SERC publishes textbook to improve Earth literacy

SERC, the Science Education Resource Center, has published a textbook designed to improve Earth literacy. Titled, “Interdisciplinary Teaching About Earth and the Environment for a Sustainable Future,” the book is part of the Association of Environmental Studies and Sciences Book Series from Springer Nature.

This book presents the outcomes of the InTeGrate project, a community effort funded by the National Science Foundation to improve Earth literacy and build a workforce prepared to tackle environmental and resource issues. The chapters explicitly illustrate the intimate relationship between geoscience and sustainability that is often opaque to students.

The chapter authors are faculty members, administrators, program directors, and researchers from institutions across the country who have collectively envisioned, implemented, and evaluated effective change in their classrooms, programs, institutions, and beyond. Among these authors are SERC team members: Cathy Manduca, executive director; Caitlin Huyck Orr, associate director; Ellen Iverson, evaluation director; Kristin O’Connell, evaluation/education specialist; John McDaris, geoscience education associate; and Monica Bruckner, science education & evaluation associate.