles Connor3, (1)University of South Florida Tampa, Tampa, FL, United States, (2)University of South Florida Tampa, School of Geosciences, Tampa, FL, United States, (3)University of South Florida, School of Geosciences, Tampa, FL, United States, (4)University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States, (5)Univ South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States
Building Stronger, More Inclusive Geoscience Learning Communities Through Accessible Field Experiences. (Invited) (557478)
Anita Marie Marshall, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States, Christopher Atchison, University of Cincinnati, School of Education and Department of Geology, Cincinnati, OH, United States and Trevor Collins, Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Bringing the Field to the Classroom: Immersive Virtual Fieldtrips in Undergraduate Geoscience Courses (Invited) (597440)
Peter C La Femina1, Alexander Klippel2, Julia C. Carr3, Jiayan Zhao2, Jan Oliver Wallgrün4, Danielle Oprean5, Shen-Kuen Chang6 and Kathy Lou Jackson7, (1)Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Department of Geosciences, University Park, PA, United States, (2)Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Geography, University Park, PA, United States, (3)Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA, United States, (4)Self Employed, Washington, DC, United States, (5)University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States, (6)The Pennsylvania State University, Dept. of Geography, University Park, PA, United States, (7)Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Teaching and Learning with Technology, University Park, PA, United States
A Community of Practice Model Suggests Practical Implications for Teaching Geologic Mapping in the Field (598632)
Heather L Petcovic, Western Michigan University, Geological and Environmental Sciences and the Mallinson Institute for Science Education, Kalamazoo, MI, United States, Peggy M McNeal, Towson University, Physics, Astronomy, & Geosciences, Towson, MD, United States and Samuel Cornelius Nyarko, Western Michigan University, Mallinson Institute for Science Education, Kalamazoo, MI, United States
Get Off the Side of the Road Approaches to Instructor-collaborative Field Experiences (607769)
David Mrofka1, Becca Walker2 and Sadie Kingsbury1, (1)Mount San Antonio Community College, Earth Sciences and Astronomy, Walnut, CA, United States, (2)Mt. San Antonio College, Earth Sciences and Astronomy, Walnut, CA, United States
Leveraging Peer-Developed Resources for Designing and Implementing Successful Field Experiences (613375)
Mitchell Awalt, Carleton College, Northfield, MN, United States, David W Mogk, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, United States and John Robert McDaris, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Minneapolis, MN, United States; Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College, Northfield, MN, United States
