| Resource | Date Added |
|---|---|
| A Guide to Creating "Virtual Fieldwork Experiences"
Fieldtrips have long been an essential part of a hands-on Earth science course, and many educators have lamented increasing restrictions on getting students into the field. These trips have ranged from active problem-solving expeditions to less active show-and-tell. Technology in the 1990's began making creation of "virtual" fieldtrips relatively straightforward for anyone with basic computer skills and some time. Although hundreds of virtual field trips are now available over the web, many of these are not much different than a slide show of someone's trip (though these too have their place in some educational contexts). The term "virtual fieldwork" is intended to have a slightly different connotation: the emphasis is on doing rather than seeing (Duggan-Haas and Ross, 2007). |
05-Oct-07 09:12 |
| Assessing the State of Informal Earth System Science Education
New technologies, interdisciplinary studies, and urgency of global change make Earth System Science (ESS) one of the fastest evolving areas of science. In order to foster public support of ESS research and gain the societal benefits that accompany it, creating an Earth science literate public is imperative. Museums and science centers are ideal venues from which to educate the public. Yet many museums present out-of-date Earth science information, and many museum professionals are not satisfied with the coverage of ESS in their existing exhibits. The lack both of readily available models of best practices, professional development. and of a community for communication among providers of informal ESS education, has contributed to these problems. For the past two years, a collaborative of organizations involved in informal ESS education have been investigating the current status and needs of the informal ESS community, through the planning grant, "Collaborative for Excellence in Informal Education (CEIGE)" (NSF 0500002). Through roundtable discussions and a national survey of informal ESS providers, we have compiled a set of recommendations for improving the state of informal ESS education, as well as initiating several programs to help empower informal ESS educators to better serve the public and formal education. See pdf link below for full paper. |
26-Jul-07 22:43 |
| Evolution and Creationism: A Guide for Museum Docents
This brief guide is intended to help the museum volunteer/educator understand and explain the basics of evolutionary biology to museum visitors. It is also intended to help prepare educators to answer some of the most frequently asked questions about evolution, and to refer visitors to sources of additional information. Finally, it is intended to equip educators with some tools that can be used to respond to challenges from museum visitors to the ideas presented in museum exhibits. This guide was written by Warren Allmon, Director the Paleontological Research Institution, for the docents of the Museum of the Earth in Ithaca, New York. |
03-May-07 09:33 |
| From the Ground Up: the World of Oil
Upon scanning the web for resources in petroleum geology, it becomes clear that most websites with an educational focus a |
03-May-07 11:28 |
| Teacher Friendly Guides to Geology
The Teacher-Friendly Guides to Geology give educators the background they need to made sense of regioal and local geology |
03-May-07 11:51 |
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