Using EarthScope Data in Secondary Classrooms: A Pilot Workshop to Engage Teachers and Scientists in Cascadia Curriculum Development

将于2006年8月1日至4日举办一个讲习班，以确定地球镜教材应涉及的重要专题，并让科学和教育界成员参与为中学地球科学课堂编写教材。该讲习班将作为一个试点项目，让主要利益攸关方（科学家、教师、课程编制者、数据提供者和地球观测仪伙伴组织）组成小组，就卡斯卡迪亚这一地球观测仪具有高度科学兴趣的重点地理区域的专题编写高质量的教育材料。这次讲习班的一个主要成果将是建立一个有效介绍复杂科学原理的模式，将地球镜科学纳入教育界，并将科学界和教育界的个人聚集在一起，参与地球镜教育和外联工作。讲习班结束后，TERC的课程编制人员将编写一个模块，通过地球探索工具手册（EET）传播。此外，还将编写一份讲习班执行报告，以协助今后在不同区域制定和举办类似的地球观测教育讲习班。为这次讲习班制定了详细的评估计划，包括在讲习班期间和之后收集关于讲习班对教师和科学家的影响、讲习班的优点和缺点、参加者和教师学生的人口统计资料以及学生对所编写教材的理解的数据。在联合国教科文组织的板块边界观测核项目将与前沿教师组织、地球观测办公室、IRIS和TERC合作，领导这一举措。

A workshop will take place from August 1-4, 2006 to identify important topics that EarthScope instructional materials should address and to engage members of the scientific and educational communities in developing instructional materials for secondary Earth science classrooms. This workshop will serve as a pilot project for engaging major stakeholders (scientists, teachers, curriculum developers, data providers, and EarthScope partner organizations) in teams to create quality educational materials on the topic of Cascadia, a focused geographic area of high scientific interest to EarthScope. A major result of this workshop will be a model for effectively presenting complex scientific principles, integrating EarthScope science into the educational community, and bringing individuals from the scientific and educational communities together to engage in EarthScope education and outreach endeavors. Following the workshop, curriculum developers from TERC will prepare one module for dissemination via the Earth Exploration Toolbook (EET). In addition, an executive report of the workshop will be prepared to aid in the development and implementation of similar EarthScope educational workshops in different regions in the future. A detailed evaluation plan has been established for this workshop involving data collection during and after the workshop on the impact of the workshop on teachers and scientists, strengths and weaknesses of the workshop, demographics of participants and teachers' student population, and student comprehension of instructional materials produced. The Plate Boundary Observatory Nucleus (PBO Nucleus) project at UNAVCO would lead this initiative in collaboration with Teachers on the Leading Edge, the EarthScope office, IRIS, and TERC.