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T168. What’s in Your Data? Mining Existing Data- T172. Geoscience Information: Innovation and
bases to Plot the Course of K–16 Geoscience Education Applications in a Changing Landscape
Endorsers: GSA Geoscience Education Division; GSA Geology Endorsers: Geoscience Information Society; GSA Soils and Soil
and Society Division; GSA Geoinformatics and Data Science Processes Division
Division; National Earth Science Teachers Association (NESTA); Disciplines: Geoscience Information/Communication,
National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT); National Geoinformatics, Geoscience Education
Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) Geoscience Advocates: Lisa Dunn; Linda Musser
Education Research (GER) Division; National Association of The evolving information environment presents challenges for
Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) Teacher Education Division (TED); those managing, creating, and accessing geoscience information.
National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) Geo2YC How are we innovating, developing agile strategies, re-thinking
Division; GSA Energy Geology Division boundaries, exploring applications, forming new partnerships?
Disciplines: Geoscience Education, Geoscience Information/ Share your ideas, best practices, and outcomes.
Communication, Geoscience and Public Policy
Advocates: Eric Pyle; Edward Robeck T173. Giving Voice to Geosciences beyond the
We seek to identify data sources available for geoscience educa- Science World
tion, considering how these data can be used to produce efficien- Endorsers: GSA Geology and Society Division; University
cies of effort that maximize the impact of available resources to Corporation for Atmospheric Research; National Association of
inform policy- and decision-making. Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) Teacher Education Division (TED);
GSA Geoscience Education Division; GSA Quaternary Geology
GEOSCIENCE INFORMATION/COMMUNICATION and Geomorphology Division; Colorado Riparian Association;
GSA Soils and Soil Processes Division
T169. Climate—Weather Extreme Adaption Disciplines: Geoscience Information/Communication, Geoscience
and Mitigation: An Aggressive Call for an Interdis- Education, Geoscience and Public Policy
ciplinary, Conference of Parties (COP), and United Advocates: Emily Iskin; Sarah Lamm
Nation (UN) Involvement This session showcases creative communication of geosciences
Endorsers: GSA International; GSA Geology and Society Division with various media in venues beyond traditional university set-
Disciplines: Geoscience Information/Communication, Geoscience tings, highlighting multidisciplinary collaborations and diverse
and Public Policy, Environmental Geoscience voices by connecting with diverse audiences.
Advocates: Onema Adojoh; Mohammed Chaanda
The intersectionality of ancillary disciplines should be strength- HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF GEOLOGY
ened to increase professional diversity and retention in climate
science to meet the proposed COP27 agreement in the future. T174. Case Studies in the History & Philosophy of
the Geosciences: People, Places & Things
T170. From Yellowstone Earthquakes to a Delaware Endorsers: GSA History and Philosophy of Geology Division;
River Odyssey and Numerous Places and Projects in GSA Geoscience Education Division
between: A Memorial Tribute to USGS Jack Epstein Disciplines: History and Philosophy of Geology, Geoscience
on His Work, Legacy, and Friends Made along the Education, Geoscience Information/Communication
Way (U.S. Geological Survey 1958–2020) Advocate: Eric Pyle
Endorsers: U.S. Geological Survey; National Park Service; This session seeks presentations that share the development,
GSA Geology and Society Division; GSA Quaternary Geology use, and impact of case studies that inform the development of
and Geomorphology Division the geosciences discipline and can be used in formal and informal
Disciplines: Geoscience Information/Communication, Karst geoscience teaching and learning settings.
Advocates: David Weary; Randall Orndorff; Timothy Connors
Celebrate the U.S. Geological Survey career of Jack Epstein with GEOINFORMATICS
presentations on geologic mapping in the central Appalachians;
mapping and karst research in the Black Hills; or topics related to T175. Geologic Maps and Their Derivatives
outreach work with the National Park Service. (Posters)
Endorser: Association of American State Geologists
T171. Geology in Motion: Presenting and Promoting Disciplines: Geoinformatics, Hydrogeology, Structural Geology
Geomorphic and Geologic Research Using Video Advocates: Richard Berg; Harvey Thorleifson
and Augmented Reality (Posters) This poster session will highlight new geologic maps, mapping
Endorser: GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division programs, and innovations in geological mapping, including data
Disciplines: Geoscience Information/Communication, management, web accessibility, 3D, and applications in water and
Geomorphology, Geoinformatics land management.
Advocates: Sean D.T. Fletcher; Dallin Laycock; Paul Bremner;
Richard MacKenzie III T176. Innovations in Geological Mapping
The use of video and augmented reality is an underutilized Endorser: Association of American State Geologists
resource in the geosciences and may provide a resource to better Disciplines: Geoinformatics, Hydrogeology, Structural Geology
understand concepts limited by print media publication. Advocates: Richard Berg; Harvey Thorleifson

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