Location:
United States

Description:
The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) is involved in several initiatives to improve science education within the El Paso area public schools. These include outreach efforts into the classrooms; training programs for in-service teachers; and the introduction of a strong pre-service Science Core Curriculum. This project combines the goals of these initiatives into a multi-year series of Earth system science workshops for pre-service and in-service teachers using NASA Earth Science Enterprise materials and materials developed specifically for this region through the Pan American Center for Earth and Environmental Sciences (PACES), a NASA-funded University Research Center. Five workshops will present an Earth system science perspective using NASA and UTEP materials. Each workshop will focus on one aspect of Earth system science: an introductory workshop; the lithosphere; the biosphere; the atmosphere and hydrosphere; and astronomy. A sixth, and final, workshop will consist of a field trip to the NASA Regional Educator Resource Center maintained by the New Mexico Space Grant Consortium located at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The El Paso area satellite images processed by PACES and the lesson plans developed by the workshop participants will be available via the PACES Web site at UTEP.

URL:
http://www.geo.utep.edu

Organization:
University of Texas at El Paso
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Cost:
Free, participants are selecetd competitively

Contact:
Vicki Harder, Principal Investigator, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79968; Phone: (915) 747-5746; Fax: (915) 747-5305; Email: vharder@geo.utep.edu or Sally Blake, Co-Investigator, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79968; Phone: (915) 747-7675; Fax: (915) 747-5305; Email: sblake@utep.edu

Education Level:
Kindergarten-Grade 4
Grades 5-8
Grades 9-12

Subject:
Astronomy
Atmosphere
Biology
Earth System Science
Geology
Hydrology
Remote Sensing

Program type:
Teacher Training (In-service)
Teacher Training (Pre-service)

Date Added to teachearth.com:
5/1/00