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"George Ellery Hale's Legacy and Future of Giant American Telescopes" Wed., October 8, 2008, 11am (Pacific Time) Visit www.journeytopalomar.org Read more >> The TeXas Earth and Space Science Revolution (TXESS Revolution) is a professional development program aimed at 8th grade and high school teachers preparing to teach the senior capstone course in Earth and Space Science. In 2006, the Texas State Board of Education voted to add a 4th year of required science to the high school curriculum, and further voted to approve Earth and Space Science as an option for that 4th year. This created a unique opportunity in the earth science community in Texas to design a rigorous, content-rich course in the geosciences as a capstone. The effort to develop the standards for Earth and Space Science Capstone is currently underway at the state level. In addition, the new course has created a need for teachers with the content knowledge and skill to teach the course. The
TXESS Revolution consists of eight
professional development academies, each with a different contemporary
content theme.
The academies each last two-and-a-half days (24
hrs.),
during which teachers will be participating in rigorous, data-driven
learning activities. Field trips,
guest
lectures, and other special programs will also be integrated into the
professional
development.
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