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News 16 April 2018

Playing Their Way into the Geosciences

Childhood recreational experiences help explain gender disparity and other differences in undergraduate students' spatial abilities, researchers found.
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PROGRESS program early-career geoscientists and their mentors have fun and learn about snow science.

Project Update 3 April 2018

Welcoming Women into the Geosciences

Early results of a program to foster the careers of women entering the geosciences demonstrate the effectiveness of several specific factors.
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AGU News 30 March 2018

Virtual Mentoring Rewards Scientists at All Career Stages

Five geoscience organizations recently established an online global mentoring service for their disciplines.
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Scientists use everyday objects.

GeoFIZZ 7 March 2018

Ten Everyday Objects That Can Be Used for Science

Need a way to store sediment cores or grind up soil? These scientists have your answer.
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Diana Orlandi at the 2017 Virtual Poster Showcase

AGU News 6 March 2018

Virtual Poster Showcase Experienced Steady Growth in 2017

A pilot project for high schools and a geographic information system map, as well as other embellishments, have enhanced a program that enables students to present research electronically.
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Hand gestures are one means of illustrating geological concepts, like the orientation of these rock fractures.

Feature 7 February 2018

Learning to Form Accurate Mental Models

A cycle of prediction, comparison, and feedback supports spatial learning in geoscience.
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MOOC participants all over the world learn about natural disasters.

Project Update 1 February 2018

A New Massive Open Online Course on Natural Disasters

Two professors put their college course online. Enrollment jumped more than 20-fold, and a forum for exchanging ideas with a multigenerational international community was born.
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Surf’s up!

GeoFIZZ 18 December 2017

Sketch Your Science: Our Guesses About Your Sketches

Eos staff do their best to guess what scientists were drawing on the Sketch Your Science wall at the American Geophysical Union’s Fall Meeting in New Orleans, La.
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A new high-definition camera installed at a hydrothermal vent along the Juan de Fuca Ridge.

Meeting Report 8 December 2017

Incorporating Observatory Data into Oceanography Courses

OOI Teaching with Data Workshops; New Brunswick, New Jersey, 19–21 May 2017 (chemistry) and 2–4 June 2017 (geology)
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Biogeosciences
A new educational resource helps students explore the interactions between power generation systems and water resources.

Project Update 31 October 2017

New Online Tool Teaches Students About the Energy-Water Nexus

Students use real data sets to explore how population changes, power generation, and water-saving strategies affect surface and groundwater use.
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