Earth Exploration Toolbook garners SPORE award...

TERC's Earth Exploration Toolbook has received the Science Prize for Online Resource in Education (SPORE award) from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). 

Initial funding for the EET was provided via the National Science Digital Library (NSDL) program, and developed as an outcome of activiites with the Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE).  With DLESE Data Services and Access Data funding, the project engaged teams of contributors from the scientific/technical and educational communities in annual workshops to create EET chapters. Approximately 30 of the 43 chapters are a result of or related to those workshops. Two professional development programs (funded by NSDL and ITEST) facilitated teachers using the EET and integrating the use of the data and tools in their teaching. 

Congratulations to the EET team, led by Tamara Ledley (Principal Investigator), of TERC, and all contributors!

Journal Science gives SPORE award to 'Earth Exploration Toolbook' (press release)
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-09/aaft-jg092311.php

Making Earth Science Data Accessible and Usable in Education (Science Magazine Essay)
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/333/6051/1838.full?rss=1

EET is the fifth NSDL project to receive the AAAS SPORE award: 

• September 2011: Earth Exploration Toolbook - online Earth system science activities, TERC
• January 2011: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears - science and literacy online magazine for elementary science (grades 1-5); Ohio State University
• November, 2010: Ask-a-Biologist, Arizona State University
• April 2010:  ChemCollective − Virtual Labs for Introductory Chemistry Courses, University of Illinois at Urbana Champagne
• February 2010: On the Cutting Edge - professional development program for geoscience educators, from Carleton College's Science Education Resource Center, and its partners