Conference Agenda

Session

50: What do we Know About Learning and Teaching geosciences? - Geoscience Education Research and Outreach

Time:

Thursday, 24/Sept/2026:

8:30am - 10:00am

Session Chair: Sylke Hlawatsch, Richard-Hallmann Schule, Trappenkamp
Session Chair: Melanie Kaliwoda, MSM Mineralogische Staatssammlung München - LMU München
Session Chair: Sharon Michelle Locke, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Session Chair: Martin Meschede, Universität Greifswald
Session Chair: Agnese Fazio, EGU Geoscience Field Officers (GEFO) for Germany

Location: VZ S4

80 Seats

Presentations

8:30am - 9:00am
Invited Session Keynote
ID: 410 / Session 50: 001
Topics: 50: What do we Know About Learning and Teaching geosciences? - Geoscience Education Research and Outreach

StoryMaps as a Tool for Integrated Learning and Authentic Assessment in Geoscience Education

Sharon Michelle Locke¹, Hugo Gutierrez²

1: Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, United States of America; 2: The University of Texas at El Paso, United States of America

9:00am - 9:15am
ID: 338 / Session 50: 002
Topics: 50: What do we Know About Learning and Teaching geosciences? - Geoscience Education Research and Outreach

Between Concreteness and Abstraction – Reflective Use of (Flood) Models in Geography Lessons

Hannes Schmalor

Ruhr University Bochum, Germany

9:15am - 9:30am
ID: 225 / Session 50: 003
Topics: 50: What do we Know About Learning and Teaching geosciences? - Geoscience Education Research and Outreach

The Representation of Geological Topics in Children's and Youth Media – A Qualitative Content Analysis

Maria-Luise Frey

Terra Outreach, Germany - Indiv. Member ExcB Global Geoparks Network

9:30am - 9:45am
ID: 235 / Session 50: 004
Topics: 50: What do we Know About Learning and Teaching geosciences? - Geoscience Education Research and Outreach

Art as a Bridge: Promoting Geoscience Interest and Literacy in Schools and Non-Formal Education

Agnese Fazio^1,2

1: Stiftung für Technologie, Innovation und Forschung Thüringen (STIFT), Germany; 2: EGU Geoscience Education Field Officer for Germany

9:45am - 10:00am
ID: 364 / Session 50: 005
Topics: 50: What do we Know About Learning and Teaching geosciences? - Geoscience Education Research and Outreach

Teaching climate change in a secondary school using original scientific data – chances and challenges

Sylke Hlawatsch¹, Martina Sanau²

1: Richard-Hallmann Schule, Trappenkamp, Germany; 2: RBZ Wirtschaft, Kiel, Germany

10:00am - 10:15am
ID: 434 / Session 50: 006
Topics: 50: What do we Know About Learning and Teaching geosciences? - Geoscience Education Research and Outreach

“Educational videos on the Earth System” as teaching materials for geoscience classes

Martin Meschede

Universität Greifswald, Germany