UTD GeoScienceStudio

on-going Projects (Supervised by Dr. R.J. Stern):

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Siloa Willis - Global Tectonics, Rifting! (NSF Grant)

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Kathryn, Zach, Garret, Eric, Ning - AGU 100 Yrs Videos (AGU Grants) 

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Ning Wang - Earth Science Education Video Design and Assessment Research (GSA & NSF grants)

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Ning and Garrett, et al - UTD Geonews Series

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COURSEs:

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GEOS 4V08: Geosciences Animations and Videos. This is an undergraduate class taught from Spring 2017. It is a project-oriented course and the course grade is based on 4 projects:

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Project 1: Storyboard and 3 page research paper with references, with 5-10 minute presentation

Project 2: 1-2 minute video about chosen topic

Project 3: draft narration

Project 4: 1-2 minute animation about chosen topic

Project 5: ~3 minute long hybrid video/animation that explains some geologic process; with student presentation. Must be accompanied by final storyboard, final supporting research paper, and final narration text All 4 projects are related to developing a ~3 minute long hybrid video/animation that explains some geologic process. 

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Funded research PROJECT:

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NSF grant Collaborative Research: Geoscience Animation: Construction, Evaluation, and Modification of Plate Tectonic Concepts for Geosciences Education (June 2017-May 2019)

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PAPERS IN PEER-REVIEWED SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS:

 

 

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Willis, S.; Stern, R.J.; Ryan, J.; Bebeau, C. Exploring Best Practices in Geoscience Education: Adapting a Video/Animation on Continental Rifting for Upper-Division Students to a Lower-Division Audience. Geosciences 2021, 11, 140. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences11030140

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Stern, R.J., Lieu, W., Manley, A., Ward, A., Fechter, T., Farrar, E., McComber, S., and Windler, J., 2017. A New Animation of Subduction Zone Processes Developed for the Undergraduate and Community College Audience. Geosphere 13, 628-643.

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Stern, R.J., Ryan, J.F., Wang, N., Richezza, V., and Willis, S., 2020.  Geoscience Videos and Animations, How to Make Them with your Students, and How to Use Them in The Classroom. GSA Today, v. 30, https://doi.org/10.1130/GSATG451GW.1.

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Wang, N., Stern, R.J., and Waite, L., submitted. Making and Assessing a Short Video to Teach Upper Division Undergraduate Geoscience Majors about the Permian Basin of Texas and New Mexico. J. Geoscience Education

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Talks:

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N. Wang and R. J. Stern, 2019. From Data Visualization to Geoscience Visual Storytelling. SAGE_GAGE Workshop (IRIS & UNAVCO) 2019. #4285449955.

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N. Wang and R. J. Stern, 2018. Geoscientific educational video design, assessment and dissemination: an example using the Permian Basin of W. Texas and SE New Mexico. GSA Annual Meeting in Indianapolis 2018. Vol. 50, No. 6. doi: 10.1130/abs/2018AM-316490

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N. Wang and R. J. Stern, 2018. Making and assessing a short video to teach upper division undergraduate geoscience majors about the Permian basin of Texas and New Mexico. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 50, No. 1. doi: 10.1130/abs/2018SC-310063

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N. Wang and R. J. Stern, 2017. Using videography, 3D photorealistic models and an inexpensive drone to help improve geoscience research and education. 51st Annual Meeting 2017 (South-Central Section).

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News:

 

Geoscience Studio Videos, Animations Bring People Back to Earth

https://nsm.utdallas.edu/geoscience-studio-videos-animations-bring-people-back-to-earth/

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Ice Age superhighway: Camels and giant sloths once commuted along path of I-35

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/environment/2019/11/24/ice-age-superhighway-camels-and-giant-sloths-once-commuted-along-path-of-i-35/

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