Partnerships For
Earth Science Education in Idaho
OFFICERS
- Randy Fiscus, President
Lakes Middle School, Coeur d’Alene
- Mike Emory, President Elect
Woodland Middle School, Coeur d’Alene
- Jim Cash, Secretary-Treasurer
Moscow Junior High School, Moscow
NEWS (Information of up & coming meetings, conferences, and opportunities for professional development)
LESSON PLANS AND DIGITAL IMAGES
LINKS (Resources for earth science education)
The Idaho Earth Science Teachers
Association (IESTA) has formed interactive partnerships with the triad of
education, government, and industry. The products of these partnerships
include programs and training in Idaho earth science, and the development,
testing and distribution of classroom materials, student activities, and field
trip guides.
In the summer of 1992 a small group of Idaho teachers, in cooperation with the
Idaho Geological Survey, began an Annual Summer Field Trip and Conference
for the IESTA. Since then the event has grown to the point that typically
50 people attend the field conference each year. This week-long event
includes geology and mining field trips, exercises, classroom materials, and the
development of student activities by participants. For the past several
years the Idaho Bureau of Disaster Services, through a grant from the Federal
Emergency Management Agency, has co-sponsored the workshop to provide training
in geologic hazard awareness and education. Where possible, companies have
provided tours, campgrounds, and talks by specialists. In 1997, the IESTA
cooperated with the National Energy Foundation to include materials and
instruction from the Out of the Rock educational program.
The IESTA works closely with the Idaho Science Teachers Association to
plan the science teachers’ annual conference. IESTA maintains a
booth at each conference which displays products, recruits members, and
provides information about Idaho earth science and the association’s
activities and events. The products displayed include IESTA
materials and selected publications of the Idaho Geological Survey and
the Idaho State University Press. The IESTA sponsors presentations
and keynote speakers by earth scientists from Idaho, and it distributes
examples of Idaho rocks, minerals, and fossils donated by agencies,
companies, and the association members.
Field trips are run independently or in association with the annual
state conference and summer conference and are led by scientists from
agencies such as the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, the Idaho
Geological Survey, Idaho State University, and several mining companies.
T. Kuroda
Idaho Earth Science Teachers Association
Membership Form
Award Nomination Forms
IGS Summer Field
Workshops
IESTA Newsletter (Spring 2004)
Teacher Associations
National
Science Teachers Association
Idaho Geological Survey
Idaho
Geological Survey Home
Geologic Hazards
Curriculum Project
Supporting Agencies
Idaho
Bureau Of Disaster Services
National Science Foundation
Idaho Mining
Association
Idaho Maps
Black &
White Relief
Color Enhanced
Relief
General Links
National
Science Education Standards
Earth
Science Education Resources
Earth
Science Week
Earthbound Links
Earth Alert
Daily updates with lesson plans involving natural disasters occurring around the world.
Interactive Tutorial
Find Mt. Everest from outer space (requires the free Shockwave player plugin)
Observations of Geotechnical Aspects of the Nisqually Earthquake
Mass Extinction 200 Million Years Ago Was Sudden
Astronomical Links
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Comet Observation Home Page
Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
NASA Human Space Flight
MSNBC Space News
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