SERC

Science Education Resource Center
at Carleton College

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Develop Students' Science Identity

Content page from the SAGE 2YC project offering evidence-based strategies for fostering science identity in two-year college students, emphasizing inclusive pedagogy, diverse scientist role models, authentic research experiences, and real-world relevance to support underrepresented students in STEM.

News

• SERC Spotlight
  

  Ellen Iverson, director, and Kristin O'Connell, evaluation/education associate, co-authored a paper with colleagues titled, "Building Institutional Capacity for Research Impacts: The ARIS ORIC Program," in Research Management Review.

  
  Congratulations to Ellen, Kristin, and their co-authors on this outstanding achievement!

• SERC now hosting Promoting Geoscience Research, Education and Success (PROGRESS)
  

  SERC is now hosting the website for the PROmoting Geoscience, Research, Education and SuccesS (PROGRESS) Program. Progress aims to mentor STEM undergraduates who identify as women interested in the Geosciences through a combination of formal and informal, professional and peer mentoring.

• DOI's are now available for SERC pages
  Digital Object Identifiers (DOI's) are now available for content hosted by SERC. They are made available upon request. Simply click the DOI link within the author information, or in the page footer.
• Visible Geology teaching activities
  

  Developed by geoscience faculty, these versatile, single-day teaching activities utilize Seequent's Visible Geology web-based application to strengthen students' spatial reasoning and geological analysis skills. Designed for quick integration into homework, lectures, or labs, they help prepare the next generation for the geoscience workforce.

• SERC Authors Co-Lead Study on Widely Adopted, Data-Rich Teaching Resources
  

  Beth Pratt-Sitaula, along with Kristin O'Connell (SERC), Bruce Douglas, Becca Walker, Benjamin Crosby, Ellen Iverson (SERC), and Donna Charlevoix, have published a new paper on the GEodesy Tools for Societal Issues (GETSI) program.

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What's New at SERC

Cutting Edge Exemplary Collection

The Exemplary Collection showcases the best online teaching activities relevant to Earth educators as scored by peer review. The collection continues to grow as new activities are submitted and reviewed so check back regularly!

GP-IMPACT: Expanding HBCU Pathways for Geoscience Education

Program profiles for STEM teacher preparation illuminate the goals, strengths, and successes of the participating institutions in increasing the ability of future teachers to teach geoscience content in K12 classrooms and provide key recommendations to support other HBCUs.

BASICS - Business and Science: Integrated Curriculum for Sustainability

Business And Science: Integrated Curriculum for Sustainability (BASICS) has developed transdisciplinary curriculum modules for undergraduate students that combine STEM and business and focus on the wicked problems of sustainability in a global economy.