HR: 0800h
AN: ED11C-1112    [Abstracts]
TI: Implementing Earth Systems Science, K-16: Results of the 2005 Coalition for Earth Systems Education Meeting
AU: * Ireton, F
EM: frank_ireton@ssaihq.com
AF: Science Systems and Applications, Inc., 10210 Greenbelt Road Suite 500, Lanham, MD 20706 United States
AU: Carpenter, J
EM: jpawleys@aol.com
AF: Palmetto Educational Consultants, 137 Wells Point Drive, Irmo, SC 29063 United States
AU: Lewis, G
EM: glewis@geosociety.org
AF: Geological Society of America, 3300 Penrose Place, Boulder, CO 80301 United States
AU: Leck, J
EM: jleck@pop100.gsfc.nasa.gov
AF: Education Office, Mail Stop 130.3 Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771 United States
AB: The 2005 Coalition for Earth Systems Education meeting was held at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center on September 23-24. The focus of the meeting was on increasing and improving implementation of the Earth System Science (ESS) in K-16 schools by creating a large-scale effort and unified voice to bring about greater and more widespread teaching of ESS. The goals of the meeting where: (1) to establish action items to work toward overcoming barriers to implementation of ESS and (2) to facilitate development of partnerships and collaborations to work on selected action items. Presentations from invited speakers highlighted related ESS initiatives, including status of the Revolution in K-12 Earth and Space Science Education and efforts in Texas and California to keep Earth science in state curricula. A special session featured information on federal education opportunities and initiatives-NSF, NASA, NOAA, and USGS. During a morning plenary session attendees worked collaboratively to determine which barriers to broader implementation are most significant then, based on the outcome, moved to breakout groups to develop working plans and action plans and to create partnerships for addressing action items. An interactive poster session allowed attendees to share projects they were working on. Attendees represented a broad cross section of the ESS community including representatives from ESS research, museums and science centers, federal agencies, professional and scientific societies, and university and K-12 schools. This paper will provide a backdrop for events leading up to the meeting, lessons learned during the meeting, and resulting projects.
UR: http://www.ceseweb.org
DE: 0800 EDUCATION
DE: 0805 Elementary and secondary education
DE: 0810 Post-secondary education
DE: 0815 Informal education
DE: 0825 Teaching methods
SC: Education and Human Resources [ED]
MN: Fall Meeting 2005