Teachers on the Leading Edge, workshop June 2004

许多中学地球科学教师面临的一个共同问题是有限的地方和区域地质学知识和有限的野外经验。西北太平洋的活动大陆边缘提供了令人惊叹的多样化的地质环境：(A)教师在前沿的实地地质调查，以解决问题的方法并灌输地质学的地质感；(B)地球系统科学，促进对地圈、水圈、大气层和生物圈内部和之间的质量和能量转移的批判性思考；(C)地球物理重点，将展示地震、磁力和重力研究如何对地下地质进行成像，并使教师准备向他们的学生传达地球范围的US阵列和板块边界观测实验的发现。(D)对地质灾害进行检查，认为这对“生活在本大陆边缘”的公民是可以理解和相关的。规划讲习班将：(1)由大学和K-12地球科学教育工作者组成一个协作组；(2)通过解决问题确定学习地球科学的最佳实地地点；(3)为2005年夏季为教师举办的首期讲习班制定实施计划；以及(4)通过对地球系统教育数字图书馆(DLESE)的贡献，报告方案的发展和设计。

ABSTRACTA common problem faced by many secondary school teachers of Earth Science is limitedknowledge of local and regional geology and limited field experience. The active continental margin in the Pacific Northwest provides an amazing variety of geological settings:Themes of Teachers on the Leading Edge will be: (a) Field-based geology investigations that feature the problem-solving approach and instill a geologic sense of place; (b) Earth Systems Science promoting critical thinking about mass and energy transfers within and between the geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere; (c) A geophysical emphasis that will demonstrate how subsurface geology is imaged by seismic, magnetic, and gravity studies and will prepare teachers to convey to their students the discoveries of Earth Scope's US Array and Plate Boundary Observatory experiments. (d) Examinations of geologic hazards as understandable and relevant to citizens who "live on the edge" of our continent. The planning workshops will: (1) form a collaborative of university and K-12 Earth Science educators; (2) determine the best field locations for learning Earth Science through problem-solving; (3) develop an implementation plan for the inaugural set of summer 2005 workshops for teachers; and (4) report program development and design through contributions to the Digital Library of Earth System Education (DLESE)..