Initial Publication Date: March 14, 2025

Math for Earth Science Majors: Building Confidence, Skills, and Success

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April 24, 2025

Presenters

Eric Baer, Highline College
Rory McFadden, SERC
Beth Pratt-Sitaula, EarthScope Consortium

Description

Struggling to help your Earth science majors build the quantitative skills they need?

Join us for this dynamic webinar designed for undergraduate instructors. Learn how the 14 math and statistics modules developed by The Math Your Earth Science Majors Need project can seamlessly integrate into your courses, reinforcing key math and stats concepts in a geoscience context. Discover ready-to-use, self-paced resources that have been shown to boost student confidence and success across a range of courses and institutions. Don't miss this opportunity to enhance your students' math skills—and your teaching!

Webinar Goals

Participants will:

Access and explore online modules
Learn strategies for integrating quantitative skills into Earth science courses and strengthening students' experience with math in a geosciences context.
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Logistics

Duration: 1 hour
Format: Presentations will take place through a Zoom Meeting screen-sharing session. The webinar will be recorded.
Accessing the Webinar: Instructions for joining the webinar will be emailed to participants the day before the event. Learn more about accessing the webinar.
Questions? Please contact Ashley (they/them) at acarlson2@carleton.edu if you have any questions about this event.

Resources

The Math Your Earth Science Majors Need (TMYN-Majors)

Instructor Guide - TMYN-Majors

Quantitative Activities search - TMYN-Majors

The Math You Need, When You Need It (Math tutorials for students in introductory geoscience)

WAMAP - Web-based mathematics assessment and course management platform