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

DIG TEXAS（德克萨斯地球科学的多样性和创新）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，他们的共同愿景是提升德克萨斯地球科学的地位。在美国国家科学基金会地球科学教育项目的资助下，DIG TEXAS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，并打包了先前存在的、示范性的学习活动和资源的链接。地区小组正在努力调整蓝图，以满足全州不同学生群体和与他们一起工作的教育工作者的具体需求。卡尔顿学院的科学教育资源中心（SERC）作为蓝图网页的存储库，也可以从DIG TEXAS网站访问。位于埃尔帕索的德克萨斯大学卓越中心CYBER-ShARE正与SERC合作创建组织馆藏信息的结构框架。21世纪地球科学课程的实施缺乏连贯的蓝图，不仅在德克萨斯州，而且在整个国家都是如此。因此，该蓝图也有望通过展示恒星教学资源与地球科学课程的整合，作为其他州地球科学教学的范例。

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.