HR: 0830h
AN: ED41B-1172    [PDF]
TI: Earth in Space: A CD-ROM Version for Pre-College Teachers
AU: * Pedigo, P
EM: stdpcp11@unxmail.shsu.edu
AF: Sam Houston State University, 1235 Josey St. #183, Huntsville, TX 77340 United States
AB: {\it Earth in Space}, a magazine about the Earth and space sciences for pre-college science teachers, was published by AGU between 1987 and 2001 (9 issues each year). The goal of {\it Earth in Space} was to make research at the frontiers of the geosciences accessible to teachers and students and engage them in thinking about scientific careers. Each issue contained two or three recent research articles, rewritten for a high school level audience from the original version published in peer-reviewed AGU journals, which were supplemented with short news items and biographic information about the authors. As part of a 2003 summer internship with AGU, sponsored by the AGU Committee on Education and Human Resources (CEHR) and the American Institute of Physics, this collection of {\it Earth in Space} magazines was converted into an easily accessible electronic resource for K-12 teachers and students. Every issue was scanned into a PDF file. The entire collection of articles was cataloged in a database indexed to key topic terms (e.g., volcanoes, global climate change, space weather). A front-page was designed in order to facilitate rapid access to articles concerning specific topics within the Earth and space sciences of particular interest to high school students. A compact CD-ROM version of this resource will be distributed to science teachers at future meetings of the National Science Teachers Association and will be made available through AGU's Outreach and Research Support program.
DE: 6605 Education
SC: Education and Human Resources [ED]
MN: 2003 Fall Meeting