Colleagues,
Apologies if you have seen this from other sources - sounds like a great
opportunity.
Heather
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Announcement for an Online Workshop on Earth Science Literacy
May 12-24, 2008
Web site:http://www.earthscienceliteracy.org
Workshop registration:http://www.betaresourcesinc.com/nc/
esliapplication/content/index.htm
Applications are now being accepted to participate in a 2-week online
workshop (about an hour a day) that will create a framework of the
Big Ideas and supporting concepts that will define what all Americans
need to know about the geosciences. We need your help. With declining
enrollments in geoscience programs, even in light of growing public
concern over critical resource issues, global change and reducing
risks from natural hazards, there is urgent need for broader public
understanding of geoscience. A broad interagency effort to address
this need has been launched, and an NSF-funded workshop is being
organized to develop a document, with primary input from the research
community, that outlines the essential knowledge necessary to ensure a
geoscience literate society.
This effort follows similar ones that resulted in the Ocean,
Atmospheric Science and Climate Change literacy documents. Through
this geoscience workshop, we hope to achieve community consensus among
all of the disciplines served by the EAR division of NSF in the
creation of an Earth science document to complement the ocean,
atmosphere and climate efforts, with the ultimate goal of creating an
overall Earth Systems literacy document to inform national and local
policy making and education.
All members of the Earth science community--especially research
scientists and post-secondary educators--are invited to apply to
participate in the online geoscience workshop, which will occur during
May 12-24, 2008. Though the workshop takes place over a two-week
period, participation will require a commitment of only about an hour
per day, at any time, from anywhere around the world, through an
asynchronous online environment. Direct participation is limited, but
the entire community is invited to observe the online process. A
draft document will be available for public comment in the early
fall. For additional information and an application to participate,
go tohttp://www.earthscienceliteracy.org.
Please register at:http://www.betaresourcesinc.com/nc/esliapplication/
content/index.htm
Sincerely,
Earth Science Literacy Initiative Organizing Committee
Michael Wysession (Co-Chair), Washington University
John Taber (Co-Chair), IRIS (Incorporated Research Institutions for
Seismology)
David Budd, University of Colorado
Karen Campbell, NSED (National Center for Earth-science Dynamics)
Martha Conklin, University of California, Merced
David Kirschtel, CUAHSI (Consortium of Universities for Advancement of
Hydrologic Science)
Nicole LaDue, NSF (National Science Foundation)
Gary Lewis, GSA (Geological Society of America)
Robert Raynolds, Denver Museum of Science and Nature
Robert W. Ridky, USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Robert Ross, PRI (Paleontological Research Institution)
Joaquin Ruiz, University of Arizona
Barbara Tewksbury, Hamilton College
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