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From the NRC: New Report on the Future U.S. Workforce for Geospatial Intelligence
We live in a changing world with multiple and evolving threats to national security, including terrorism, asymmetrical warfare (conflicts between agents with different military powers or tactics), and social unrest. Visually depicting and assessing these threats using imagery and other geographically-referenced information is the mission of the Nat [...] More >>
Apply Now for $10,000 Afterschool STEM Impact Awards
Is your afterschool STEM program making a big impact? You could win a $10,000 Afterschool STEM Impact Award! Afterschool Alliance is teaming up with the Noyce Foundation to recognize exemplary afterschool STEM programs serving young people in grades 4 through 8. Help them showcase how afterschool STEM programs are helping young people get excited [...] More >>
URECAS Two-Year College Workshop Report Available
The final report from a planning workshop for a new initiative concerning two-year college student research entitled Unique Research Experiences for two-year College faculty And Students (URECAS) is now available. The workshop was held at AGU headquarters in Washington, DC July 11-13, 2012. This workshop brought together faculty from two-year coll [...] More >>
From the NRC: New Report on Workforce Trends in the U.S. Mining Industry
Energy and mineral resources are essential for the nation’s fundamental functions, its economy, and security. Nonfuel minerals are essential for the existence and operations of products that are used by people every day and are provided by various sectors of the mining industry. Energy in the United States is provided from a variety of resour [...] More >>
The Next Generation Science Standards Are Out
The Next Generation Science Standards for K-12 science education were released on 9 April. The standards were developed by teams in 26 states and other partners over the last two years and include the skills and knowledge students should know to become informed college students, researchers, and citizens. Read more [...] More >>
(Re)Designing introductory geoscience labs to promote inquiry Wednesday Feb 20, 2013 Leaders: David McConnell and Katherine Ryker, North Carolina State University Time: 3 pm Eastern | 2 pm Central | 1 pm Mountain | 12 pm Pacific (one hour) http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/careerdev/AcademicCareerTeach2013/feb.html This webinar is intended for [...] More >>
Webinar with the Director and Leaders of the National Climate Assessment
February 20, 2013, 12:00 to 1:30 PM EST On January 11th the US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) released the draft of the third National Climate Assessment (NCA) for a 3 month public review period. The NCA is a climate status report authorized every four years under the Global Change Research Act of 1990. It [...] [...] More >>
Final public draft of Next Generation Science Standards to be released
The second (and final) public draft of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) will be released on Tuesday, January 8, at 3 p.m. EST. As with previous drafts, AGU encourages members, teachers, and educators to review the standards and provide feedback online to Achieve during the comment period, which ends January 29. To review the draft wh [...] More >>
Meaningful Teacher-Scientist Partnerships: How to Make it Work
Date/time: January 15, 2013 4pm EST Title: Meaningful Teacher-Scientist Partnerships: How to Make it Work Speaker: Lindsay Knippenberg Abstract: So, you’re thinking about working with a K-12 school teacher…K-12 schools are very different from the university and research world, and working with a teacher or visiting a classroom can be very i [...] More >>
More than 100 academic institutions and scholarly societies, including AGU, have joined in a major world-wide initiative: Mathematics of Planet Earth (MPE) 2013. This year-long effort will highlight the contributions made by mathematics in tackling global problems, including natural disasters such as hurricanes, earthquakes, and tsunamis; climate c [...] More >>
Update on the Final Public Draft of the Next Generation Science Standards
The release of the second and final public draft of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) is set for the first week in January. In recognition of the hectic schedules in December and the approaching holidays, the NGSS staff wanted to ensure all educators, stakeholders and the public had appropriate access to the draft. We [...] [...] More >>
CAMEL Climate Change Continuing Education Symposium – No Charge How Success Works: Using case studies to teach systems thinking as a way to approach eco-social problems related to climate change. Tuesday, 3:00 EDT, Dec. 4 NCSE will provide a “digital badge” of participation to registered faculty members. Each presenter will discuss a teaching [...] More >>
AGU Fall Meeting Live Streaming
AGU has expanded and improved our 2012 Fall Meeting virtual meeting offerings by adding a free, live streaming option for several key sessions and lectures. For more information on the schedule of events that will be live streamed, visit http://fallmeeting.agu.org/2012/virtualmeeting/. To receive notifications on the virtual meeting program schedu [...] More >>
Resources for Teaching About Hurricane Sandy
The Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College has put together a very timely list of resources and links for teaching about Hurricane Sandy here: http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/hazards/events/sandy2012.html [...] More >>
Announcing the 1st International Teacher-Scientist Partnership Conference
February 13-14, 2013 – Boston, MA Teacher-scientist partnerships take many forms. They can take place in classrooms, in the afterschool setting, and in laboratories; some partnerships are nucleated through formal programs while others are arranged informally. They include a diverse group of participants – kindergarten through high school te [...] More >>
Calling all grad students and post docs…..FameLab: Exploring Earth and Beyond is something like American Idol for scientists. At regional heats held across the US over the next 18 months—the first one is at the AGU Fall meeting in December—early career scientists from diverse scientific disciplines will compete to convey their own rese [...] More >>
FameLab: Exploring Earth and Beyond at the AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco!
