Project title earth science week 2022PERIOD of performance 8 16 2022 through 8 15 2023ACTIVITIES to be performed funding is being requested from the USGS to support the 25TH annual earth science…

Project title earth science week 2022PERIOD of performance 8 16 2022 through 8 15 2023ACTIVITIES to be performed funding is being requested from the USGS to support the 25TH annual earth science week celebration WWW earthsciweek ORG , which is gearing up to celebrate the theme of earth science for a sustainable world on october 9 15, 2022 USGS funds will cover staff time for several program activities, as well as shipping costs for the distribution of earth science week toolkits this year 9000 kits will be produced overall IT is estimated that USGS funds will provide shipping and handling costs for the distribution of 700 kits, singly or in multi kit quantities earth science week kits are developed for use by educators and outreach program providers, such as members of the american association of state geologists and AGI s 50 member societies this year AGI will organize the third earth science week webinar series USGS funding will support staff time to guide presenters as they prepare for their part of the series, promote the series, and undertake various production activities the annual earth science week contests will also be supported with respect to promotion of the contests, as well as staff time for judging and determination of prize winners data will be collected across all earth science week activities for example, we monitor earth science week toolkit orders and events for geographic distribution this information is compiled each year in the earth science week highlights report, which is distributed to funders and others USGS funds will contribute to the collection and compilation of this information deliverables as described above, USGS funds will support several activities, leading to several specific outcomes deliverables 1 distribution of approximately 700 earth science week 2022 kits 2 promotion, production, recording and posting of 4 5 webinars on topics in sustainability recordings will be posted to AGI s youtube channel for on demand viewing 3 promotion, entry processing, and judging of earth science week contests 4 general promotion of earth science week through social media posts, articles in journals, and through the earth science week update newsletter 5 development of the 2022 earth science week highlights report summarizing data collected on the 2022 earth science week intended beneficiaries earth science week materials are generated with two main audiences in mind educators and outreach program providers the educators are primarily at the k 12 level in u s public schools, although we also have evidence that some higher education institutions engage with earth science week, as do members of the geoscience community in approximately 20 countries outreach program providers tend to include museums and nature centers, but also geoscience professionals e g , state geological survey personnel doing public outreach programs therefore, k 16 students and members of the public are also indirect beneficiaries