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Welcome! Thanks for joining us for - From microfossils to museums: Public engagement at the University of California Museum of Paleontology Lisa White, Director of Education, UC Museum of Paleontology This webinar will begin at 7: 05 pm Eastern time. • If you didn’t enter your first and last name in the “Guest” field, please close this window and log back in using your full name (necessary to keep track of attendance). • If you joined us early and are waiting— ØPlease enjoy the background music. If you can’t hear it, make sure your computer speakers are turned on. ØPlease feel free to write a question in the Chat Box! We will try to answer it during the presentation. ØDon’t forget to join the my. FOSSIL community at www. myfossil. org • Having technical problems? Ask us for help by typing in the chat box or check the troubleshooting guide at https: //www. idigbio. org/wiki/index. php/Web_Conferencing

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Outline • My journey from photographer to paleontologist • Mentoring, diversity, and training the next generation of scientists • Life as an education director at a major research museum • Q&A • Wrap-up & survey

My early path San Francisco, CA 1978 – Grew up in San Francisco near the California Academy of Sciences – I was more interested in the arts than in the sciences in high school – Attended San Francisco State University as an undergraduate student, enrolled in a geology class the year Mt. St. Helens erupted – Interned at the US Geological Survey – Graduate school at UC Santa Cruz – Returned to San Francisco State as a professor in 1990 – Appointed Director of Education at the UCMP in 2012 Marin County, CA 2008

Positions Held • • • Director of Education and Outreach, Museum of Paleontology, UC Berkeley (2012 - present) Director, SF-ROCKS and METALS geoscience education programs (2001 – present) Professor of Geosciences, San Francisco State Univ (1990 -2012) Associate Dean, SFSU College of Science and Engineering (2008 -12) Associate Dean, SFSU Division of Graduate Studies (2006 -08) Fellow, Geological Society of America, California Academy of Sciences Project Coordinator, US Geological Survey Shipboard Scientist, International Ocean Drilling Program BA (Geology), SFSU; Ph. D (Earth Sciences), UC Santa Cruz

Geological Society of America Bromery Award for Diversity in the Geosciences With parents Dr. Joseph and Myrtle White

Fossil Diatoms and Diatomites • High resolution paleoenvironmental indicators • Unique physical properties Polished sample from Miocene Monterey Formation diatomite quarry • Varves record seasonal blooms • Reflect changes in climate Scale box = 10 microns Chang, Grimm, and White (1998)

Ship explorations in the Pacific Ocean • International Ocean Discovery program, http: //iodp. tamu. edu/ • Operates scientific ship that drills and recovers sediment cores from the ocean • Diatoms and other fossils are proxies to understanding the geological history of the oceans

Field explorations around the Pacific Rim • • Alaska Japan, China, Korea Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama Sakhalin Island, Russia Miocene cold seep carbonates in Sakhalin, Russia Fresh bear tracks, Sakhalin, Russia

SF-ROCKS to METALS: Reaching Out to Communities and Kids with Science in San Francisco http: //sf-rocks. sfsu. edu/

Training the next generation of geoscientists Student participants in the SF-ROCKS program

Creating Environmentally and Culturally Meaningful Experiences • Geoscience trips to Utah and Navajo Nation for high school students • Southern Louisiana coastal trips focused on community resilience and disappearing lands post-Katrina • Trips to Montana, Wyoming, and to Yellowstone National Park • Trips to Lassen Volcanic and Yosemite National Parks

UCMP Web Resources ucmp. berkeley. edu

Understanding Evolution www. understandingevolution. org • One-stop shopping for teaching and learning about evolutionary biology, K-16 • > 1. 5 million page accesses/month during the school year • In top 5 Google results for the search term “evolution” • SPORE award from Science Magazine (plus several other awards) • Translations into Spanish, Turkish, Portuguese

Understanding Science www. understandingscience. org • Materials and strategies for incorporating the true nature and process of science into instruction • Introduces the interactive Science Flowchart, which overturns the fivestep “scientific method” • Flowchart has been incorporated into several major textbooks • >150, 000 page accesses/month during the school year • SPORE award from Science Magazine

Understanding Science in Diverse Communities

Coming in 2018: Understanding Global Change

http: //epicc. berkeley. edu/ • Projects efforts will make 1. 6 million specimen records available online through digital data, photographs, and virtual field experiences. • A partnership of nine natural history museums, united to digitize marine invertebrate fossils found in the eastern Pacific. Funded by NSF DBI-1502500, DBI 1503065, DBI-1503545, DBI-1503611, DBI-1503613, DBI-1503628 and DBI 1503678; 2015 -2019

The Bearded Lady Project • Documentary film and photographic project • Celebrating the work of female paleontologists Portrait for The Bearded Lady Project http: //thebeardedladyproject. com/ • Highlighting the challenges and obstacles we face as women in the field

My current path San Francisco, CA 1978 – As a museum education director my duties are wideranging – Connect research and collections to subjects of interest to educators and the public – Draw from my personal and educational experiences to shape current training programs – Partner with diverse urban and youth populations to raise awareness of the natural world and changing environments. Chicxulub, Mexico 2017

Q&A • Feel free to ask me any questions!

Wrap-up & Survey • This concludes the presentation. Thanks! • Remember to take the short (5 to 10 minutes) feedback survey at: http: //tinyurl. com/Wi. PLisa • Visit us at my. FOSSIL to access: this Powerpoint, recorded webinars, participate in webinar forum, and connect with others. • Stay tuned for more info about our Fall 2017 webinar series on fossil ID!