Education and Outreach
Communicating science to a broader audience is always challenging and exciting. Since becoming a graduate student I have had the opportunity to annotate articles for Science in the Classroom, making them accessible to high school and undergraduate students. In addition, I have gotten to volunteer with IRIS Education and Public Outreach at events such as the USA Science and Engineering expo!
Articles:
GEOL 200 - Earth's Fury: Earthquakes, Tsunami, and Volcanoes
TA in Fall 2013, 2014 & 2016
This is an UMD I-series course ( Issues- Inspiration- Imagination) which challenges students to be inspired through interactive teaching. The emphasis in this course is the understanding and application of modern geoscience knowledge.
Updates for 2014 Students :
These are updates for the discussion section of the GEOL 200 class
Class Materials:
Helpful Links :
Natural Disasters Class _ Nelson_TU
USGS Earthquake Hazards Program
Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology
GEOL 110 - Physical Geology LAB
TA Spring 2014
This is an introductory lab at UMD designed to provide students a basic understanding of robust topics within geoscience. The lab portion of this class is separate from the lecture portion.
Helpful Links :
Sedimentology - Tulane University
TA Assistant - Helped with lab updates Fall/Spring 2013
The sedimentology lab at Tulane university was updated with senior grad student Chirs Esposito to be a more seamless interactive lab including multiple flume deposition experiments and programing in matlab and excel to challenge students. Tulane Morphodynamics Laboratory
Erin Cunningham
ecunnin2@umd.edu