The Earth and space sciences are exciting because they literally span the entire world—the entire universe—that we live in, but this magnitude can sometimes be difficult to capture and convey to students. Understanding why the world works the way it does—from natural disasters like earthquakes and eruptions, to anthropogenic effects on our climate—is easier when taught through real-world scenarios. That's why Eos, AGU's science news magazine for Earth and space science-interested public, in conjunction with AGU's Education section, is offering this workshop in order to form a collaborative vision for new geoscience education resources crafted from the earth science news reporting and online resources of Eos.

Many teachers already use Eos news articles as engagement material in high school and undergraduate geoscience classrooms. Now Eos and the AGU Education Section are working to develop curriculum- mapped articles specifically for educator use. This is an opportunity for educators to be involved from the very beginning in building a resource that is customized for their classroom needs. Participants will help create and offer feedback on the desired user experience of the resource site, how best to match news articles to types and length of curriculum available, how best to collect ongoing feedback, and what other assets at AGU could be integrated for educator use. This workshop is open to high school and undergraduate educators. Those with Spanish-speaking or ESL classes are especially encouraged to attend.

All mini-workshops will take place online, via Zoom (unless otherwise noted). Participants will be sent links to the Zoom room and connection info will be posted below prior to the session start.

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