Earth Science Teachers’ Association Conference 2008
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Earth Science Teachers’ Association Conference 2008 |
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Please go to the delegate booking page for more information.
The main course and conference activities will be held at Liverpool John Moores University in the James Parsons Building, which is the base for LJM School of Biological and Earth Sciences. (As marked with the yellow building icon on the map.) The building is in Byrom Street, near to the city centre.
There will be transport from the Halls of Residence to the Conference Venue but for those who are travelling direct the the Conference, a car park map is given below. Please click on the icons for further information.
Accommodation has been arranged at Liverpool University's Rankin Hall of Residence on the Carnatic Halls Site which is near to Sefton park in the Mossley Hill area of Liverpool. (As marked with a red bed icon on the map.) Arrangements will be made to transfer delegates from Rankin hall to the main conference venue. Places have been booked for delegates on a bed and breakfast basis on the Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings and rooms will cost £35 (per person) per night. An evening meal can be booked at Rankin Hall where a cafeteria service is available. At Rankin Hall, bar facilities have been organised for the Friday and Saturday evenings. Rooms are single study rooms and have shared bathroom facilities.
The Carnatic Halls of Residence are off Elmswood Road (which is in 2 halves) at the Mossley Hill Road end. Rankin Hall is marked with a yellow push pin and Dale Hall by a green push pin on the map below. Please click on the icons for more information. Directions to the Halls of Residence can be found here.
For members who would prefer other types of accommodation there are rooms available at local hotels, B & B's and at a Youth Hostel. The responsibility for booking accommodation other than at Rankin Hall rests with you and you are advised to book early to avoid disappointment. Links to local accommodation are given below.
HOTELS
The Liner, Lord
Nelson Street. L3 5QB
Holiday Inn Liverpool
City Centre, Lime Street. L1 1NQ
Marriott Hotel City Centre,
One Queen Square, L1 1RH
Express by Holiday
Inn, Britannia Pavilion L3 4AD
Britannia Adelphi
Hotel, Raneleigh Place, L3 5UL
Thistle Hotel Liverpool,
Chapel Street, L3 9RE
Crowne Plaza Hotel,
St Nicholas Place, Princes Dock L31QW
Hard Day's Night
Hotel, - newly opened -very expensive!
BED & BREAKFAST
Bed & Breakfast accommodation can be found
here.
YOUTH HOSTEL
Liverpool Youth Hostel
On Friday 12th September there will be INSET courses and workshops aimed specifically at post-16 ('A' level) teachers, KS3 & KS4 and Primary teachers, and also for Higher Education staff involved in school liaison and/or recruitment and retention. For these sessions, speakers/facilitators will include: Sarah Maguire (Ulster), Phil Murphy (Leeds), Chris King (Keele) and Peter Kokelaar, Dan Faulkner, Dave Hodgson & Richard Worden (all at Liverpool).
For the main part of the conference to be held on Saturday 13th September we will welcome Professor Bill McGuire (Benfield Hazard Research Centre at UCL) and Professor Jim Marshall (University of Liverpool) as our two keynote speakers. Bill McGuire will talk about short term geological threats of global warming. Jim Marshall will talk about climate change and deal with the impacts of climate change over geological time. (Visit www.liv.ac.uk/researchintelligence/issue32/midges.htm for more about Jim's recent research.) There will also be a series of lectures on other global issues (e.g. glacial lake outburst floods and remediation, recent climate changes and problem soils). In addition, a range of other activities have been arranged. These will include: investigating virtual fieldwork packages, using practical ideas for teaching at different levels, exploring the scope of forensic geology exercises, creating geophysics simulations and working with Earth Science experiments suitable for 'A' level Geology students. At the end of Saturday's events and activities ESTA's AGM will be held.
On Sunday 14th September a series of field visits have been organised. These will depart from Rankin Hall at 9.15am. and most will return there by 1.30pm. These will include visits to Brymbo to see a fossil forest, to Wirral to investigate its coastal defences or to study various Triassic environments and to Liverpool city centre to look at building stones. There will also be an opportunity to visit either the Clore Natural History Centre at the Liverpool World Museum or the copper mines at Alderley Edge. On these field visits the educational value of the sites used will be explored..
