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Articles in the Fall 2011 issue of The Earth Scientist include:

• Our Ever-Changing Earth – Celebrate Earth Science Week 2011, by Geoff Camphire
• Federal Agencies and Nationwide Partners Present the 2011 National Fossil Day in Hopes of Fostering Scientific Education, by Jason Kenworthy and Eva Lyon
• Classroom Activities and Supporting Resources for Understanding Climate Change – An Introduction to Earth’s Climate by Roberta Johnson, Sandra Henderson, Dennis Ward, Lisa Gardiner and Randy Russell
• Telescopes-for-Teachers T4T: Galileoscopes in Montana by Richard Jones
• Expedition 329: South Pacific Gyre – Subseafloor life by Joe Monaco
• Fire and Brimstone Continues to Shape Yellowstone Lake: Connecting Geology and Past Climates with Today’s Biodiversity by Susan Kelly, Lisa Morgan and Stephanie McGinnis
• Student Misconceptions: Where Did You Get That Idea? by Virginia Malone

Additionally the hard copy of this TES issue contains, for your classroom, two full color posters: one announcing AGI’s 14th Annual Earth Science Week, and the second announcing the NPS’s National Fossil Day.

Articles in the Spring 2011 issue of The Earth Scientist include:

• Episodic Tremor and Slip: Potential Clues to the Earthquake Process and How Faults Slip, Michael R. Brudzinski
• Episodic Tremor and Slip in a Middle School Classroom? Absolutely! Relevance and Kinesthetic Methodologies Merit Inclusion in 8th Grade Earth/Space Science Class, Roger Groom, Shelley Olds, Robert F. Butler and Jenda Johnson
• USArray Visualizations Show Seismic Waves Sweeping Across the U.S., Robert F. Butler, Christopher D. Hedeen and Roger Groom
• Understanding Earth Processes: Student Alternative Conceptions about Geophysics Concepts, Julie Libarkin and Emily Geraghty Ward
• A Big Squeeze: Examining and Modeling Causes of Intraplate Earthquakes in the Earth Science Classroom, Michael Hubenthal, Seth Stein and John Taber

Articles in the Fall 2010 issue of The Earth Scientist include:

• Using the "Is It a Scientific Theory?" Activity
  to Accompany The Nature of Science Poster, adapted by John W. Christensen, Global Science Curriculum Project
• What Good is a Rock?, by Pat Oso, Mineral Information Institute
• Sometimes Even Better Than It Was: Reclamation of Mined Land, by Andrew A. Sicree, Ph.D., Grace Prep High School
• Teaching about the Importance of Minerals, by John W. Christensen, Global Science Curriculum Project
• The Not-So-Rare Earth Elements, by Andrew A. Sicree, Ph.D., Grace Prep High School
• Exploring Energy - Celebrate Earth Science Week 2010, by Geoff Camphire, American Geological Institute

The hard copy of this issue contains 3 full color posters: one from MII on the nature of science, one from AGI on Earth Science Week 2010, and a third about National Fossils Week from the National Park Service (NPS).

Articles in the Spring 2010 issue of The Earth Scientist include:

• NOAA's Adopt a Drifter Program: Track Your Drifting Buoy Along with Students Abroad, by Diane M. Stanitski, NOAA Climate Program Office, Climate Observation Division
• NOAA's Teacher at Sea Program: Living and Learning at Sea, by Elizabeth McMahon and Jennifer Hammond, NOAA's Teacher at Sea Program
• Seeking Salt: NASA Aquarius to Fill Void in Ocean-Climate Understanding, by Annette deCharon, University of Maine School of Marine Sciences
• The Bridge: An Ocean of Free Education Resources, by Christopher Petrone, Virginia Sea Grant Marine Extension Program
• The Census of Marine Life: Bringing a Decade of Global Research into the Classroom, by Celia Cackowski, Office of Marine Programs, University of Rhode Island
• Coral Reefs: An Introduction and Educational Opportunities, by Paulo Maurin, NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program
• Using Ocean Observing Systems in the Centers for Ocean Science Education Excellence (COSEE), by Janice McDonnel (Rutgers University), Annette deCharon (University of Maine), and Cheryl Peach (Scripps Institute of Oceanography)
• The MATE Center Prepares Students for Ocean-Related Technology Careers, by Jill Zande and Caroline Brown, Marine Advanced Technology Center, Monterey Peninsula College
• Aboard the JOIDES Resolution with the School of Rock!, by Joe Monaco, Redlands East Valley High School
• Linking Introductory Chemistry and the Geosciences through Ocean Acidification, by Sarah Cooley and Heather Benway, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
• Breaking Ice, Building Knowledge: The Benefits of Ship-Based Teacher Research Experiences, by Dolores Garay (Redd School), Janet Warburton (Polar TREC), and Kristin Timm (Arctic Research Consortium of the US)
• A Fiber-Optic Telescope to the Deep Sea, by Nancy Penrose, Regional Scale Nodes Program, University of Washington

The issue contains a gorgeous full color, 2'x6' poster developed by the University of Washington's Center for Environmental Visualization illustrating ocean processes and observatories.