Educators Deep Earth Academy provides you, educators, with easily accessible scientific data and hands-on activities ready to be used tomorrow in your classroom. By using the sorting tool at the top of the classroom activities page, educators can find just the right lesson for the topic, audience and standard they wish to teach. All our materials are developed by School of Rock participants and scientists, are field tested and are reviewed by experts in their field. They are aligned to the National Science Education Standards and many are aligned to the Ocean Literacy Essential Principles. For free copies of any of our materials email deepearthacademy@oceanleadership.org. This educator webpage will also help you explore many exciting resources and opportunities for professional development. A Status Report on K-12 Earth and Space Science Education in the United States, 2006 - Published in July 2007, this report provides information on Earth science enrollments, graduation requirements, teacher certification and assessment and standards inclusion in various states. It is a follow up report from the 2001 National Conference on the Revolution in Earth and Space Science Education from which Blueprint for Change was published.
Check out the new Activity of the Month feature! Explore our new Climate Change resource page for a set of activities, video and other materials to assist you in teaching climate change topics in your classroom. Looking for content-related children's books to help improve your students' reading skills? Check out our new book page here. OPPORTUNITIES FOR EDUCATORSMeet our 2007 Teacher at Sea and explore his Sea90E interactive website! Check out the journals of our past Teachers at Sea: Jonathan Rice - Expedition 301 Learn about the adventures of School of Rock!
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