Collaborative Research: The Earth Science Literacy Initiative Workshops

该奖项将支持为地球科学素养制定国家框架的新努力;这份大思想和支持概念的文件将是一项代表当前地球科学最先进研究的社区事业。它将由从事地球科学工作的顶尖科学家撰写、评估、塑造和修改。这一努力的结果将是地球科学研究界认为所有美国人都应该了解地球科学的声明。参与者将是科学家和教育工作者，具有地球科学各个部分的专业知识，以充分代表我们领域内研究的广度。建立一套最能代表整个社区的基本原则和基本思想的过程将需要由组织委员会领导的几个步骤。更广泛的社区投入将通过两个独立的阶段来进行：2008年5月12日至24日举行的120-150人的在线研讨会，以及2008年7月20日至23日举行的约100人的面对面写作研讨会。组织委员会将于2009年1月举行最后一次会议，根据这些讲习班的产出以及随后的评论和评价期编写最后文件。在线研讨会将侧重于审查来自地球科学研究界的广泛想法，而在面对面的写作研讨会上，将侧重于将这些信息合并成一个连贯的文件。其结果将是一个活的文件，将继续增长和变化，在我们的领域的未来进步。该项目的成果将直接与目前的NRC和AAAS科学教育标准相联系。它也将成为基金会的一部分，与海洋，大气，气候和其他社区的类似声明一起，为更广泛的地球系统科学素养项目。

This award will support a new effort to develop a national framework for Earth Science literacy; this document of Big Ideas and supporting concepts will be a community undertaking representing the current state-of-the-art research in Earth sciences. It will be written, evaluated, shaped and revised by the top scientists working in Earth science. The outcome of this effort will be a statement of what the Earth science research community feels all American's should know about Earth Science. The participants will be scientists and educators, with expertise from the diverse portions of the Earth Science, to fully represent the breadth of research within our field. The process of establishing a set of essential principles and fundamental ideas that best represents the entire community will require several steps that are lead by an organizing committee. Broader community input will come through two separate stages: an online workshop of 120-150 people to be held during May 12-24, 2008, and an in-person writing workshop of about held during July 20-23, 2008. There will be final meeting of the organizing committee in January of 2009 to produce the final document from the output of these workshops and a following period of comments and evaluations. The online workshop will focus on vetting a broad scope of ideas from the Earth science research community, and in the in-person writing workshop will focus on combining this information into a coherent document. The outcome will be a living document that will continue to grow and change with future advances in our field. The project's outcomes will be directly tied to current NRC and AAAS science education standards. It will also become part of the foundation, together with similar statements from the Oceans, Atmospheres, Climate and other communities, for an even broader Earth System Science Literacy project.