Special Session
Exploring Earth: Integrating Geosciences Across the K-12 Curriculum
Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, 2:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Ballroom D (3, Anaheim Convention Center)
Endorsers: National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT), National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) K-12 Committee
Discipline: Geoscience Education
Advocate: Nancy M. Chen
This session aims to empower K-12 educators by showcasing existing curriculum resources and fostering partnerships with scientists to seamlessly integrate cutting-edge research into lesson plans, either by adapting existing materials or creating new ones.
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Topical & Discipline Sessions
More than 20 different sessions have a focus on geoscience education.
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Short Courses
Take a short course on topics in geoscience education, such as:
- How to Design a Good Survey: Developing and Validating Instruments for GeoScience Educators and Researchers: Human Subject Research Insights for Using Surveys and Interviews (507)
- Sat., 21 Sept., 8 a.m.–5 p.m.
- Talking Science: A Communicating Science Workshop (511)
- Sat., 21 Sept., 8 a.m.–5 p.m.
- Food-Energy-Water-Nexus–Based Education: Promising Practices and New Directions for Geoscience Education and Education Research (520)
- Sat., 21 Sept., 8 a.m.–12 p.m.
- Preparing Your Students for the Jobs They Want (522)
- Sat., 21 Sept., 1 p.m.–5 p.m.
- and others
Short Course participation provides Continuing Education Units (CEUs) / Professional Development Hours (PDHs). Most Short Courses take place on Saturday, 21 September.
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Field Trips
Attendees that are registered as K-12 Teachers (members and non-members alike) receive a 20% discount on field trip registration costs! Take advantage of this offer by participating in a field trip, like:
- An Educator's Look at Southern California Geology (403)
- Tar Pits Road Trip (406)
- California's Oil Coast (409)
- Exploration of North American Quaternary at the La Brea Tar Pits (412)
- Public Tour of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (413)
- Field Trip to the Coyote Mountains (415)
- San Andrea Fault at Wallace Creek (416)
- How Geology and Paleontology Helped Build the Magic of the Disneyland Resort (417)
- Hazards and Hilltops: The San Andreas Fault and Mount San Jacinto IAGD Accessible Field Trip (419)
Field Trip participation provides Continuing Education Units (CEUs) / Professional Development Hours (PDHs).
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Register Now
Register as a K-12 Teacher to receive special pricing. If you can only attend one day of the meeting, special Promo Codes are available to receive an additional discount. (For example, if you are attending Sunday only, use the Promo Code "OneDaySun".)
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More Opportunities for Educators
Check out the GeoCareers programs, to get ideas about careers in geoscience for your students.
Consider serving as a mentor, and share your experience as an educator with geoscience students and recent graduates.
Learn more about how GSA supports K-12 education.
Continuing Education
Meeting attendance, short courses, and field trips qualify for Continuing Education Units (CEUs) / Professional Development Hours (PDHs), which can be used toward obtaining or renewing teaching certifications.
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EarthCache
While you’re at GSA Connects 2024, take advantage of the chance to visit EarthCache sites in the Anaheim area.
An EarthCache is a special place that anyone can visit to learn about a unique geoscience feature. Visitors to EarthCache sites can see how our planet has been shaped by geological processes, how we manage Earth’s resources and how scientists gather evidence to learn about the Earth.
To find EarthCache sites near Anaheim, go to www.geocaching.com and enter zip code 92802. You can also search via the GC-code associated with a specific EarthCache. Below you’ll find a list of some EarthCache sites in the vicinity of the Anaheim Convention Center, including their GC-codes.
- “El Modena Volcanics” (GC3W57A ): Observe evidence of past volcanism right in Orange County.
- “Brea Olinda -- Natural Oil Seepage” (GC59474): Witness a natural oil seepage like the ones that drew the first oil prospectors to this area.
- “Crystal Cove Columnar Joints” (GC6E696): See columnar joints in outcrops of andesite along the coast in Crystal Cove State Park, a geological playground. A nice variety of EarthCaches can be found in this area.
- “Turtle Rock” (GCAABX5): Visit a limestone outcrop rich in bivalve fossils, nestled in a suburban neighborhood.