PASSIONATE ABOUT SCIENCE? LOVE TO COMMUNICATE? New frontiers await scientists in every field of research, whether on land, under the sea, or in space. From our origins as humans to the origins of our Solar System, from species’ interactions in an ecosystem to Earth’s interaction with the Sun, from climate change to the possibility of [...] [...] More >>
New Climate Change Science Resources
The National Academy of Sciences has developed two new resources (a booklet and a video) designed to help the public gain a better understanding of what is known about climate change. The new resources are based on a number of independent reports from the National Research Council that represent the consensus of experts who have reviewed hun [...] More >>
ASP Meeting on Science Education in Tucson August 4-8: Schedule Now Available
From the Astronomical Society of the Pacific: The schedule of speakers and topics for the 2012 Meeting of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, “Communicating Science: Education and Public Outreach” in Tucson, Arizona, Aug. 4 – 8, 2012 is now posted at: http://www.astrosociety.org/events/2012mtg/schedule.html There you can see the li [...] More >>
Field Opportunities With GSA’s Teacher Advocate Program
It is often said that the best geologists are the ones who spend time studying geology in the field. The same can be said for earth-science teachers. GSA’s Teacher Advocate Program is excited to announce new field opportunities. Next summer, GSA will host a Rocky Mountain Field Camp for K-12 Teachers. Field camps are a [...] [...] More >>
Students Find it Easier to Conduct Experiments Than Explain Results
As many educators can likely attest to, a new report from the National Assessment of Educational Progress indicates that US students (fourth-, eighth- and 12th-graders) can conduct experiments and in many cases identify the correct answers to scientific questions, but struggle to use evidence from their experiments to explain their results. Re [...] More >>
Comment on OSTP Plan to Coordinate Federal STEM Programs
The America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 calls for the National Science and Technology Council’s (NSTC) Committee on STEM Education (CoSTEM) to create a 5-year Federal STEM education strategic plan. In February 2012, the CoSTEM released Coordinating Federal Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education Investments: Pr [...] More >>
Join Christine McEntee at STEM Solutions and Become Part of the Solution.
