Announcement for an Online Workshop on
Earth Science Literacy
May 12-24, 2008
Web site:
<http://www.earthscienceliteracy.org/>http://www.earthscienceliteracy.org
Workshop registration:
<http://www.betaresourcesinc.com/nc/esliapplication/content/index.htm>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 to http://www.earthscienceliteracy.org.
Please register at:
<http://www.betaresourcesinc.com/nc/esliapplication/content/index.htm>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, NCED (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
|