About Our Authors

The sites that make up Teach the Earth bring together the talents and expertise of a number of people. There is a growing network of faculty all across the country that have contributed time and energy to writing modules for one or more projects. Beyond that, there is an even wider community of teachers, instructors and faculty who have contributed teaching examples to collections on the site.

Below you can see the educators and scientists that have contributed greatly to the content available at Teach the Earth along with links to the areas of the site they are associated with. SERC staff and the MSU Web Development Team contribute across all the sites. In addition, there is a group from TERC and elsewhere working on the Earth Exploration Toolbook as well as a diverse group working on the Microbial Life Education Resources project.

Jennifer Anderson, Winona State University

• Preparing Teachers to Teach Earth Science

Eric M. Baer, Highline Community College

• Teaching Quantitative Skills in the Geosciences
• Introductory Courses: Teaching Quantitative Literacy

Char Bezanson, Eastview High School, Apple Valley, MN

• Preparing Teachers to Teach Earth Science
• 2004 Asian Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster Project

Jeff Crabaugh (more info) , University of Wyoming

• Cutting Edge: Teaching With Visualizations
• Cutting Edge: Collections of Visualizations on Geoscience Topics

Mark Francek, Central Michigan University

• Starting Point: Gallery Walk
• Cutting Edge: Collections of Visualizations on Geoscience Topics

Laura Guertin , Pennsylvania State University Delaware County

• Starting Point: Just-in-Time Teaching
• Starting Point: Peer Review

Michelle Hall ( This site may be offline. ) , Science Education Solutions, Inc.

• Teaching Geoscience with Visualizations

Elizabeth A. Heise, University of Texas at Brownsfield and Texas Southmost College

• Starting Point: Calibrated Peer Review

Russanne Low, Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE)

• Starting Point: Designing an Earth System Course

David McConnell (more info) , University of Akron

• Starting Point Interactive Lectures: ConcepTests

Heather Macdonald , College of William and Mary

• Starting Point: Interactive Lectures
• Building Strong Geoscience Departments
• On the Cutting Edge: Professional Development for Geoscience Faculty
• Cutting Edge: Course Design Tutorial
• Cutting Edge Workshop: Early Career Geoscience Faculty
• Cutting Edge Workshop: Preparing for an Academic Career in the Geosciences

Robert MacKay (more info) , Clark College

• Starting Point: Teaching with Data
• Starting Point: Teaching with Models
• Starting Point: Teaching with Interactive Demonstrations

Mark McCaffrey, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences

• Climate Change Collection

Dorothy Merritts , Franklin & Marshall College

• Starting Point: Teaching Entry Level Geoscience
• Starting Point: Using Socratic Questioning
• Starting Point: Teaching with Interactive Demonstrations

David Mogk (more info) Montana State University

• On the Cutting Edge: Professional Development for Geoscience Faculty
• Integrating Research and Education

Sandredin (Dean) Moosavi, Walden University

• Preparing Teachers to Teach Earth Science: Teacher Preparation Courses

Dexter Perkins , University of North Dakota

• Starting Point: Studio Courses (coming soon)
• On the Cutting Edge: Observing and Assessing Student Learning - Knowledge Surveys
• Petrology Activities and Examples

William A. Prothero University of California Santa Barbara

• Starting Point Interactive Lectures: Question of the Day
• [link /introgeo/search_site.html?search_text=Prothero' Starting Point: Calibrated Peer Review Examples']

Linda Reinen, Pomona College

• Starting Point: Student Research (coming soon!)

Randall Richardson (more info) University of Arizona Tucson

• Building Strong Geoscience Departments
• Building Strong Geoscience Departments: Threats and Opportunities at Research-Intensive Universities

Martin Ruzek Universities Space Research Association

• Starting Point: Using an Earth System Approach

Mary Savina Carleton College

• Starting Point: Teaching Entry Level Geoscience
• Starting Point: Field Lab Examples

Suzanne Savanick Carleton College Science Education Resource Center

• Starting Point: Campus-Based Learning
• Cutting Edge: Observing and Assessing Student Learning
• Starting Point: Service Learning

William Slattery (more info) Wright State University

• Starting Point: Assessment

Ethel Stanley BioQUEST, Beloit College

• Starting Point: Using Investigative Cases in Geoscience

David Steer (more info) University of Akron

• Starting Point Interactive Lecutres: ConcepTest

Rebecca Teed Wright State University

• Starting Point: Game-Based Learning
• Starting Point: Role-Playing Exercises
• Starting Point: Using an Earth History Approach

Barbara Tewksbury Hamilton College

• On the Cutting Edge: Professional Development for Geoscience Faculty
• Cutting Edge: Couse Design Tutioral
• Resources for Teaching Structural Geology
• Quantitative Skills: Back of the Envelope Calculations

Bill Titus Carleton College

• Quantitative Skills: Mathematica Tutorials

Robert Walter Franklin & Marshall College

• Starting Point: Socratic Questioning
• Starting Point: Teaching with Interactive Demonstrations

Margaret Waterman Southeast Missouri State University

• Starting Point: Using Investigative Cases in the Geosciences

Jennifer Wenner University of Wisconsin Oshkosh

• Quantitative Skills: Teaching with Equations
• Introductory Courses: Teaching Quantitative Literacy
• Quantitative Skills: Activities for Lab and Class

Karl Wirth (more info) , Macalester College

• On the Cutting Edge: Observing and Assessing Student Learning - Knowledge Surveys