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Monday, October 12, 1998 8:00 - 8:45 a.m. Workshops W19 - (A) Salon E Michael Harper, Utah Geographic Alliance 8:00 Geography from Space K-12 Workshop features Don Diggs new CD-ROM produced by the Utah Geographic Alliance, 14 GIS Chair: Paul Mausel, Indiana State University map sets, 750 Photos, 500 Language files, 42 teaching lessons, map puzzle, synthesized music, R. A. Winrich, NASA Lewis Research Center and much more. Show how images taken from low earth orbit, from the Space Shuttle, can be accessed using the W98 - (E) Grand Canyon Internet 8:00 A River Runs Through It: Integrating Rivers Across Your Curriculum W56 - (A) Salon A Chair: Nancy Gallavan, University of Nevada 8:00 Making Sense of Census 2000 Linda Agreda, John S. Park Elementary School Chair: Kimberly A. Crews, U.S. Census Bureau Explore a variety of ideas for teaching about Participate in activities that introduce students to rovers. Approaches to introduce and extend Census 2000 and use real-world data. Receive lessons with sample products and children's copies of teaching kits with a giant U.S. census literature will be shared map. W89 - (E) Bryce Canyon S7 - (A) Yellow Stone/Everglades 8:00 Integrating Geographic Concepts in the 8:00 Journal of Geography Editorial Board Reading and Writing Program Meeting Chair: Steven H. White, University of Kansas Chair: Jonathan Leib, Florida State University Kurt L. Stanfield, University of Kansas W101 - (A) Yosemite/Sequoia Focuses on reading and writing activities which part 1 of a 2 part Session. Part 2 is on Wednesday foster the development of understanding at 10:00 a.m. geographic concepts and skills through the use of children's literature. 8:00 Designing and Developing Interactive Geography Education Technology Based Multimedia Materials: A Mexico CD- ROM Chair: Cliff B. Craig, Utah State University 1 Monday, October 12, 1998 8:00-8:45 a.m. Workshops W63 - (A) 8:00-9:30 Mt. Rushmore B Awareness Week. W116 - (E) Salon B Doing Real Geography in the field with USGS Topographical Maps: An activity 8:00 People Places and Patterns: Geography for Geography Awareness Week Puts the Pieces Together: Elementary Chair: Ruth Shirey, Indiana University of Chair/Organizer: Chelsea Morse 8:00 8:20 Pennsylvania National Geographic Society Joseph W. Bencloski, Indiana University of Other presenters to be announced. Pennsylvania The Presenter will Highlight Elementary Activities Joseph Kerski, USGS in the Geography Awareness Week packet. Participants will be encouraged to share successful Doing Real Geography in the field with USGS strategies for expanding the impact of Geography topographical Maps: An Activity for Geography Awareness Week. Monday, October 12, 1998 8:00-9:30 a.m. Papers P4 - (A) Mt. Rushmore A NCGIA GIS Education in K-14 Classrooms P26 - (US) Mt. McKinley GIS in K-12 Classrooms Chair/Organizer: Melinda Schoenfeldt, Kansas SI-NET: Advanced Placement State University 8:00 8:20 Chair/Organizer: David Lanegran, Macalester GIS in K-12 Classrooms College Ben A. Smith, Kansas State University 8:20 8:40 What is GIS and how can students and teachers use it effectively in K-12 classrooms? A look at past, present, and future uses of GIS. Supporting GIS Education in the Community Colleges Steve Palladino, University of California 8:40 9:00 GIS curriculum development and training opportunities for community college. GIS will be over viewed with a focus on the efforts of the 46 Monday, October 12, 1998 8:00-9:30 Papers P16 - (A) Salon D S1 - (A) Mt. Rainier Travel Geography Distinguished Mentor Session Honoring Edward Fernald, Florida State Travel Writer Redmond O'Hanlon's Journeys to University the Tropical Rainforest Chair/Organizer: Dale R. Lott, Vermont Using the Fernald Model for Studying Places to Geographic Alliance 8:00 8:20 Teach Problems Solving in a Technology Rich Environment British naturalist Redmond OHanlon is obsessed Chair/Organizer: Laurie Molina, Geography with the tropical forest and superbly describes his Education and Technology Program travles to Congo, Borneo and athe Amazon Energizing Geographic Education Travelers' Impressions of Arizona Along the Gila David Lahart, Energy and Environmental Trail, 1840 to 1880 Alliance Carol C. Warren, Arizona Geography Alliance 8:20 8:40 Understanding and Predicting Behavior in Hurricanes Through an examination of primary source Jay Baker, Florida State University material, participants will explore travelers' views of the desert environment as they crossed Southern Student Decision Making and Field-Based Arizona. Activities in the High School Geography Classroom Bermuda Triangle: Sailors' Superstition or Elizabeth Smith, Lincoln High School Natural Phenomenon? Monica Wilson, IU Southeast 8:40 9:00 The Bermuda Triangle is an area where magnetic declination and physical phenomena disrupt navigation and contribute to the Triangles mysterious reputation. 