Teaching Public Policy in the Earth Sciences On the Cutting Edge Professional Development for Geoscience Faculty April, 21, 2006 Robert W. Ridky Education Director U. S. Geological Survey
USGS Mission Providing the Nation with reliable scientific information and analysis. Geography Geology Biology Hydrology
Science You Can Use • Visible • Viable • Valuable
Earthquakes and Volcanoes • Monitoring in situ, remote sensing • Warning systems • Products – Shake. Map – Did You Feel It maps
In. SAR Early warning at “dormant” Three Sisters
Landslides
Wildland Fires
Water – A Vital Resource
Streamflow data • Real-time streamgage network • Hazards applications • Products: – online data – streamflow maps
Energy Resource Assessments
Mineral Resources Assessment ACTIVE DEPOSIT SHOWING PAST PRODUCER OCCURRENCE
The National Map • National digital backbone: consistent, current • Products: – still paper maps – But more and more online data
Human Health West Nile virus
Mission and Strategic Goals of USGS Education “Education and research are always in the public service and therefore are inextricably bound at all levels”
We must distribute our understandings among the people. How shall it be done? (May 1890) began career in one room school house teaching for seven years
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY COMMITTEE MEMBERS included… THOMAS C. CHAMBERLl. N GEORGE L. COLLIE W. M. DAVIS ISRAEL C. RUSSELL
COMMITTEE of TEN (1893) “emphasize importance of geology and physical geography course in the secondary school curriculum” 4 th Secondary School Year Geol. or Physiography ~ 3 p. 1/2 yr. Meteorology ~ 3 p. 1/2 yr.
Only 2 Federal Agencies Have Anything About Education In Their Authorizing Language Department of Agriculture Department of Commerce Department of Defense Department of Energy Department of Health and Human Services Department of Homeland Security Department of Housing and Urban Development Department of the Interior Department of Labor Department of State
Our science must be effectively communicated because we cannot be considered successful unless it is widely used.
Information Transfer, Knowledge Acquisition Quality science, relevant for a changing world and effectively communicated, is the most important product. • Hearings • Briefings • Workshops
Great Basin Carbonate Aquifer System Physical Setting Ruby Valley Isostatic Gravity Map Barcass study area Bowen-ratio method s R N = G + H + E
Alaska at the Crossroads Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
And, as we meet … Science 21 April 2006: Vol. 312. no. 5772, p. 347 News of the Week SCIENCE POLICY: NSF Begins a Push to Measure Societal Impacts of Research Next month, the National Science Foundation will announce an initiative tentatively dubbed "the science of science policy, " which it says will give policymakers the ability to "reliably evaluate returns received from past R&D investments and to forecast likely returns from future investments. "
Partnerships – working with sister agencies “. . . it is essential that all students be given the opportunity to study earth science as an integral part of their education. ” Joint Statement to the American Public Chip Groat, USGS Vice Admiral Conrad Lautenbacher, Jr. NOAA
“ Everyone should study earth science. ” Tilly Smith Child of the Year, 2005
“The Crises in New Orleans or Banda Ache is one of education as much as anything else. ” Before NSTC Sub. Committee on Education 9/8/05
National Academy of Sciences National Research Council “Now, for the first time in our nation’s history, we have a call to action, a dramatic call for change, and one that specifically states that all students, at all grade levels, should receive earth science instruction. ” Earth Science Physical Science Life Science
Establish professional partnerships
üEach activity consists of a workbook and an accompanying web site üThe workbook poses questions and anchors the activity with background material üThe web site gives detailed directions for accessing and interpreting the data
Opportunities For Citizen Participation Shake Maps… beyond magnitude and epicenter
Collaborative Efforts “To serve as a forum that fosters teamwork with USGS in conducting watershed assessment, identifying priority protection measures, educating affected interests, and promoting practices that protect the Watershed. ”
A word about lobbying – we don’t “from my cold dead hands” “legislative workshops”
“The NRA Annual Meetings and Exhibits are an educational affair and fun can be found around every corner. ” “Youngsters at the Annual Meeting had fun educated and involved the future of their organization. ”
“It is of great importance that the general public be given the opportunity to experience the efforts and results of scientific research. It is not sufficient that each result be taken up, elaborated, and applied by a few specialists in the field. Restricting the body of knowledge to a small group deadens the philosophical spirit of a people and leads to spiritual poverty. ” Albert Einstein, 1948
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