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T66. New Strategies for Teaching Mineralogy, Petrology, Geochemistry, and Volcanology (MPVG) to Geoscience Majors and General Education Students (Posters)

 
SPIRALING SYSTEMATICALLY THROUGH A MINERALOGY COURSE
GUNTER, Mickey E., Geological Sciences, University of Idaho, MS 443022, Moscow, ID 83844, mgunter@uidaho.edu and DYAR, Melinda Darby, Astronomy, Mount Holyoke College, 50 College St, South Hadley, MA 01075
 
LAB MANUAL FOR A MINERALOGY AND OPTICAL MINERALOGY COURSE
MCNAMEE, Brittani and GUNTER, Mickey E., Geological Sciences, University of Idaho, MS 443022, Moscow, ID 83844, thom2110@vandals.uidaho.edu
 
TEACHING MINERALOGY AT THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
JAYE, Shelley A., Math, Science & Engineering, Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale, 8333 Little River Turnpike, Annandale, VA 22003, sjaye@nvcc.edu
 
MINERALOGY LABS: AN INTEGRATED APPROACH
NORD, Julia A., Atmospheric, Oceanic and Earth Science, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, MSN 5F2, Fairfax, VA 22030, jnord@gmu.edu
 
USE OF IPAD TECHNOLOGY TO ENHANCE LEARNING AND ASSESSMENT OF STUDENT INTERPRETATION OF ROCK MINERALOGY AND TEXTURE
NICOLAYSEN, Kirsten P., Department of Geology, Whitman College, 345 Boyer AVE, Walla Walla, WA 99362, nicolakp@whitman.edu, SCOATES, James S., Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of British Columbia, 6339 Stores Road, Vancouver, BC V6T1Z4, Canada, and HANSON, M.H., Geology, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA 99362
 
A PETROGRAPHIC AND GEOCHEMICAL DATABASE FOR COUNTERTOPS AS A TEACHING RESOURCE
JOHNSON, Elizabeth A.1, O'REILLY, Sarah K.1, PYLE, Eric J.1, and BELKIN, Harvey E.2, (1) Dept of Geology and Environmental Science, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, johns2ea@jmu.edu, (2) U.S. Geol Survey, 956 National Center, Reston, VA 20192
 
BRINGING THE VOLCANO TO CENTRAL NY: NATURAL-SCALE BASALTIC LAVA FLOW DEMONSTRATIONS FOR GEOSCIENCE STUDENTS
KARSON, Jeffrey, Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, 204 Heroy Geology Laboratory, Syracuse, NY 13244-1070, jakarson@syr.edu and WYSOCKI, Robert, Art Department, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13210
 
STUDENTS EXPERIMENT WITH “COOKING ROCKS”: APPLICATIONS TO UNDERSTANDING HEMATITE DIAGENESIS ON EARTH AND MARS
CHAN, Marjorie A. and KAHMANN-ROBINSON, Julia A., Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, 115 South 1460 East, Room 383 FASB, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, marjorie.chan@utah.edu
 
SULFIDE MINERAL SYNTHESIS AS A TEACHING TOOL
MENGASON, Michael J., Department of Geology, Northern Virginia Community College, 8333 Little River Turnpike, Annandale, VA 22003, mmengason@nvcc.edu
 
USING ACTION STATIONS TO INTRODUCE COMMON MINERALS AND THEIR PROPERTIES
HAYOB, Jodie L. and WOODWELL, Grant R., Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Mary Washington, 1301 College Ave, Fredericksburg, VA 22401, jhayob@umw.edu
 
USE OF THE PORTABLE XRF IN CLASS PROJECTS: PERKS AND PITFALLS
MCCLELLAN, Elizabeth1, FREEMAN, James1, and JESSEE, Marcus2, (1) Dept. of Geology, Radford University, P.O. Box 6939, 101 Reed Hall, Radford, VA 24142, emcclellan@radford.edu, (2) Dept. of Geology & Geography, West Virginia University, P.O. Box 6300, Morgantown, WV 26506
 
USING LEARNING MODULES TO ENHANCE STUDENT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IN GENERAL EDUCATION GEOLOGY COURSES
BERG, Christopher A., Department of Geosciences, University of West Georgia, 1601 Maple Street, Carrollton, GA 30118, cberg@westga.edu
 
INTEGRATING GALLERY WALKS AND WIKIS TO EXTEND THE ACTIVE CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT
HOGAN, John P., Geological Sciences and Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, 129 McNutt Hall, Rolla, MO 65409, jhogan@mst.edu and CERNUSCA, Dan, Department of Global Learning, Missouri University of Science and Technology, 207 Norwood Hall, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO 65409
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