National Association of Geoscience Teachers

Pacific Northwest Section Meeting 2001

Bellevue Comm. College, Bellevue, WA

Tentative Schedule

Thursday, 21 June 2001
Field trip: Bedrock geology of San Juan Island, led by Darrel Cowan (University of Washington), leave BCC about 6:00 a.m., return about 8:30 p.m. Note departure time change! Cost: $20

Friday, 22 June 2001
Lectures, demos, sharing, posters, vendor displays at Bellevue Community College. Cost: $35

• 7:30 - 8:15 Registration and coffee time; browse textbooks
  
• 8:15 - 10:00 Welcome and morning talks
  The Berkeley Grant Proposal Game: Simulating the Scientific Process, Tracy Furutani (North Seattle Community College and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo)
  Interdisciplinary Science: Sequential Science Courses for Non-science Majors, Bob Filson (Green River Community College)
  Introductory geology and the interdisciplinary format: can geology 101 fit into a 3-way?, Andy Buddington (Spokane Community College)
  Teaching Geology Through Service Learning, Rob Viens (Bellevue Community College)
  
• 10:00 - 10:30 Coffee break; browse textbooks
  
• 10:30 - 11:00 Educational Resources on the Geology of Washington, Connie Manson (Washington Department of Natural Resources)
  
• 11:00 - 12:00 Sharing Session (with a focus on field trips)
  
• 12:00 - 1:15 Lunch Buffet and last chance to browse textbooks
  
• 1:15 - 2:00 The 2001 Nisqually Earthquake, Bill Steele (University of Washington)
  
• 2:00 - 2:45 An Unusual Tertiary Depositional Environment on the Olympic Peninsula, Elizabeth Nesbitt (University of Washington)
  
• 2:45 - 3:00 Coffee break
  
• 3:00 - 3:45 Beneath Our Feet: The Geology of the Seattle Area, Kathy Troost (University of Washington)
  
• 3:45 - 4:30 Society and Geology, Matt Brunengo (GeoEngineers, Inc., Portland)
  
• 5:30 - 7:00 Barbeque dinner at BCC
  
• 7:00 - 8:30 Evening lecture: Earth: A Unique Place in Space and Time, Don Brownlee (University of Washington)
  

Sunday, 24 June 2001
Field trip: Seattle Landslides and the Seattle Fault, led by Bill Nashem (Shannon and Wilson) and
Brian Sherrod (University of Washington), leave BCC about 7:00 a.m., return about 4:30 p.m. Cost: $20

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