Education Research
Geoscience education was a subject not formally taught in many k-12 schools until recently. Changes in the National Science Education Standards (NSES) have advocated and strengthened the geoscience portion of the standards in the last few years as environmental issues have received increasing media attention. These issues (especially those that are located locally) provide students and teachers with exciting opportunities to perform inquiry-based learning on environmental issues that are of direct impact to the community. Since our attitudes and beliefs regarding the environment are largely based on our culture and local experiences, it is of growing interest to see how different areas on a national and international scale educate students about the environment.
Current Research
Study of Singapore Students' Environmental Knowledge and Ecological Worldviews
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Creating Internet GIS Applications to Enhance Student LearningE-Enterprise Center has the goal of locating and redeveloping brownfields in Indiana. Students are sent to locate brownfields in the area, and then Anoop develops Internet GIS applications using GIS, aerial photographs and various data layers. The new GIS technology integrates a webserver and servelet connector with GIS, ArcIMS (Internet Map Server) and ArcSDE (Spatial Database Engine) to enable students to log into their portal, locate, add and save their brownfield plot online. The students are then responsible for generating a proper map of brownfield localities, which are ultimately sent to EPA.
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ENVISION
The geomorphology lab, in conjunction with Purdue University has participated in several projects to provide teachers with: 1) exposure to cutting-edge research, 2) the opportunity to complete a group research project, and 3) the chance to reflect, implement and assess team-based research in their own classrooms. ENVISION was the main tool used to achieve the above agendas, and it is running from 2000 to 2005. The Indianapolis and West Lafayette Projects are similar in nature to ENVISION. <more>
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E. Coli Education Project
E. Coli inquiry-based education materials for middle school
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Indianapolis Project 1999-2000
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West Lafayette Project 1999-2000Environmental Science Institute for Indiana Teachers
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