Presenter:  Dr. Pam Gore

Title:  New Science Curriculum in Georgia’s Schools

  The New K-12 Earth Science Curriculum

Abstract: The presentation will address the development of Georgia's new science curriculum and how it ranks nationally, and will address the K-5 science standards to be covered in elementary schools statewide, along with the standards for the 6th grade middle school Earth Science course, and the high school Earth Systems course.

Biography:  Dr. Pamela J. W. Gore is Professor of Geology at Georgia Perimeter College, where she has taught since 1989.  She has been involved in geoscience education including the design of an online Earth & Space Science for Middle School Teachers course, an Earth Systems High School Teacher Workshop (which was offered in summer 2007 with Bill Witherspoon), and an Integrated Science: Life/Earth Science course for Early Childhood Teacher Education majors.  She serves on the Science Education Advisory Committee of the Georgia Department of Education, and assisted with the development of frameworks and tasks for the 6th grade Earth Science course and the new high school Earth Systems course.