These lists have been created through the efforts of many science educators.

        The project began to take shape during a two-day workshop in advance of the 2nd New York State Earth Science Teachers Conference, held at  the Lamont Campus of Columbia University in July 2005.

        Starting with blank Excel spreadsheets and the opportunity to "brainstorm," the following people created the basic format for each unit:

Ingrid	Buntschuh	A.Philip Randolph HS, New York, NY
Cheryl	Dodes	Weber JHS, Port Washington, NY
Myriam	Ibarra	Norringham HS, Syracuse, NY
Irving	Soden	Windsor HS, Windsor, NY (rtd.)

      Their work was then expanded  by the following participants in the 2nd New York State Earth Science Teachers Conference:

    Subsequently, the documents were edited and further expanded using feedback obtained through discussions on the ESPRIT List-server, under the coordination of Dr. Michael J. Passow.

    This remains a work-in-progress, and suggestions for improvements or corrections should be sent to <michael@earth2class.org>

    Eventually, the goal is to have several versions of these documents aimed at various audiences, including:
            New York State High School (Regents) Earth Science (Physical Setting: Earth Science)
            New York State Intermediate Level Earth Science
            New Jersey Hgh School Earth Science
            National Science Education Standards

SPECIAL APPRECIATION TO THE EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS OF THE EARTH2CLASS TEAM:

        CRISTIANA ASSUMPCAO and FREDERICO BAGGIO

Summer 2005