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ESSE_21
Definition
- Short Title: ESSE21 Project URL: http://esse21.usra.edu/ESSE21/ Proposal URL: http://classic.ipy.org/development/eoi/proposal-details.php?id=179 For fifteen years the NASA-sponsored Earth System Science Education for the 21st Century (ESSE 21) and precursor programs have fostered among colleges and universities an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the Earth as a system of interrelated air, water, land, life and social processes. Led by the Universities Space Research Association (USRA), ESSE 21 offers colleges and universities small, competitive grants to develop Earth system science courses, curricula, and degree programs. ESSE 21 engages a collaborative community of educators and scientists as partners in jointly developing and sharing courses and learning resources focused on Earth system science research and application. ESSE 21 places special emphasis on reaching minority serving institutions. Sixty-three teams have been funded since 1991 supporting faculty from different disciplines to come together to develop and offer courses with relevant and compelling science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) content focused on understanding Earth. ESSE 21 participants stimulate their students' critical and creative thinking with Earth system models, research results, data and visualizations available from NASA and the broader interdisciplinary community engaged in Earth system science. These resources increase opportunities for teaching and learning about the Earth as a system while developing competency in underlying STEM principles. Understanding the Earth as a system is central to the IPY theme. ESSE 21 and IPY share common goals, seeking to attract and develop the next generation of scientists, engineers, leaders and citizens mindful of Earth system connections. The IPY seeks to make the polar regions and processes better known to people beyond the polar regions and offers an opportunity for people living in the Arctic to strengthen their communication with the rest of the world. An ESSE 21 partnership with the IPY will forward the goals of both organizations. ESSE 21 seeks to increase awareness of IPY science themes and learning resources in the broader undergraduate ESS community being served by the program, focus interest in the role of polar regions in ESS among the ESSE 21 participants and others, and foster collaboration between the ESS educators and the broader IPY science and education partners. ESSE 21 will include a section on the International Polar Year (IPY) as a topical supplement to its Design Guide for Undergraduate Earth System Science Education. ESSE 21 intends to develop partnerships with other organizations that have submitted Expressions of Interest, such as EoI 404, which represents a cluster of 17 organizations commited to IPY education. Other EoIs that will be contacted to explore ways that ESSE 21 can contribute include 196, 315, 341, 468. (en)
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https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/b6d9f0d1-0d8d-4e13-8daf-e8b0cd6cbe35
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