1. InTeGrate Materials Development
Cailin Huyck Orr
Science Education Resource Center
Carleton College

2. Preparing students for the future
Curricular materials that engage students
Address grand challenges society is facing
Use rigorous science
Use best practices in learning
Are adaptable and adoptable by instructors
How do we ensure that all of these conditions are met in the materials we develop?

3. Goals are encoded in the materials design rubric
Guiding Principles
Learning Objectives and Outcomes
Assessment and Measurement
Resources and Materials
Instructional Strategies
Alignment

4. Guiding principles
Address one or more Earth-related grand challenges facing society
Develop student ability to address interdisciplinary problems
Improve student understanding of the nature and methods of geoscience and developing geoscientific habits of mind
Make use of authentic and credible geoscience data to learn central concepts in the context of geoscience methods of inquiry
Develop students’ ability and propensity to use systems thinking
The methods of geoscience include: comparing modern processes to those found in the geologic record; comparison of cases to understand commonalities and differences attributable to process, history, and context; developing converging lines of evidence; and testing through prediction. Geoscientific habits of mind include: recognition of the fundamental role of observation and of a spatial and temporal organizational scheme in understanding the Earth, recognition of the Earth as a long-lived, dynamic, complex system whose history is shaped by a continuum of long-lived low impact processes and short-duration high impact processes, and valuing collaboration as a strategy for effectively moving forward understanding of the Earth.

5. Team Resources/Support
Three or more authors from multiple institutions work with an:
InTeGrate team leader
Assessment consultant
Webteam consultant

6. With new teams coming in, here is where they are being piloted