THE SUN-EARTH CONNECTION
An Education and Public Outreach (EPO) Newsletter
for the Sun-Earth Connection Science Community - and beyond!
February 27, 2002 Volume III, Issue 2
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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=> 1. DEadlines for submitting education abstracts for
2002 spring agu meeting fast approaching!
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1. DEadlines for AGU EDUCATION abstracts - March 5, 12
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Meeting Information can be obtained via
http://www.agu.org/meetings/sm02top.html
Dates: Tuesday through Friday, May 28-31, 2002
Location: Washington, DC Convention Center
*****ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE:*****
MARCH 5 (paper submission);
MARCH 12, 1400 Greenwich time (electronic submission;
6 a.m. PST and 9 a.m. EST)
=> ED01: THE EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE EDUCATION REVOLUTION:
A CALL TO ACTION
In summer of 2001, at a national conference in Snowmass, CO, a
"call to action" was issued to scientists, educators, business
leaders, and policy makers to the join in a parallel "revolution"
to reform Earth and space science education in grades K-12. The
purpose of this education revolution is to insure that all citizens
have the opportunity to learn about Earth as a system and to
investigate how Earth systems interactions affect our lives. As
the "revolution" moves from the planning phase to implementation,
we are seeking abstracts from scientists and educators working on
projects which support Earth and space science education reform
at local, state, and national levels.
Conveners: Edward Geary, Colorado State University, Center for
Science, Mathematics and Technology Education,, Fort Collins, CO
E-mail: egeary@smate.colostate.edu, and Frank Hall, University
of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA 70148 USA, E-mail: frhall@uno.edu
=> ED03: INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES FOR ENHANCING SPACE SCIENCE AND
GEOSCIENCE EDUCATION AT ALL LEVELS
This session will showcase innovative teaching and learning of
space science and geoscience at all educational levels: Pre K-12,
undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education. We are
especially interested in contributions from programs that have
made creative use of space & plasma physics and other space & earth
system science disciplines as contexts for teaching the fundamental
concepts articulated in the national science education standards.
We are also very interested in programs that have used the inquiry-
based principles of successful K-12 science teaching to enhance
undergraduate and graduate teaching and curriculum development
in these disciplines.
Conveners: Cherilynn Morrow, Space Science Institute, Boulder, CO
E-mail: camorrow@colorado.edu, and Timothy F. Slater, University
of Arizona, E-mail: tslater@as.arizona.edu, and Jim Thieman, NASA/
Goddard Space Flight Center, E-mail: thieman@nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov
=> ED04: MATH AND SCIENCE PARTNERSHIPS: SCHOOL-COLLEGE
COLLABORATIONS ON A NEW SCALE
The Elementary Secondary Education Act (ESEA) passed by both the
House and Senate contains language to support math and science
partnerships. This legislation would provide significant new
opportunities to universities and colleges collaborating to
support high-quality K-12 education. These partnerships envision
bringing math and science curricula based on current research to
the classroom in forms that apply effective practice based on
research on learning, assessment, and pedagogy. Contributed papers
demonstrating effective interactions among science departments,
schools of education, universities, school districts, and state
educational programs are encouraged.
Conveners: Cathy Manduca, Carleton College, MN, E-mail:
cmanduca@carleton.edu, and Jack Hehn, American Institute of
Physics, MD, E-mail: jhehn@aip.org
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Newsletter Sponsor Info: Sun-Earth Connection Education Forum
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An integral element of the Office of Space Science (OSS)
education and public outreach strategy is the establishment of
a network for space science to foster a wide variety of edu-
cation and public outreach activities. This network of
institutions include (1) four Education Forums that serve as
major centers for space science education and public outreach
in each of the four OSS Themes, and (2) a set of regional
Broker/Facilitators who, for example, help arrange collab-
orations between scientists and the education community.
The Sun-Earth Connection Education Forum (SECEF) is a partner-
ship led by Goddard Space Flight Center and UC Berkeley’s
Space Sciences Laboratory. To learn more about SECEF and the
Office of Space Science Education and Public Outreach program,
go to:
http://spacescience.nasa.gov/education/ecosystem/index.htm
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Rich Vondrak and Isabel Hawkins, Co-Directors) Sun-Earth
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http://sunearth.ssl.berkeley.edu
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Karin Hauck (Editor) - E-mail: editor@sunearth.ssl.berkeley.edu
Phone: (510) 642-2343 Fax: (510) 643-5660
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