Join the high-level national discussion at U.S. News STEM Solutions: A Leadership Summit, June 27 – 29 in Dallas. More than 100 of the best minds in business, education and government will be leading three exciting days of workshops, keynotes, panels and track-specific sessions, including our own Christine McEntee, CEO, American Geophysical Union [...] More >>
PAESMEM recognizes outstanding mentors and mentoring programs that enhance the participation of individuals from underrepresented groups in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Awardees serve as exemplars to their colleagues and leaders in the national effort to develop the nation’s human resources in STEM. Nominations are no [...] More >>
Next Generation Science Standards Now Open for Public Comments
The first draft of the Next Generation Science Standards is now available for public review. The standards are based on A Framework for K–12 Science Education, issued by the National Research Council in the summer of 2011, which defines the major practices, crosscutting concepts, and disciplinary core ideas that all students should be familiar wi [...] More >>
2011 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Science Assessment
Executive Summary A representative sample of 122,000 eighth-graders participated in the 2011 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) science assessment, which is designed to measure students’ knowledge and abilities in the areas of physical science, life science, and Earth and space sciences. Eighth-grade performance in science improve [...] More >>
First Public Draft of the Next Generation Science Standards Available on Friday, May 11
The first draft of the Next Generation Science Standards is scheduled to be released this Friday, May 11. This first draft of the new science standards will be online for public comment for three weeks until June 1. The Next Generation Science Standards are based on the National Research Council (NRC) Framework for K-12 Science [...] [...] More >>
Lessons and Legacies of International Polar Year Webinar 2 May
The Polar Research Board is pleased to announce the release of the new report, Lessons and Legacies of International Polar Year 2007-2008. To download a free PDF of the prepublication version of the report and the 4-page Report in Brief, please click here. Please join PRB for a webinar presentation and discussion with co-chairs Bob Bindschadler [. [...] More >>
A National Meeting on Science Education and Communication: Tucson, Arizona, 4 – 8 Aug., 2012
The Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP), in partnership with the American Geophysical Union and the National Optical Astronomy Observatory, is delighted to open the registration for its 124th Annual Meeting and its national conference on “Communicating Science.” Hundreds of education and outreach professionals, scientists, educato [...] More >>
Update: Video of the webinar is now available.
Last summer the National Research Council (NRC) of the National Academies released A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas, which describes a vision for science education and three dimensions critical to that vision. In a webinar scheduled for Tuesday, February 21, 2012, from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. E [...] More >>
Upcoming Event: National Center for Science and Civic Engagement Event on STEM Education
Upcoming Event: National Center for Science and Civic Engagement Event on STEM Education The National Center for Science and Civic Engagement’s annual Washington Symposium and Capitol Hill Poster Session features presentations by educators and undergraduate students on improving science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education b [...] More >>
As the nation’s need for scientists and engineers continues to grow, the American Geophysical Union (AGU) has stepped up its commitment to increase the number of Earth and space scientists in the STEM jobs pipeline. For more information Please visit http://www.agu.org/education/pdf/Stemconnector.pdf [...] More >>
Thursday, February 2, 2012: The Future of Education
Join a distinguished group of thought leaders as they explore how improvements in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education can generate greater workforce readiness in the United States. Beginning with a video presentation, and followed by an online chat, The Future of Science Education: STEM and Workforce Readiness will both exami [...] More >>
National Governors Association Issues Key Report on STEM Education
National Governors Association Issues Key Report on STEM Education In December the National Governors Association released a 44-page report that they hope governors nationwide will use to shape STEM education in their state. From Building a Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Education Agenda: Adopt rigorous math and science standards and imp [...] More >>
Communicating Science — A National Education and Public Outreach Conference
Organized by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific in association with the American Geophysical Union, the National Optical Astronomy Observatory and other conference partners to be announced. Tucson, Arizona Aug. 4–8, 2012 Please save the dates to your calendar and plan to join us for this national conference on how we can best engage our [... [...] More >>
STEM Education Web site Launches
Learn who does what in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) education via the new STEMConnector™ Web site. The site, of which AGU is a sponsor, is a searchable online connection to more than 3,500 profiles of major U.S.-based STEM education organizations, programs, and projects in 47 disciplines. [...] More >>
