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In the Classroom

If you’re an educator preparing to head back to the classroom this fall and looking for insight
and inspiration to help you get motivated for the year ahead, you’ll want to check out these Special
Papers from GSA. Both volumes, which are available for download from the GSA bookstore,
explore how improved understanding of how humans think and learn about the Earth can help
educators prepare the next generation of geoscientists.
Earth and Mind: How Geologists Think and Learn about the Earth presents essays by
geoscientists, cognitive scientists, and educators that explore how geoscientists learn and what
the implications are for student learning. (SPE413P, 188 p., ISBN 0813724139, US$9.99)
Earth and Mind II: A Synthesis of Research on Thinking and Learning in the
Geosciences explores the ways in which geoscientists use the human senses and mind to
perceive, analyze, and explain the workings of the earth system and how to help students master
the thought processes of the geosciences. (SPE486P, 210 p., ISBN 9780813724867, US$9.99)

Get your copy today at http://rock.geosociety.org/store/