The Cabeza de Vaca Earthmobile (Earthmobile) is a project funded by the National Science Foundation. The Earthmobile works together with the South Texas Rural Systemic Initiative (STRSI) to achieve the following objectives: to bring geoscience education to public middle school students in South Texas, to provide geoscience training to their science teachers, and to increase community awareness of geoscience issues. The Earthmobile currently works with four school districts, these being Premont I.S.D., Riviera I.S.D., Aransas County I.S.D., and San Diego I.S.D.

The Earthmobile achieves these goals by organizing classroom visits and Family Science Night Events at the schools, by integrating the Global Learning Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) program, and by providing professional development to our middle school teachers.

The Earthmobile is aligned with the Science Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills curriculum. Our curriculum integrates hands-on, inquiry-based, and field-based activities into our activities to enhance the students' understanding of the topics covered. Students also have access to computers and other technology to support their scientific investigations.

 

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