Spotlight on Two Year Colleges:Geo2YC Becomes First NAGT Division
Geo2YC, a group of National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) members interested in two-year college (2YC) education, became the first special interest division of the Association on July 23. Creation of the Division was a recommendation of a June 2010 NAGT/NSF-sponsored workshop “The Role of Two-Year Colleges in Geoscience Education an [...] More >>
AGU member and leader of the Earth and Space Science Framework design team Michael Wysession gave a presentation on the process of developing the framework (released by NAS this week) and how science standards will ultimately be developed by Achieve, Inc. in 2012. In sum, the Framework will provide a mechanism for the construction of [...] [...] More >>
AGU’S New Education and Public Outreach coordinator Bethany Holm Adamec
Bethany Holm Adamec is a biologist and science education specialist with a particular interest in marine science and hands-on science education for learners of all ages. Prior to joining AGU, she was a Science Education Analyst at the National Science Foundation (NSF). Among her activities there were managing and analyzing critical data for undergr [...] More >>
(The 2011 Education and Public Outreach Meeting of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific) July 30 – Aug. 3 in Baltimore Here is the latest update about the national meeting focused on education and outreach in space, earth, and physical sciences. Participants include scientists and educators working in or with schools, colleges, museums, pa [...] More >>
National Earth Science Teachers Association
In order to better serve Earth and space science teachers, we have prepared an anonymous survey to gather information about your Earth and space science education needs and concerns, your satisfaction with our services (if you are a member), and your ideas about how we can serve you better. Please take a moment to complete [...] [...] More >>
AGU is partnering with the National Park Service to promote National Fossil Day
Will be held on 12 October 2011 Mission: National Fossil Day is a celebration organized by the National Park Service, the American Geological Institute, the Bureau of Land Management and other key agencies to promote public awareness and stewardship of fossils, as well as to foster a greater appreciation of their scientific and educational values. [...] More >>
Neil DeGrasse Tyson & Chris Mooney Plenary Speakers at National EPO Conference in August
Abstract Deadline is April 22 for National Meeting on Space and Earth Science Education and Outreach in Baltimore Don’t miss the April 22 deadline for submitting abstracts for “Connecting People to Science,” the 2011 Conference of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific in Baltimore, Aug. 1–3 (co-sponsored by the American Geophy [...] More >>
Update on the “Conceptual Framework to Guide the Development of next generation Standards for K-12 Science Education” from Helen Quinn, Chair, Board on Science Education. All question about this should be directed to Thomas E. Keller, Senior Program Officer, National Academy of Sciences, Board on Science Education at TKeller@nas.edu. Dear Colle [...] More >>
ASP and AGU Partner for a National Science Education and Public Outreach (EPO) Conference
Annual EPO Conference from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP), in Partnership This Year with the American Geophysical Union (AGU) and the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) Saturday, July 30 – Wednesday, August 3, 2011 Tremont Plaza Hotel, Baltimore Maryland The Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP), the American Geophys [...] More >>
NAGB Releases 2009 Nation’s Report Card on Science
On January 25, 2011, the National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB) released the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2009 Science Report Card [pdf] for students in grades four, eight, and twelve. The NAEP report, known as the nation’s report card, is designed to give a current snapshot of what the nation’s students in the [...] More >>
Exploration Station is a family science event being held at AGU’s Fall Meeting 12 December 2010. The general public is invited to try out hands-on activities related to all aspects of Earth and space science. AGU’s Education department sees Exploration Station as a way to open the doors to communities who may seldom be exposed [...] [...] More >>
Meet AGU’s New Education and Public Outreach Manager, Pranoti M. Asher
Pranoti Asher is an experienced professional and award winning geoscience instructor with experience in STEM education, mentoring, and outreach activities at all levels. Prior to joining AGU, she was a faculty member at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro for nearly thirteen years. Among her many achievements at Georgia Southern, Pranoti was [...] More >>
The Inaugural US Science and Engineering Festival
The Inaugural US Science and Engineering Festival recently concluded with an Expo on the National Mall and surrounding areas 23 – 24 October 2010. AGU along with Howard University and How The Weatherworks shared a booth during the festival inside the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium. Howard University Graduate students from the Department of Atmospher [...] More >>
Do you know a science teacher who would like to help with national policy?
Applications to be an Einstein fellow are now open. Einstein fellows spend a year in a congressional office, a federal department (Department of Energy, for example) or agency (NASA, for example). Einstein fellows bring their experience of the classroom into the policy-making process. The Department of Energy has more information and a link to the [...] More >>