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Houston, Tx, Us

Houston, Texas, United States

• Developed course timeline and both online and in-person instructional material based on topics in department-approved text • Designed, administered, and evaluated course topic–based assessments• Developed and implemented project-based learning opportunities based on cumulative course information• Planned and implemented course field-based experiences when possible, integrating course material, lab activities, and field experience• Created and implemented channels of communication to meet individual and large group student needs for a diverse learner audience• Organized and facilitated student-led public outreach events • Served as faculty mentor to numerous adjunct professors• Worked with students and NASA personnel on a Venus research projectCourses taught: • Geol 1101/1301 Earth Science online course lecture and lab: an introductory online lecture and accompanying lab course provides a survey of astronomy, geology, oceanography, and meteorology for non-science majors. • Geol 1103/1303 Physical Geology lecture and lab: this course is an introduction to the study of the materials and processes that have modified and shaped the surface and interior of Earth over time. These processes are described by theories based on experimental data and geologic data gathered from field observations. Laboratory activities cover methods used to collect and analyze Earth science data.

Houston, Texas, United States

• Created two courses completely from scratch, including lectures, labs, assessments, and telescope observing experiences• Developed course timeline and both online and in-person instructional material based on topics in department-approved text • Designed, administered, and evaluated course topic–based assessments• Developed and implemented project-based learning opportunities based on cumulative course information• Created and implemented channels of communication to meet individual and large group student needs for a diverse learner audience• Organized and facilitated student-led public outreach events Courses taught:• Phys/Astr 1103/1303 Astronomy I: Stars and Galaxies lecture and lab: this survey course in astronomy examines the history of astronomy, the stars, galaxies, and the universe outside our solar system. Lab work includes nighttime observations. • Phys/Astr 1104/1304 Astronomy II: The Solar System lecture and lab: this survey course in astronomy examines the history of astronomy; the Sun and its solar system, including their origin; star and planet formation. The lab course work includes nighttime observations.

13735 Beamer Rd Houston, Tx 77089

Geol 1101/1301 Earth Science online course lecture and lab: an introductory online lecture and accompanying lab course provides a survey of astronomy, geology, oceanography, and meteorology for non-science majors. Geol 1103/1303 Physical Geology lecture and lab: this course is an introduction to the study of the materials and processes that have modified and shaped the surface and interior of Earth over time. These processes are described by theories based on experimental data and geologic data gathered from field observations. Laboratory activities cover methods used to collect and analyze Earth science data.

Worked collaboratively with multi-institutional partners to produce a database of NASA-related activities and resources for use in the community college classroom:• Identified exemplary resources for the NASA Community College Network (NCCN) database, and entered data in the online platform • Reviewed resources in the database and provided comments to the NCCN team• Maintained a list of resources that do not meet the criteria for entry and use by community college instructors• Identified gaps in the resources, and develop resources as directed by the PI or Project Manager

I am a Houston- and Austin-based photographer. I take family, individual, engagment, pet, and senior portraits, and I also create landscape and nature images. Please visit http://heatherdalton.com to view my portfolio!

Houston, Texas Area

I am currently a teaching assistant for The Earth 101 under Dr. Adrian Lenardic in the Department of Earth Science. My duties include holding office hours, attending lectures, and holding review sessions before exams. My thesis research involves using the electron microbe and petrographic microscope at Johnson Space Center and laser ablation inductively-coupled plasma mass spectrometer at Rice University to describe a new Martian meteorite and determine its crystallization history. I have presented this work at several national and international meetings in planetary science. Previous teaching experience includes Earth Chemistry and Materials, in which I taught the lab section, graded labs, held office hours, and attended lectures, and Trace Elements and Isotope Geochemistry, in which I attended lectures and held office hours. Both of these courses were taught by Dr. Cin-Ty Lee, my thesis advisor.

I was a graduate student in the School of Earth and Space Exploration (previously the Department of Geological Sciences). My thesis research involved using a piston cylinder apparatus to perform high pressure experiments on a Martian meteorite composition with water to determine changes in crystallization temperatures and pressures and mineral phases present from a similar anhydrous composition. Results of the experiments were analyzed with an electron microprobe. I presented this work at several national meetings in planetary science. I was a teaching assistant every semester at ASU, which involved teaching labs, grading papers, attending lectures, and holding office hours and review sessions before exams for Mineralogy (under Dr. Tom Sharp, my thesis advisor), Petrology (two semesters under Dr. John Holloway), and Introductory Geology (three lab sections).

I was a graduate teaching assistant in the Geology Department for one semester before transferring to Arizona State University to complete my Masters. I taught two sections of Physical Geology lab, graded labs, and held office hours.

I was a teaching assistant in the Department of Physics and Astronomy. I taught introductory astronomy labs, graded papers, and led night labs at the Stephen F. Austin State University Observatory.

I worked with Dr. Allan Treiman and Dr. Don Musselwhite performing high-pressure experiments on a primitive Martian meteorite composition using a piston cylinder apparatus at the Johnson Space Center. The goal of the experiments was to determine crystallization pressure and temperature of the composition, and to determine if it was a primary melt of the Martian mantle. At the end of the internship I presented my findings to the scientific community in Houston, TX. I also presented a talk at the following Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. I am second author on a paper published on this work in 2006 in Meteoritics and Planetary Science.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Earth Science

Activities and Societies: President, GeoUnion - 2008-2009

Master Of Science (M.S.), Geological Sciences

Bs, Geology