The Goals
With the System Earth project the IPN has placed itself at the interface between geo-scientific research and the mediation of the results to schools and the general public. The geo-sciences investigate the processes of the system earth with scientific methods. Phenomena are analyzed which are important for how our planet develops in the future. These include energy and raw material resources, bio-diversity and such natural phenomena as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. Scientific understanding of the system earth is, therefore, a necessary condition for socio-political decisions about environment friendly use and protection of the earth. The modern geo-sciences especially make an important contribution to a comprehensive understanding of our ever changing planet, of its environmentally friendly use as well as the development of strategies to predict and to protect.
The focal point of the five year project is the development and testing of teaching concepts and materials for systematic lessons connecting subjects at the upper secondary level as well as for general science and social studies at the primary level.
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