Honors-level Earth System Science Course Development Workshop

荣誉级地球系统科学课程开发研讨会

• 批准号: 0438232
• 负责人: Edward Geary
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University Corporation For Atmospheric Res
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-07-15 至 2007-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0438232&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Honors; level; Earth; System; Science

This project involves the convening of a two-three day Earth System Science Course Development Workshop at the National Science Foundation. in September 2004. The primary goal of this workshop is to review and discuss current Earth System Science course offerings at the high school and introductory college levels and begin the process leading to creation and marketing of a rigorous, lab-certified, "Honors-level", Earth System Science (ESS) course to college-bound students. The purpose in creating such a course is three-fold: (1) to raise the awareness, status, and importance of the Earth sciences in high school education, (2) to better prepare and excite talented high school students for career pathways in the Earth sciences, and (3) to create a dynamic ESS curriculum that will be attractive to college-bound students (as well as teachers and parents).This workshop has the potential to change the nature of Earth science curricula, teaching, and learning at the high school level. For the past several decades, the Earth sciences have been taught as distinct, unrelated units on Geology, Meteorology, Oceanography, and Astronomy. This effort will bring a unifying Earth System Science approach to the teaching and learning of Earth and space science at the high school level. A rigorous, capstone, high-school geoscience course, rich in mathematics and technology, and building on the foundations of biology, chemistry, and physics concepts learned at earlier grade levels will benefit the geosciences at all educational levels.From economic, environmental, and scientific perspectives, it is imperative that all students have the opportunity to learn about Earth and the near-space environment. In addition to changing the nature of how we teach and learn about Earth and space, this project provides college-bound students, who will become future leaders and voters, with opportunities to participate in rigorous, relevant Earth science research investigations, and expose them to new career opportunities in the Earth and space sciences.

该项目涉及在国家科学基金会举行的为期两天的地球系统科学课程开发研讨会。 2004年9月。该研讨会的主要目标是审查和讨论高中和大学入门级的当前地球系统科学课程，并开始该过程，从而导致对大学生的严格，实验室认证的“荣誉级别”，地球系统科学（ESS）课程的创建和营销。创建这样一门课程的目的是三个方面：（1）提高地球科学在高中教育中的认识，地位和重要性，（2）更好地准备和兴奋才华横溢的高中生在地球科学中的职业途径，（3）创建一个动态的ESS课程，这些课程对地球的教学学生和教学的教师和教学的教学课程有吸引力，并且是教师的教学课程。在高中学习。在过去的几十年中，地球科学被教导为地质，气象，海洋学和天文学的独特，无关的单位。这项努力将使地球系统科学的方法在高中层面上进行地球和太空科学的教学。严格的，顶峰，高中的地球科学课程，富含数学和技术，并建立在生物学，化学和物理学概念的基础上，从早期级别学到的物理学概念将使所有教育水平的地球科学受益。从经济，环境和科学的角度来看，所有学生都必须有机会了解地球和近空间环境。除了改变我们如何教学和学习地球和空间的性质外，该项目还为大学学生提供了成为未来的领导者和选民的学生，并有机会参加严格的，相关的地球科学研究研究，并使他们接触到地球和太空科学的新职业机会。