Collaborative Research: Diversity and Innovation for Geosciences in Texas (DIG TEXAS) - an Alliance for Earth Science Literacy

DIG德克萨斯(德克萨斯州地球科学多样性和创新)是一个由地球科学家、教育工作者和其他利益相关者组成的联盟，他们有一个共同的愿景，即提升德克萨斯州地球科学的地位。在NSF地球科学教育项目的资助下，DIG德克萨斯州正在利用网络技术促进联盟成员之间的合作，并支持旨在加强德克萨斯州地球科学教育的活动。该项目正在创建五个在线课程路线图，或蓝图，用于高中地球科学课程。每个蓝图都包含一个原始的范围和顺序，并带有指向先前存在的示范性学习活动和资源的链接。地区团队正在努力定制蓝图，以便满足全州不同学生群体和与他们合作的教育工作者的特定需求。卡尔顿学院的科学教育资源中心(SERC)是蓝图网页的储存库，也可以从DIGH德克萨斯网站访问。德克萨斯大学埃尔帕索分校的卓越中心Cyber-Share正在与SERC合作，为组织收藏中的信息创建结构框架。不仅在德克萨斯州，而且整个美国都缺乏实施21世纪地球科学课程的连贯蓝图。因此，这些蓝图还有望作为其他州地球科学教学的范例，展示将恒星教学资源整合到地球科学课程中。

DIG TEXAS (Diversity and Innovation for Geosciences in Texas) is an alliance comprising earth scientists, educators and other stakeholders with a shared vision to elevate the stature of the geosciences in Texas. With funding from NSF's Geoscience Education program, DIG TEXAS is using cybertechnology to promote collaboration among alliance members and support activities designed to strengthen earth science education in Texas. The project is creating five on-line course road maps, or blueprints, for use in high school earth science classes. Each blueprint consists of an original scope and sequence, packaged with links to pre-existing, exemplary learning activities and resources. Regional teams are working to tailor the blueprints so that they address the specific needs of the diverse student population and educators who work with them throughout the state. The Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College serves as the repository for the blueprint web pages, which also is accessible from the DIG TEXAS website. CYBER-ShARE, a Center of Excellence at the University of Texas at El Paso, is collaborating with SERC to create structural frameworks for organizing information in the collections. Coherent blueprints for implementation of a 21st century earth science course are lacking, not only in Texas, but also throughout the nation in general. Therefore the blueprints are also expected to serve as examples of earth science instruction in other states by demonstrating the integration of stellar teaching resources into earth science courses.