Bringing NSF MARGINS Continental Margins Research Into the Undergraduate Curriculum First In-Person Workshop – Sep 18-20, 2013 Carleton College, Northfield, MN Website: DUE TUES OCE & EAR

Workshop Objectives & Plan Sept 18-20, 2013, Carleton College Bring everyone up to speed on – Importance of what we are doing – why, how, for whom – Pedagogy & assessment techniques, i.e., integral to mini-lessons – Mechanics of mini-lesson development, using the CMS – Available resources to aid in mini-lesson completion Review suite of mini-lessons under development, e.g., – Gallery of exemplary mini-lessons (poster and interactive session) – Ongoing discussions, question & answer sessions among authors Complete the mini-lessons [Lots of working time!] Fit mini-lessons into common course frameworks (& fill gaps) Outline field testing, data collection and analysis plans – Goals, responsibilities, approach, recruiting – Filling out matrix, recruiting volunteers Looking forward – next steps

Workshop Plan - Thursday Overview, program, and objectives (Project Team) Importance of this project to geoscience education (Cathy) Field Testing: Goals, importance, methods (Jeff) Review mini-lesson structure & assessment resources (Ellen) Break-out session #1 – Initiative Teams – Review their accomplishments to date; identify gaps that need in-filling – Itemize questions, challenges, opportunities; Report outs Incorporating MARGINS & Cutting-Edge materials (Andy) Break-out session #2 – Initiative Teams (w interviews) – Refine mini-lessons and complete on-line entries – Define course frameworks for mini-lesson placement Fitting mini-lessons in “common” course frameworks (Andy) Break-out session #3 – Disciplinary Teams – Place mini-lessons into course frameworks ; plan field testing Evening – flexible working time, teams or independently

Motivation for this Project Unique opportunity/obligation to bring the landmark MARGINS science of the last decade into the undergraduate curriculum using state of the art teaching practices. – A major goal of higher education today, prompted by federal emphasis on teaching critical thinking and the scientific process through encounters with scientific research. Implement best educational practices in this effort. Project marries these two by bringing scientific expertise from MARGINS and educational expertise from SERC and On The Cutting Edge. – Teams are designed with this breadth of expertise to develop and test teaching materials using research based educational practices and state of the art methods for assessing learning.

General Project Objectives Review highlights of a decade+ of MARGINS science in four initiatives, considering how they have changed our understanding of continental margins. Fully develop up to ~2 weeks of course materials for each of four initiatives, based on MARGINS results and data, ready to incorporate into upper-level undergraduate courses, incl. – Lecture, lab and/or other materials; necessary data sets; other resources – Integrated assessment as part of pedagogy Field test materials in the classroom, analyze results, refine. Disseminate materials, facilitate their incorporation into a wide-range of common course frameworks, develop community of practice. Evaluate the project (throughout) and report.

MARGINS Mini-Lesson Project Schedule Feb 2013 – December 2014 Webinar Series (Feb-Mar 2013) [Done!] Virtual Workshop (Mar-Apr 2013) [Done!] Development Phase (May-Sept 2013) [Underway…] – Teams develop mini-lessons according to plan – Web pages set up for development and discussion – Bi-weekly check in Workshop (Sept 18-20, 2013) [Now!] – Finalize, review & refine mini-lessons; outline field testing plan Classroom testing & assessment (AY ) Workshop (Sep or Oct 2014) – Revise & finalize mini-lessons Mini-lesson publication & dissemination (Oct-Dec 2014)

MARGINS Highlights Webinars Up to 45 applications each participants each Many inquiries Now available as webcasts RCL S2S SEIZE SubFac (Feb-Mar 2013)

New MARGINS Mini-Lessons RCL Exploring the Role of Sedimentation in Rift Systems Exploring Styles of Extension in Rift Systems Oblique Spreading and Rift Morphology Exploring the Role of Magmatism in Rift Systems S2S Understanding the distribution of sedimentary deposits in space and time Effects of Climate and Humans on River Sediment Discharge Sediments and carbon burial on the continental margins

New MARGINS Mini-Lessons SEIZE The spectrum of fault slip Slow Slip on Subduction Megathrusts Accretionary vs. erosive subduction margins SubFac Slab temperatures control melting in subduction zones, what controls slab temperature? – Part 1: Conductive heat transfer – Part 2: Advective Heat Transfer Central American Arc Volcanoes, Petrology, and Geochemistry Subduction zone metamorphism