0085543 Morrow
The PI and associates will conduct three annual 4-day workshops on
K-14 education, with a focus on recruiting geoscientists from around
the nation to participate. They will develop a collection of follow-up
activities (surveys & interviews,
newsletter, and web-based resources) that will motivate, inform, and sustain
a network of workshop alumni in K-14 geoscience education. Over the course of
this three-year project at least 150 scientists and educators will participate
in this network. The goals of the proposed project are: to build and maintain
a national cadre of well informed geoscientists who can act as advocates and
leaders for effective science education, and also as role models for scientific
colleagues who become involved in improving K-14 geoscience education; to strengthen
and increase the effectiveness of the education activities presently (and soon-to-be)
underway in the geoscience community; and to provide geoscientists who are active
in K-14 education with an opportunity to showcase their work and network with
educators and other scientists involved in education.
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