Earth Information Exchange Education Community A Crosscutting Theme

Earth Information Exchange Education Community A Crosscutting Theme to the Societal Benefits Areas A Demonstration

EIE Societal Benefits Areas u Societal Benefit areas are focused on development resources that are of use to society at large Air Quality Water Management Ecological Forecasting Public Health Disaster Management Coastal Management

EIE Societal Benefits Areas u u u Scientific data and knowledge available in the Societal Benefit Areas is the result of ESIP partner’s scientific research Federally funded scientific research programs require education and outreach components Result: individual educational materials. collections of materials, and educational programs have been developed

Educational Materials and Resources Prairie to Mountain Explorer Exploring Earth – high school textbook and investigation guide Exploring Regional Differences in Climate Change – EOS Webster Museums Teaching Planet Earth: Earth Update, Space Update U. S. – Mexico Demographic Data Viewer Immersive Earth Planet Earth Science Expedition CD’s

Collections of Educational Materials

Educational Programs Tools for Data Analysis in the Middle School Classroom EET Workshops

Vision for the Education Community in the EIE u Education section of Societal Benefit area u Core Educational Community Area – identify educational resources that address scientific topics and use scientific data which fit theme – Develop educational activities that leverage on materials developed for the broader community – an Educational Societal Benefit Area that make all of these resources available as well as larger more general collections – Educational collaborative area

Develop Connections between the Educational and Scientific Communities within the ESIP Federation u Integration of educational expertise within Societal Benefits Areas – Education Liaisons Air Quality Rita Freuder Water Management Public Health Mexia Deng Carla Mc. Auliffe Disaster Management Michelle Hall Tamara Ledley Margaret Mooney Joan Aron Debbie Belvedere Alan Buss Ecological Forecasting Bruce Caron Rita Freuder Coastal Management Lu. Ann Dahlman

Science Education Partnerships USGS Map Viewer Demonstration http: //mapdss 2. er. usgs. gov/usgs/maps/index. php? project=esip/demo/53004/1

Building a Bridge Between the Scientific and Educational Communities u In order to facilitate the use of Earth science data in educational contexts there needs to be an ongoing communication between these two communities u Advantages for each community – Scientific Community u Addressing the “Broader Impacts” requirements in proposals with the help of partners with expertise in education u Developing a deeper understand of the needs of the educational community – Educational Community u Obtaining information that is most relevant to facilitate teaching of specific scientific concepts u Connection to ongoing research and scientific discoveries

Opportunities u Data in Education Workshops u Societal Benefit Area proposals – Consider partnering with the education committee to build the education component of proposals. – Advantage u Educational expertise u Infrastructure of the Education “Societal Benefit area” portlets and Education Community portlet would be available to house resources and to increase their dissemination.

Special Thanks u Rita Freuder u Margaret Mooney u Carla Mc. Auliffe u Debbie Belvedere u Carol Meyer u Steve Hale u Jerrold Robaidek