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May 2002
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002agusmed22b..05d&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting 2002, abstract #ED22B-05
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6605 Education
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Earth system science has the potential to revolutionize the way students and the public learn about their planet. It offers a host of opportunities (e.g., access to scientific data and access to partnerships with scientists) that can support the hands-on, inquiry-based, "student-as-scientist" philosophy characterizing modern reform efforts. Public schools need the support of science rich institutions throughout their communities to establish and to pursue the goal of scientific literacy for all. In many communities science and technology centers can partner with schools to assist in curriculum development projects as well as professional development opportunities. With science centers and museums growing in numbers and in their involvement with schools, their ability to further public education about science also increases. Developing a strong and effective program that links formal and informal science education enterprises will allow earth system science (ESS) results to be accessible to a broad range of the population including teachers and their students. One such program that can provide national visibility to the "revolution" to reform Earth and space science education in grades K-12 is the InterActive Earth Project. The Space Science Institute is leading a partnership of research institutions, museums and aquariums to develop InterActive Earth: Our Dynamic Planet, a 4,000 square-foot traveling exhibition on Earth as a dynamic, global system. A comprehensive education program for museum staff and teachers will accompany the exhibit. The Institute will also develop a related Website that contains a virtual exhibit tour and other resources. The proposed project addresses the public's need to understand Earth as a dynamic, global system in order to make informed environmental policy decisions. The exhibit will help visitors see Earth systemically by introducing them to basic concepts related to systems, as well as to concepts of scale, change, and interconnection at work in Earth's systems. The exhibit will be divided into five areas: Spaceship Earth, Waterworld, Rock and Roll, Web of Life, and Earthworks for Kids.This poster presentation will focus on the key elements of the Interactive Earth project.
Dusenbery Paul B.
Harold J.
Morrow Cherilynn A.
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