Liverpool, already well known for maritime heritage, architecture, music, literature, the arts and sport, had its bid for World heritage status, based on its famous waterfront and cultural buildings approved by UNESCO in 2004. Having been placed firmly on the global map, the city is now celebrating its year as European Capital of Culture 2008. Although nearly two million extra visitors will be expected to attend the many world-class festivals and events taking place in 2008, we are particularly looking forward to seeing you in Liverpool to celebrate the International Year of Planet Earth with us.
Provisional programme
Friday 12th September 2008:
INSET Courses
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08.45 -
12.00 |
Registration in the foyer of the James Parsons
Building, Liverpool John Moores University |
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09.30 – 16.00 |
Primary: Earth Science to the core
(see separate flyer for details) |
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09.45 – 17.00 |
KS3 & KS4: Teaching the dynamic Earth
(see separate flyer for details) |
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10.00 – 17.00 |
Post-16: Teaching new ideas in Geology
(see separate flyer for details) |
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10.00 – 16.00 |
H.E.: The first year experience: tackling transfer & retention
(see separate flyer for details) |
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18.00 – 19.00 |
Lecture: The geology of wine
at a wine & soft drinks reception at the Carnatic
site
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20.00 – 21.00 |
Dinner at the Carnatic site, Liverpool University |
Saturday 13th September
2008: Conference - Global Issues
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07.30 - 08.30 |
Breakfast at Carnatic site |
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08.45 -
12.00 |
Registration in the foyer of the James Parsons
Building, Liverpool John Moores University |
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09.15 – 09.30 |
Welcome by Dr Jason Kirby and Dr Dawn Windley |
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09.30 – 10.30 |
Seven years to save planet Earth by Prof Bill McGuire
(Benfield Hazard Research Centre) |
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10.30 – 11.00 |
Coffee and exhibits |
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11.00 – 12.35 |
Lectures: Glacial lake
outburst floods & remediation
by John M Reynolds
Sea-level changes by Jason Kirby
Practical sessions &
activities for A Level and Key Stages 2, 3 & 4. |
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12.40 – 13.40 |
Lunch and exhibits |
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13.45 – 15.20 |
Lectures: Problem soils
by Jenny Jones
Problem coastlines (& other watery-type issues!) by Alan
Thompson
Practical sessions &
activities for A Level and Key Stages 2, 3 & 4. |
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15.20 – 15.50 |
Tea and exhibits |
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15.55 – 16.55 |
Abrupt Climate Change: lessons from
the Past by Prof. Jim Marshall (Liverpool University) |
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17.00 – 17.45 |
ESTA AGM |
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19.30 for 20.00 |
Conference dinner at Carnatic site |
Sunday 14th September 2008: Conference – Field visits
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07.30 - 08.30 |
Breakfast at Carnatic site |
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08.45 – 09.00 |
Check out of Carnatic site and collect packed lunch |
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09.15 |
Depart
from Carnatic site to chosen fieldwork base |
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Field visit options (with aapproximate
distance to field base & approximate finishing time):
-Wirral
coastal defences led by Hazel Clark (10 miles, 13.00)
-Brymbo fossil forest led by Peter Appleton (45 miles, 14.00)
-Permo-Triassic environments on the Wirral led by Maggie Williams (20 miles, 13.00)
-Copper mines of Alderley Edge led by Chris Carlon (40 miles, 14.00)
-Rock around Liverpool led by Frank Nicholson (3 miles, 12.00)
-Clore Natural History Centre self-guided tour at the World Museum (3 miles,
12.00) |
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12.15 – 15.30 |
Return to Carnatic site to collect luggage, lift to
station as required |
Programme subject to alteration
Full Conference Programme.
| Maggie Williams email: hiatus@liv.ac.uk Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences Jane Herdman Building University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3GP |
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| Hazel Clark email: H.E.Clark@livjm.ac.uk School of Biological & Earth Sciences Liverpool John Moores University, James Parsons Building, Byrom Street Liverpool L3 3AF |
To register an interest in booking for
this conference and to receive further information please email the conference organiser, Linda Marshall: or write to: |
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