The purpose of the workshop is to demonstrate interesting and cutting-edge Geoscience activities that can be used in teaching Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Computer Sciences, as well as Earth/Space Science.
The workshop will run from Monday June 13 through Friday June 24, from 9 am to 1 pm. The meeting place is Charles Perry Building room PC 332, in the Earth Science Department on FIU's University Park Campus.
Each day, a member of FIU's Earth Sciences group will present Geoscience concepts and applications within their area of expertise. The emphasis is on themes and activities that can be translated into classroom tools. There will also be a presentation about career opportunities for students entering the geosciences as a major in college.
Some faculty participants and themes:
Dr. Grenville
Draper: Geologic history and environmental geology of South Florida.
Field trip -- what you can show your students about geoscience in the field
in South Florida.
Dr. Bradford Clement: How
the Ocean Drilling Program explores the ocean floor and its secrets. Geophysical
techniques used to explore the oceans and deep earth. Visit to paleomagnetics
laboratory
Dr.
Bill Anderson:
Environmental geology with biogeochemistry of the South Florida environmental
system. Current projects in the Everglades and Florida Keys.
Dr. Dean Whitman: Exploring
geospatial data and Geographic Information System (GIS). Use and capabilities
of GIS software and internet resources for obtaining software and geospatial
data
Dr.Laurel Collins: Paleoclimatology
-- how we use the history of life to determine climates and environments of
the past. What locally available materials you can use to demonstrate the
use of fossils to determine paleotemperature and past ocean depths.
Dr.
Gautam Sen: Chemical make-up of solid earth materials on the Earth's
surface and at high temperatures and pressures. Visit to the Florida Center
for Analytical Electron Microscopy.
Dr. Mike Sukop: Hydrogeology
- concepts related to groundwater supply, flow and quality. How geoscientists
model groundwater flow in aquifers.
The final day will be a wrap-up of the prior days' experiences and a presentation
about career opportunities for students entering the geosciences as a major
in college. We will also collect your ideas about this program.
GeoSCOPE
is funded by the National Science Foundation program:
Opportunities for Enhancing Diversity in the Geosciences (OEDG).
A stipend or tuition waiver is available for this course -- see application form
Contacts:
Rosemary Hickey-Vargas(hickey@fiu.edu),
305-348-3471 and Grenville Draper (draper@fiu.edu),
305-348-3087
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