Earth Comm Capsule Presentation Earth From Space Mt

Earth. Comm Capsule Presentation

Earth From Space

Mt. St. Helens

Earth Systems

Earth Science Education Traditional Earth Science Education • Topic-centered • Generic • Direct teaching

Earth Science Education Traditional Earth Science Education • Topic-centered • Generic • Direct teaching Earth. Comm • Community-based • Inquiry methods • Earth systems connections

Cover of Volcanoes and Your Community

Earth. Comm Modules and Chapters Earth’s Dynamic Geosphere 1. Volcanoes and Your Community 2. Plate Tectonics and Your Community 3. Earthquakes and Your Community Understanding Your Environment 1. Bedrock Geology and Your Community 2. River Systems and Your Community 3. Land Use Planning and Your Community Earth’s Fluid Spheres 1. Oceans and Your Community 2. Severe Weather and Your Community 3. Cryosphere and Your Community Earth’s Natural Resources 1. Energy Resources and Your Community 2. Mineral Resources and Your Community 3. Water Resources and Your Community Earth System Evolution 1. Astronomy and Your Community 2. Climate Change and Your Community 3. Changing Life in Your Community

Active Volcanoes, Plate Tectonics, and ‘The Ring of Fire’

5 -E Learning Cycle

Mt. Rainier

Topographic Map of a Volcano

Lahar

Earth Systems

Earth. Comm’s Key Features • Community-based • Inquiry methods • Earth systems approach Support for the National Science Education Standards

National Science Education Standards • • • Teaching Professional Development Assessment Content Programs Systems

Changing Emphases in Science Education Teaching Standards LESS EMPHASIS ON MORE EMPHASIS ON Treating all students alike and responding to the group as a whole Understanding and responding to individual student’s interests, strengths, experiences, and needs Rigidly following curriculum Selecting and adapting curriculum Focusing on student acquisition of information Focusing on student understanding and use of scientific knowledge, ideas, and inquiry processes Presenting scientific knowledge through lecture, text, and demonstration Guiding students in active and extended scientific inquiry Asking for recitation of acquired knowledge Providing opportunities for scientific discussion and debate among students

Changing Emphases in Science Education Teaching Standards LESS EMPHASIS ON MORE EMPHASIS ON Testing students for factional information at the end of the unit or chapter Continuously assessing student understanding Maintaining responsibility and authority Sharing responsibility for learning with students Supporting competition Supporting a classroom community with cooperation, shared responsibility and respect

Changing Emphases in Science Education Science Content Standards LESS EMPHASIS ON MORE EMPHASIS ON Knowing scientific facts and information Understanding scientific concepts and developing abilities of inquiry Studying subject matter disciplines (physical, life, Earth sciences) for their own sake Learning subject matter disciplines in the context of inquiry, technology, science in personal and social perspectives, and history and nature of science Separating science knowledge Integrating all aspects of science content and science process Covering many science topics Studying a few fundamental science concepts Implementing inquiry as a set of processes Implementing inquiry as instructional strategies, abilities, and ideas to be learned

Changing Emphases in Science Education Promoting Inquiry LESS EMPHASIS ON MORE EMPHASIS ON Activities that demonstrate and verify science content Activities that investigate and analyze science questions Investigations confined to one class period Investigations over extended periods of time Process skills out of context Process skills in context Individual process skills such as observation or inference Using multiple process skills—manipulation, cognitive, procedural

Changing Emphases in Science Education Promoting Inquiry LESS EMPHASIS ON MORE EMPHASIS ON Getting an answer Using evidence and strategies for developing or revising an explanation Science as argument and explanation Science as exploration and experiment Providing answers to questions Communicating science explanations about science content Analyzing and synthesizing data without defending a conclusion Analyzing and synthesizing data after defending conclusions

Changing Emphases in Science Education Promoting Inquiry LESS EMPHASIS ON MORE EMPHASIS ON Doing fewer investigations in order to leave time to cover large amounts of content Doing more investigations in order to develop inquiry skills and deeper content knowledge Concluding inquiries with the result of the experiment Applying the results of experiments to scientific arguments and explanations Management of materials and equipment Management of ideas and information Private communication of student ideas and conclusions to teacher Public communication of student ideas and work to classmates