October 13-15, 2010
Opening of the Trail of Time at Grand Canyon:
New Approaches to Geoscience Education in the National Park System.

Day 1 AM: October 13, 2010—Introduction

Introduction to The Trail of Time: Judy Bryan and Karl Karlstrom conveners
Timed 10 minute “pop-up” talks to generate lively 5 minute discussions

8:45- 9:00: Welcome – Judy Bryan (GCNP) and Karl Karlstrom (UNM)
9:00- 9:15: – Deep Time – interpreting decades of research on a “young” canyon carved into very old rocks-- Karl Karlstrom (UNM)
9:15- 9:30: The Million Year Trail—links to Human timescales-- water issues, climate change and other societal issues- Laura Crossey (UNM)
9:30-9:45: How visitors think about Geologic Time: Laughing with them, not at them. Mike Williams (UMass)
9:45-10:00- Laurie Crossey and Bob Lillie (OSU)– divide into NPS working groups
10:00-10:30: break
10:30-10:45: The Trail of Time -- a laboratory for informal geoscience learning- Steve Semken (ASU)
10:45-11:00: Visitor Experiences on the Trail of Time: A Snapshot from the Summative Evaluation– Deborah Perry (Selinda Research Associates)
11:00- 11:30- Keynote speaker – The importance of the Geosciences and Science Education- Paul Hoffman (Harvard)
12:00-2:00 PM Catered lunch with breakout groups and posters– introductions and organize goals, working groups sit together

Day 1 PM: Oct 13, 2010: The Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

2:00 PM- Welcome from GCNP Superintendent – Steve Martin (superintendent GCNP)
2:15- Brief (and humorous) history of the Trail of Time Exhibition- Karl Karlstrom (UNM)
2:30- Ribbon cutting
3:00- 5:00 PM- Unstructured walk along the Trail of Time – Park Interpreters stationed along the Trail
6-9 PM—Catered dinner at the Park Headquarters

Day 2 AM: October 14, 2010: Informal Geoscience Education

Lessons Learned About Visitors, Informal Geoscience Education, and Geoscience Education and Evaluation: Deborah Perry and Steve Semken conveners.

8:30-9:00 Keynote talk- Michael Q. Patton (Organizational development and evaluation consultant)- Importance of Visitor's Experiences
9:00-9:30 Keynote Talk- Cathy Manduca (Carlton College)– New directions in the field of Geoscience Education
9:30-10:00 Keynote talk- Kevin Dunbar (U. Toronto)- Lessons learned from Cognitive Psychology and Cognitive Science Education
10:00-10:30- Break
10:30-10:45- Jeff Dodick- Time cognition
10:45-11:00– Kip Ault- Geoscience education and time
11:00-11:15- Steve Semken— Place- based and culturally responsible interpretation
11:15-11:45 Keynote talk- Ross Dowling- Global Geotourism and Geoparks
12:00-2:00 Catered Lunch and breakout group --informal time for NPS groups to meet and get organized

Day 2 PM: October 14, 2010: Geoscience Interpretation in the NPS

Geoscience Interpretation in the National Parks-- cognition, misconceptions, anecdotes, and new approaches: Mike Williams and Carl Bowman convening
5 minute :”pop-up” talks to stimulate 5 minutes of lively discussion (tentative schedule)

2:00- Bob Lillie
2:10- Allyson Mathis
2:20- Wayne Ranny
2:30- Brad Dimmock
2:40- Carl Bowman
2:50- Jacob Fillion
3:00- 3:30- Break
3:30- Jason Kenworthy
3:40- Joan Mayer
3:50- Jim Wood
4:00-5:00- Laurie Crossey and Bob Lillie – discussion on progress of working groups
6-9 PM—Catered dinner at the Park Headquarters

Day 3 AM: October 15, 2010: Synthesis and writing sessions

Towards a unified Park-wide Geoscience interpretation program—next steps for Geoscience efforts across the NPS.

8:30-9:30- working groups meet
9:30-11:00- Short (2-5 minute) short presentations from working groups
11:00- 12:00- final summary and future plans for the “white paper”
12:00—meeting adjourned