Master of Science in Teaching with an emphasis on
Secondary Earth Science

This program is designed for students who wish to begin a career in Earth Science education or for current educators who are interested in furthering their education. Within the discipline of Earth Sciences professors and students are working on projects to investigate what kinds of strategies work best to enable students to investigate environmental and earth science questions using real, scientific data available on the web.  Other projects include investigating how students develop skills for analyzing and interpreting environmental data sets in a way that deepens their content understanding of Earth processes and global change.  The question has been raised: Can working with data sets that span large spatial or temporal scales  "hook" students' in a way that engages their natural curiosity and empowers them to realize patterns in environmental change and relationships within Earth system's on their own?  For more information about the Earth sciences department use the link below.

Earth Sciences concentration:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited University
• two semesters geology (GES101, GES102 or GES105 or equivalent), with a grade of B or better.
• one semester of college-level chemistry (CHY121/123 or equivalent), with a grade of B or better.

Faculty (See who’s involved)

Molly Schauffler, Research Assistant Professor with the Climate Change Institute
Stephen Norton (Retired), Professor of Geological Sciences

Graduate Students(currently enrolled)

Research Projects (Who is doing what, and various research)

Department of Earth Sciences Home Page: http://www.geology.um.maine.edu/