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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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Education
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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Education
A Project SMART stratospheric balloon launch with a payload designed by students

Project Update 18 October 2016

Balloon Launches Introduce Students to Space Science

High school students launch their own high-altitude payloads and learn from their successes and failures through a science research training program led by the University of New Hampshire.
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Education
Overhead view of the AR Sandbox showing augmented reality—contour lines and virtual water projected on sand

Project Update 26 July 2016

Augmented Reality Turns a Sandbox into a Geoscience Lesson

Superimposing responsive digital effects onto sand in a sandbox places educators, students, and policy makers in an augmented reality, offering a hands-on way to explore geoscience processes.
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Natural Hazards

Editors' Vox 6 June 2016

They Got to “Ask-Me-Anything.” So, What Did They Want to Know?

On behalf of JGR: Oceans, I consented to a Reddit Science AMA. What did an anonymous public want to learn about oceanography and climate science? More importantly, what can we learn from them?
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Education

Editors' Vox 20 April 2016

Sustaining Existence: A Geoethical Dilemma

Would communicating science be more effective if geoethics were included in the discussion?
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Education

Meeting Report 1 April 2016

Learning About Teaching: Geoscience Educators Share Insights

Earth Educators' Rendezvous; Boulder, Colorado, 13–17 July 2015
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Education

Project Update 2 March 2016

Students, Meet Data

Lessons that incorporate publicly available data from Earth observing sensors can expose students to the thrill of scientific discovery.
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