Revolutionizing Earth System Science Education for the 21st Century Report and Recommendations from a 50-State Analysis of Earth Science Education Standards Martos Hoffman Daniel Barstow TERC Center for Earth and Space Science Education 2007 Funded by the US Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Education The Revolutionizing Earth System Science Education for the 21st Century study was funded by the US Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Education, Grant # DG133005SE7051. All opinions, findings, conclusions and recommendations expressed herein are those of the authors, and do not necessarily represent the views of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Copyright© 2007 by TERC. All rights reserved. Martos Hoffman, Senior Education Specialist Daniel Barstow, Director Center for Earth and Space Science Education TERC 2067 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA 02140 617-547-0430 E-mail:
[email protected] To cite this report: Hoffman, Martos and Barstow Daniel. April 2007. Revolutionizing Earth System Science Education for the 21st Century, Report and Recommendations from a 50-State Analysis of Earth Science Education Standards. TERC, Cambridge MA. For copies of this report in PDF format, a downloadable database of the stan- dards analyzed in this study, and annotated PDF of the standards from each state, visit the Web sites: www.terc.org or www.oesd.noaa.gov Acknowledgments We would like to acknowledge the NOAA Office of Education for their support of this project. We especially recognize the support provided by Louisa Koch, Director, Christos Michalopoulos, Assistant Director and Sarah Schoedinger, Senior Education Policy Analyst, all of whom play a guiding roles in promoting high quality Earth and space science education.