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Curriculum materials available through the National Association for Geoscience Teachers’ Teach the Earth (TTE) website are freely available for instructors to use, and many include data-rich teaching resources that help students build critical thinking and quantitative reasoning skills that are essential for learning Earth science. Over time, many data-rich materials do not remain current or relevant to students as datasets become out of date or unavailable. To address this issue, we have created the Community Contribution Tool (CCT) for users to update datasets, graphics, and other components of data-rich TTE modules. In summer 2024, we will host a workshop at the Earth Educators’ Rendezvous in which geoscience faculty participants will 1) Collaboratively learn about data-rich online curriculum modules and best practices for creating resources for long-term, sustainable use; 2) Evaluate the sustainability of existing curriculum resources; 3) Learn how to select strong data sources (e.g., with long-term data source viability for future access and updates), document data sources, and provide instructions for future users to update data sets; 4) Learn to use the CCT and practice using the tool to update existing InTeGrate (Interdisciplinary Teaching about Earth for a Sustainable Future) and GETSI (GEodesy Tools for Societal Issues) modules during the workshop. Beyond this project, we expect the CCT will facilitate instructors in the geoscience community collectively updating teaching materials to extend the lifespan of materials used by thousands of geoscience educators.
Coauthors
Ellen Iverson eiverson@carleton.edu; Sean Fox sfox@carleton.edu; Sandrine Matiasek smatiasek@csuchico.edu; Beth Prtatt-Sitaula beth.pratt-sitaula@earthscope.org