47 Monday, October 12, 1998 8:45 - 9:30 a.m. Workshops W53 - (E) Salon E Nelson Dias, Indiana State University 8:45 Playground Maps Dennis Skelton, Indiana State University Chair/Organizer: Ed Bonne, Michigan Geographic Three NASA supported interactive CD-ROMS for Alliance students in grades 4-12 have been developed to illustrate the role of geotechniques (remote sensing The Playground is not just a place for recess. GIS) in environmental analysis Convert your playground to a geography lab. There will also be demonstrations showing how teachers can use large maps as a teaching site. W7 - (ES) Yosemite/Sequoia 8:45 The Silk Road - Ancient Internet W29 - (ES) Yellow Stone/ Everglades Chair/Organizer: Dennis Rees, Arizona Geographic Alliance 8:45 Fossil Geography of Indiana Chair/Organizer: Miriam Hill, Auburn University W66 - (E) Bryce Canyon Paleozoic fossils and Pleistocene geomorphology 8:45 A Wonderful Curriculum Tool! - National of Indiana and discussed. Materials and sources Geographic Kids Network are provided to supplement teaching activities. Chair/Organizer: Gwen Faulkner, District of Columbia Geographic Alliance W64 - (ES) Salon E Hilda Taylor, District of Columbia Geographic 8:45 Integration of Geotechniques in Alliance Environmental Applications : CD-ROMs for K-12 Highlights the efforts of a pilot program of classrooms in the District of Columbia Public Chair/Organizer: Paul Mausel, Indiana State Schools. University Denis Mudderman, Indiana State University Monday, October 12, 1998 48 8:45 - 9:30 a.m. Workshops W94 - (E) Grand Canyon Carol Jarvis, Economic Education in Maryland 8:45 Connecting Geography and Economics Sari Bennett, Maryland Geographic Alliance Through Children's Trade Books Barbara Yingling, Villa Cresta High School Chair/Organizer: Patricia Robeson, Beltsville Academic Center Geographic and economic concepts can be conveyed by using children's trade books. Lessons Mary A. Hewitt, Economic Education in will demonstrate to emphasize performance-based Maryland instruction to integrate geography and economics. Monday, October 12, 1998 10:00 - 10:45 a.m. Workshops W55 - (A) Salon E organizing, analyzing, and answering questions. 10:00 Xpeditions and Other Learning Adventures at national.geographic.com W60 - (A) Salon A Chair/Organizer: M. Ford Cochran, National 10:00 Attracting Inner-City Teachers to Geographic Online Alliance Programs Dozens of classroom ideas, hundreds of printable Chair/Organizer: Joe Ferguson, National maps, a virtual museum of geography-you'll find it Geographic Society all in Xpeditions. Come get a behind the scenes tour of Xpedition Hall and the other educational Since 1994 the National Geographic Society's offerings at nationalgeographic.com Urban Initiative has built teams of teacher consultants in 13 major urban areas in the United States. Come hear about programs and strategies W24 - (E) Yellow Stone/Everglades that attract inner city teachers from the leaders of participating cities 10:00 The "Bush" Olympics 2000 Down Under Chair/Organizer: Doris Gott, Northern Illinois University Hands-on whole language approach to learning about unique Australian animals and their habitats using Geography's basic skills - asking, acquiring, Monday, October 12, 1998 10:00 - 10:45 a.m. 49 Workshops W6 - (A) Yosemite/Sequoia Geography with 74,796 Ready-to-go Lesson Plans; USGS Maps 10:00 Beyond the Classroom: Planning, Designing and Implementing Geography Chair/Organizer: Joseph Kerski, USGS Fieldwork Expand your skills in teaching physical and cultural Chair/Organizer: Dany M. Ray, Georgia geography with USGS maps by uncovering a series Geographic Alliance of mysteries built on USGS topographic and thematic maps. This presentation will provide teachers with a template to planning designing and implementing geography field work. W86 - (US) 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. Salon D Greeting the Twenty-First Century with W95 - (A) Grand Canyon Advanced Placement Human Geography 10:00 Show Me the Money Chair/Organizer: David Lanegran, Macalester College Chair/Organizer: Mary Ann Polve, Arizona Geographic Alliance Fredrick Wright, The College Board Gail Ekiss, Arizona Geographic Alliance Sheila Ager, Educational Testing Service 36-N Use currency to teach geographic concepts This workshop focuses on AP Human Geography's highlighting the country's culture, values and course structure and goals ans emphasizes the physical features. significance of this new AP offering for secondary and undergraduate education in the next century. W34 - (A) Bryce Canyon 10:00 Teaching Cultural and Physical 50 Monday, October 12, 1998 Learning Expo (Poster Session) Learning Expo 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. Salone B Exotic