Marine Geoscience Data System

Education Modules

MGDS education components focus primarily on the creation of educational material, on-line educational resources, and participation in workshops for educators. The educational material covers a range of content and approaches involving the use of geoscience research data in education.

Activities for Students

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MGDS Resources

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Education Workshops

MGDS team members participate in education and outreach workshops organised for educators, and reports on those activities are made to our Advisory Commimttee.

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Research on Learning

Studies on student use of data visualizations shows that students often fail to perceive the essential information that experts or teachers had in mind when creating or presenting the visualizations. Sandra Swenson conducted research to establish how students in grades 8-12 interpret a common visualization of a global digital elevation model. The full results of that study can be read here.

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Contact Us

Please send questions or comments concerning Education Modules or MGDS tools to info@marine-geo.org.