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<h1 align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><u><a href="ESE.html">Earth
Science Essentials</a></u></strong></h1>

<h1 align=center style='text-align:center'><img border=0 width=600 height=170
src="intro_files/image003.png"></h1>

<h2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;font-weight:normal'>·</span><span
style='font-size:7.0pt;font-weight:normal'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span>ESE is a rigorous self-guided course for science teachers wanting to
expand or renew their understanding of the fundamentals of earth science.</h2>

<h2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;font-weight:normal'>·</span><span
style='font-size:7.0pt;font-weight:normal'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span>ESE focuses on how we apply reasoning and modeling to understand the
world around us, a practice consistent with the Next Generation Science
Standards (2013). </h2>

<h2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;font-weight:normal'>·</span><span
style='font-size:7.0pt;font-weight:normal'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span>With ESE, you can do more than learn about earth science, you can <strong><i>engage</i></strong>
in it with in-the-field video lectures and investigative Science Reasoning
Puzzles.</h2>

<h2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;font-weight:normal'>·</span><span
style='font-size:7.0pt;font-weight:normal'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span>The course materials include Extra Resources such as optional discussion
topics and lab activities, which can give you ideas for your own classes.</h2>

<h2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;font-weight:normal'>·</span><span
style='font-size:7.0pt;font-weight:normal'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span>ESE course materials were developed by Dr. Russ Colson, author of the
NSTA Press book <a
href="https://www.nsta.org/store/product_detail.aspx?id=10.2505/9781941316238">Learning
to Read the Earth and Sky</a>, professor of geology, meteorology, and planetary
science at Minnesota State University Moorhead, and winner of the 2010
US Outstanding Masters Universities and Colleges Professor of the Year Award.</h2>

<p><u>Course Materials:</u></p>

<p>The materials for this course, including video lectures, interactive texts,
and extra resources, are available for free, starting from <a href="ESE.html"><span
style='text-decoration:none'>ESE Introduction</span></a>.&nbsp; If you use or
modify these materials, please cite Russ Colson, Earth Science Essentials,
along with the appropriate link, as appropriate.</p>

<p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>If you are interested in additional online earth science course materials from Russ Colson, they can be found at <b><a href=../index.html target="_blank">Earth Science for Teachers.</a></b></p>

<p><a href="http://russcolson.com/home.html">Russ Colson's author website is found here</a></p
    

<p>You can contact me, Russ Colson, at <a href="mailto:colson@mnstate.edu">colson@mnstate.edu</a>.</p>

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<p>July 21, 2023</p>

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