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Earth Science Curriculum
Upon seeing the lack of Earth science education in the nation's classrooms, the American Geological Institute (AGI) took matters into its own hands. With support from the National Science Foundation and donors of the American Geological Institute Foundation, the AGI developed of EarthComm (Earth System Science in the Community), a comprehensive high-school curriculum in the Earth sciences that features student learning materials, teacher resources and support networks, and assessment tools for a hands-on, inquiry-driven, instructional program.
Informed by the National Science Education Standards (1995), AGI's other successful Earth science education initiatives, and key science education curriculum and reform programs, EarthComm stresses the learning of concepts and skills that enable students to bolster their critical thinking and understanding of Earth as a system. Its pedagogical strategy revolves around problem-solving, in which the teacher serves as facilitator, and it seeks to expand the learning environment to include online access to data, field work and laboratory activities.
What is EarthComm's overall goal? Nothing short of "the teaching, learning, and practice of Earth science by all students in all US high schools."
www.agiweb.org/earthcomm
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