Our program is designed to appeal to everyone from the instructor attending their first Earth education-themed meeting, to experienced STEM education researchers, to administrators who want to better support students in their programs.

The Rendezvous' combination of workshops, posters, talks, round-table discussions, and plenary presentations is designed to help guide participants through a suite of interrelated challenges that are characteristic of Earth Education in schools, colleges, and universities today by:

• providing instructors who are teaching Earth topics at all educational levels (K-16) with examples of instructional strategies that have been shown to improve student learning
• addressing teaching challenges specific to particular settings (e.g., large classes, labs, field work), topics (e.g., teaching about sustainability, atmospheric science), or skills (e.g., spatial reasoning)
• developing students' competency in a range of geoscientific tasks that involve higher order skills such as systems thinking, data analysis and quantitative skills
• supporting instructors and administrators in creating lessons and programming to increase the number and diversity of students who learn about Earth
• helping graduate students and post-docs prepare for an academic career in Earth-related disciplines
• collaborating with colleagues across the disciplines to situate learning about Earth in a societal context
• supporting current and future teachers in successfully implementing the Next Generation Science Standards
• pursuing education research that supports our ability to address these challenges

A tentative schedule is available online at https://serc.carleton.edu/earth_rendezvous/2020/program/index.html

Important dates: 

• Working group application deadline: Monday, March 2, 2020
• Abstract/poster/teaching demo submission deadline: Monday, March 2, 2020
• Travel stipend application deadline: Monday, April 6, 2020
• Early registration deadline: Monday, May 4, 2020 (save $100)
• Activity Review Camp application deadline: Monday, May 4, 2020
• Late poster or Share-a-Thon presentation deadline: Monday, May 18, 2020