The Earth Scientist, Volume XXIX, Issue 2, Summer 2013 is available as a free download.
It contains articles co-authored by members of the ESSP Project Team and of PAESTA.
Table of Contents
- From the President
- From the Executive Director
- Editor’s Corner
- NESTA Awards Presented in San Antonio
- Introduction to Using the Claims‐Evidence‐Reasoning Framework in Middle School Science
- An Instructional Unit on the Marcellus Shale for Middle School Students
- Exploring Regional Climate Patterns and Generalizing the Results to Enhance Deep Conceptualization
- The Power of a Hurricane: Using Memorable Storms to Teach Inference and Graphing Skills
- Using iBooks Author to Create Earth Science Classroom Content for the iPad
- The Role of Gravity in Planetary Orbits
- An Integrated Model for Instruction in Deep Time, Mass Extinctions and Radiometric Decay
- The Successes and Challenges of Establishing PAESTA, a New Professional Community for Teachers
- A Collaborative Approach to Developing Earth System Science Resources through PAESTA
- Student Conceptions of the Cause and Locations of Earthquakes
- Student and Teacher Conceptions of the Earth’s Interior Structure
- Subduction Zone Geometry in Three Dimensions: Using authentic data to explore relationships between earthquakes, volcanoes, and plates at convergent margins
