******Earth Science Literacy Initiative Activities at AGU******
PLEASE PARTICIPATE IN AND PROVIDE YOUR INPUT TO THE
NSF-SPONSORED PROJECT TO ASSEMBLE A DOCUMENT
OF WHAT ALL CITIZENS SHOULD KNOW ABOUT EARTH SCIENCE!!
Activities at AGU:
Monday 2:10 - 2:25 pm, Room MC 3011:
Oral Session ED13D: Earth Science Literacy: Building Community Consensus
Tuesday 8:00 am, Hall D:
Poster ED21A-0601: Earth Science Literacy: Big Ideas and Supporting
Concepts
Thursday 6:15 pm, Moscone West 3005
Open Town Hall Meeting: Developing a Framework for Earth Science Literacy
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GO TO WWW.EARTHSCIENCELITERACY.ORG TO SEE THE LATEST REVISION OF THE
LITERACY DOCUMENT!!
AS OF MONDAY, DEC 15, THE WEBTOOL WILL REOPEN TO ACCEPT THE NEXT ROUND
OF COMMENTS!!
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The Earth Science Literacy Draft Document:
The NSF-supported Earth Science Literacy Initiative has prepared a draft
document outlining what every citizen should know about Earth science,
and we are seeking community input on the most recent draft. A first
public draft was announced and open for comments during October, 2008.
These comments have been incorporated into the document, and a second
round of comments will open on Monday, December 15. We hope that you
will take the time to provide your input because this document will
provide a clear and concise summary of the fundamental ideas in Earth
science for policy makers, educators, students, and the general public.
This document complements the efforts of the Ocean, Climate and
Atmospheric science communities in defining the big ideas and supporting
concepts essential for an earth-system literate public. The Earth
Sciences draft was developed through an NSF-supported, 350-participant
online workshop held in May, 2008 and a 35-participant, in-person
writing workshop held in July, 2008. These workshops brought together
scientists from a broad representation of the geosciences, including
mineralogists, petrologists, resource explorationists, sedimentologists
and statigraphers, paleontologists, tectonists, geophysists,
geomorphologists, low-temperature geochemists and biogeochemists,
continental dynamacists, volcanologists, geohazard specialists, and
members of the freshwater hydrologic science community. The document has
gone through several rounds of revisions since then, and though it is
already the product of 10,000s of hours of work, we want to make sure
that it represents the current state of Earth science understanding.
This is a critical time for our science -- the geosciences can play a
critical role in helping society meet the challenges of natural hazards
and human impacts on the environment. Please help us make this document
accurate and engaging!
Please contact Michael Wysession at [log in to unmask] with any
questions.
