Earth Learning Idea

Earth Learning Idea will publish a new idea for teaching Earth science every week during 2008—the International Year of Planet Earth. The ideas are specifically designed for classrooms with minimal resources - anywhere on Earth, while encouraging interactive teaching and the development of thinking and investigational skills in pupils. The ideas are aimed primarily at pre-service teacher trainers, as they will reach the widest teacher audience, but also welcomes interested teachers to subscribe. Each Earth Learning Idea will be accompanied by a blog, to encourage the development of a global discussion network of those interested in Earth science education. The Earth Learning Ideas will appear one per month during September—December and one per week thereafter and are being produced by voluntary effort with no funding.

Please play your part by:

• sending to info@earthlearningidea.com the contact details of teacher educators of science, geography or Earth science (*Country *Name *Email address *Institution name) across the globe, so that we can alert them to Earth Learning Idea; please send details of interested teachers too;
• clicking on the website http://www.earthlearningidea.com/ to check out the sample activity (Quake shake) and subscribing to the blog so you can contribute to the discussions;
• offering to become one of our supporters by sending an offer of expertise on one of these areas to info@earthlearningidea.com: geological time; evolution of life; Earth materials; Earth energy; Earth as a system; natural hazards; resources and environment; investigating the Earth; Earth education;
• if you think we're making a useful contribution, sending us your words of moral support through the blog.

Many thanks for any help you can offer.

The Earth Learning Idea Team
Chris King, Keele University
Peter Kennett, Keele University
Elizabeth Devon, University of Bath