Friday, July 31, 2015

Abstract Deadline is August 5!

Have you submitted your abstract yet? Don't be shy! We are really excited to see the great outreach and education activities everyone has been developing. The abstract submission is not done through the main abstract portal, but a special pop-up portal (linked below). It's a short form to fill out and best of all, it's FREE! This abstract doesn't count towards the AGU 1st authorship limit and costs nothing to submit. Please send in your work and encourage your colleagues to do the same!

- John and Hannah

Pop-up Listing
Abstract Submission

Saturday, July 4, 2015

2015 Session is a go!



Hello all! We have received the go ahead for a session from AGU with a slightly modified plan! We encourage you to read our session description (below) and submit your geoscience education abstract.  Remember that this will not count as your first author abstract for the conference, so you can submit to this session and your primary research.  There are also no abstract fees this year! Submitting to this session is a way to demonstrate your commitment to quality education and what you are doing to change the way geoscience education is done.  We spend lots of time making classroom activities, this session gives you an opportunity to show off that work.  Last year was a great success, help us make this year even better!Please share this session with your peers.  Be sure to use #keepinggeologyalive in your social media posts. The new abstract submission page can be found here.

- John Leeman and Hannah Rabinowitz


This session offers students an opportunity to give a 5 minute presentation focused on outreach and classroom activities and demonstrations related to the geosciences.  Presentations can cover classroom and public demonstrations, methods, or platforms for sharing geoscience research to students and/or the public  in an accessible and engaging way.  Inclusion of videos and other media is encouraged.  The goal of this session is to share ideas for engaging students and the public in geosciences research.  A blog will be maintained at http://keepinggeologyalive.blogspot.com and will include content that presenters wish to make public, including but not limited to, videos and instructions on how a demonstration was conducted.  This Pop-Up Session is limited to students only.  Submit a proposal for a talk in the Keeping Geology Alive Pop-Up Session.