Earth to Class

2nd New York State Earth Science Teachers Conference

Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY

“CREATING EXEMPLARY EARTH SCIENCE CURRICULUM UNITS”

SCHEDULE

July 29 (Fri.) -- Lamont Campus of Columbia University

8 -- 9 Continental Breakfast -- Monell Building

9 – 10 Welcome and Introduction -- Monell Building

10 – 12 Working Groups Session 1/Campus Tour -- Seismology Seminar Room

12:00 – 1:00 Barbeque Lunch -- Lamont Cafeteria Patio

1:00 – 2:30 Keynote Talk: Dr. Michael Purdy, Director, LDEO -- Monell Building

2:45 – 4:00 Working Groups Session 2 -- Seismology Seminar Room

Afternoon hike through the Lamont Campus Forest and down to the Hudson River

Dinner on your own

(many nice restaurants in nearby Piermont and Nyack by the Hudson River)

July 30 (Sat.) -- St. Thomas Aquinas College

8 -- 9 Continental Breakfast -- McNelis Commons Dining Hall

9 – 12 Working Groups Session 3 -- Kneuven Educational Technology Room

12 – 1 Lunch -- McNelis Commons Dining Hall

1 – 2 Working Groups Session 4 -- Kneuven Educational Technology Room

3 – 4 Full Conference Discussion of Proposed Curriculum Units/Planning for Follow-Up and Dissemination of Materials

Afternoon kayak paddle through the Tallman Saltmarsh and Hudson River -- Paradise Boats, Piermont

Dinner on your own

(many nice restaurants in nearby Piermont and Nyack by the Hudson River)

July 31 (Sun.) -- St. Thomas Aquinas College

8 -- 9 Continental Breakfast -- McNelis Commons Dining Hall

9 – 12 "What Can You See? What Does It Mean? Creating More Meaningful Field Experiences"

Four-stop field experience across Rockland County led by LDEO scientist and Columbia Professor Kim Kastens to demonstrate strategies

for creating more effective field experiences with students.

Images from the field trip

12 - 1 Lunch -- McNelis Commons Dining Hall

Conference ends