Earth Information Exchange Earth Information Exchange Education CommunityEducation Community

A Crosscutting Theme to A Crosscutting Theme to the Societal Benefits Areasthe Societal Benefits Areas

A DemonstrationA Demonstration

EIE Societal Benefits AreasEIE Societal Benefits Areas

Societal Benefit areas are focused on Societal Benefit areas are focused on development resources that are of use development resources that are of use to society at largeto society at large

Air QualityAir Quality Public HealthPublic Health

Water ManagementWater Management Disaster Disaster ManagementManagement

Ecological ForecastingEcological ForecastingCoastal ManagementCoastal Management

EIE Societal Benefits AreasEIE Societal Benefits Areas

Scientific data and knowledge available in Scientific data and knowledge available in the Societal Benefit Areas is the result of ESIP the Societal Benefit Areas is the result of ESIP partner’s scientific research partner’s scientific research

Federally funded scientific research Federally funded scientific research programs require education and outreach programs require education and outreach componentscomponents

Result: individual educational materials. Result: individual educational materials. collections of materials, and educational collections of materials, and educational programs have been developedprograms have been developed

Educational Materials and ResourcesEducational Materials and Resources

Prairie to Mountain Explorer

Exploring Earth – high school textbook and investigation guide

Exploring Regional Differences in Climate Change – EOS Webster

Museums Teaching Planet Earth: Earth Update, Space Update

U.S. – Mexico Demographic Data Viewer

Immersive Earth

Planet Earth Science Expedition CD’s

Collections of Collections of Educational MaterialsEducational Materials

Educational ProgramsEducational Programs

Tools for Data Analysis in Tools for Data Analysis in the Middle School Classroomthe Middle School Classroom

EET WorkshopsEET Workshops

Vision for the Education Vision for the Education Community in the EIECommunity in the EIE

Education section of Societal Benefit areaEducation section of Societal Benefit area– identify educational resources that address identify educational resources that address

scientific topics and use scientific data which scientific topics and use scientific data which fit the themefit the theme

– Develop educational activities that leverage on Develop educational activities that leverage on materials developed for the broader materials developed for the broader communitycommunity

Core Educational Community AreaCore Educational Community Area – an Educational Societal Benefit Area that make an Educational Societal Benefit Area that make

all of these resources available as well as all of these resources available as well as larger more general collectionslarger more general collections

– Educational collaborative areaEducational collaborative area

Develop Connections between the Develop Connections between the Educational and Scientific Communities Educational and Scientific Communities

within the ESIP Federationwithin the ESIP Federation Integration of educational expertise within Societal Integration of educational expertise within Societal

Benefits Areas – Education Liaisons Benefits Areas – Education Liaisons

Air QualityAir Quality Public Health Public Health Rita FreuderRita Freuder Mexia Deng Mexia Deng Carla McAuliffeCarla McAuliffe

Water ManagementWater Management Disaster Management Disaster Management Michelle HallMichelle Hall Tamara Ledley Tamara Ledley

Margaret MooneyMargaret Mooney Joan Aron Joan Aron

Debbie Belvedere Debbie Belvedere

Alan Buss Alan Buss

Ecological ForecastingEcological Forecasting Coastal Management Coastal Management Bruce Caron LuAnn DahlmanBruce Caron LuAnn Dahlman

Rita FreuderRita Freuder

Science Education PartnershipsScience Education Partnerships

USGS Map Viewer Demonstrationhttp://mapdss2.er.usgs.gov/usgs/maps/index.php?project=esip/demo/53004/1

Building a Bridge Between the Building a Bridge Between the Scientific and Educational CommunitiesScientific and Educational Communities

In order to facilitate the use of Earth science data in In order to facilitate the use of Earth science data in educational contexts there needs to be an ongoing educational contexts there needs to be an ongoing communication between these two communitiescommunication between these two communities

Advantages for each communityAdvantages for each community– Scientific CommunityScientific Community

Addressing the “Broader Impacts” requirements in Addressing the “Broader Impacts” requirements in proposals with the help of partners with expertise in proposals with the help of partners with expertise in educationeducation

Developing a deeper understand of the needs of the Developing a deeper understand of the needs of the educational communityeducational community

– Educational CommunityEducational Community Obtaining information that is most relevant to facilitate Obtaining information that is most relevant to facilitate

teaching of specific scientific conceptsteaching of specific scientific concepts Connection to ongoing research and scientific discoveriesConnection to ongoing research and scientific discoveries

OpportunitiesOpportunities

Data in Education WorkshopsData in Education Workshops

Societal Benefit Area proposals Societal Benefit Area proposals – Consider partnering with the education Consider partnering with the education

committee to build the education component committee to build the education component of proposals. of proposals.

– AdvantageAdvantage Educational expertiseEducational expertise Infrastructure of the Education “Societal Benefit Infrastructure of the Education “Societal Benefit

area” portlets and Education Community portlet area” portlets and Education Community portlet would be available to house resources and to would be available to house resources and to increase their dissemination.increase their dissemination.

Special ThanksSpecial Thanks

Rita FreuderRita Freuder Margaret MooneyMargaret Mooney Carla McAuliffeCarla McAuliffe Debbie BelvedereDebbie Belvedere Carol MeyerCarol Meyer Steve HaleSteve Hale Jerrold RobaidekJerrold Robaidek