An electronic newsletter for the science education community
September/October 2006
Workshop
for NOAA on the Way
Event will help guide a framework
for climate and weather education
Project 2061’s “Using Atlas of Science
Literacy” workshops provide hundreds of educators each year with the chance
to improve their science knowledge through instructional resources and skills focused
on benchmarks and standards. Thanks to a new grant from the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Project 2061 is now customizing
its Atlas workshop to help NOAA develop a framework for climate and weather
education.
Based on a set of conceptual strand maps for climate
and weather drawn from the forthcoming Atlas of Science Literacy, Volume
2, the spring 2007 workshop will address two key questions identified by NOAA as
central to its education and outreach mission:
- What should be the nature and content of curriculum
resources for the study of earth science?
- How can federal agencies such as NOAA ensure that their
curriculum development efforts focused on climate and weather are of high quality and
take advantage of national benchmarks and standards for science literacy?
“The strand maps will help NOAA see the ‘big
picture’ of what key ideas related to weather and climate students should learn
over time,” said Ted Willard, Project 2061 senior program associate, who will
develop and deliver the workshop. “This perspective is essential for planning
learning experiences for students that go beyond isolated facts and make connections
among ideas.”
By the end of the workshop, attendees from NOAA and elsewhere
will be able to draw on Atlas of Science Literacy and
on other Project 2061 resources and strategies to produce and refine a framework that
can guide the development of programs, lessons, and other educational and outreach materials
for the topics of climate and weather.
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Find details about upcoming “Using Atlas
of Science Literacy” workshops.
For more information about Project 2061’s professional
development workshops, please contact:
Project 2061 Director: Dr. Jo
Ellen Roseman, (202) 326-6752
Senior Program Associate: Ted
Willard, (202) 326-6778
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