NASA has designed three Earth Systems Science courses for in-service K-12 teachers to be offered at several institutions around the country, including Concordia College in Saint Paul and the University of Minnesota. Earth Systems Science will be taught completely over the Internet by Dr. Russanne Low.

Earth Systems Science is a multi-disciplinary field combining geology, geography, biology, climatology, and environmental science. The ESSEA courses employ group learning and the assignments are projects that can be incorporated into a teaching portfolio. These assignments are graded according to rubrics established at the times that the assignments are given.

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