NASA TRIAD: A TRIANGULATED PROGRAM TO PROMOTE NASA STEM EDUCATION NATIONWIDE , PROPOSES TO WORK IN COLLABORATION WITH THE SCHOOL OF EARTH AND SPACE EXPLORATION AT TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT NASA TRIAD: A THREE-PRONGED PROJECT TO PROMOTE THE GEOSCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS COMPONENTS OF NASA'S MISSIONS TO GRADES 6-12 TEACHERS AND STUDENTS NATIONWIDE. THE PARTS OF THE TWO-YEAR PROJECT ARE: DEVELOPMENT OF AN ONLINE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT HANDBOOK OF NASA CONTENT FOR LEAD TEACHERS TO USE IN CONDUCTING WORKSHOPS FOR PEERS AND ESTABLISHMENT OF A NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT NETWORK OF LEAD TEACHERS PREPARED TO DELIVER WORKSHOPS IN NASA CONTENT FOR THEIR PEERS IN GRADES 6-12. INCORPORATION OF NASA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTENT INTO AGI'S MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL NATIONALLY DISTRIBUTED EARTH SCIENCE CURRICULA. PROMOTION OF PARTS 1 AND 2 OF THE PROGRAM THROUGH OUTREACH PROGRAMS SUCH AS EARTH SCIENCE WEEK (ESW), EARTH MAGAZINE, EARTH SCIENCE WORLD WEB SITE, THE GEOSCIENTISTS COMPRISING MEMBERSHIP AND THROUGH OUTREACH EFFORTS. THE ANTICIPATED RESULTS FROM THIS PROJECT ARE: 1. INCREASED USE OF NASA'S GEOSCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS CONTENT IN SECONDARY CLASSROOMS NATIONWIDE. THIS WILL RESULT FROM THREE MAJOR EFFORTS: A. LOCAL WORKSHOPS ON NASA CONTENT CONDUCTED BY A CADRE OF 100 LEAD TEACHERS FROM ACROSS THE U.S. (50 TEACHERS EACH YEAR OVER THE TWO YEARS OF THE PROJECT). THESE LEAD TEACHERS, ALL OF WHOM HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED EXTENSIVE TRAINING AND FOLLOW-UP BY IN BOTH GEOSCIENCE CONTENT AND IN CONDUCTING WORKSHOPS, WILL RECEIVE BOTH THE MATERIALS AND THE TRAINING TO CONDUCT NASA WORKSHOPS IN THEIR LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS. B. ONLINE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GUIDE OF NASA CONTENT AND RESOURCES FOR THE 100 LEAD TEACHERS DESCRIBED IN A. ABOVE TO USE IN CONDUCTING THEIR LOCAL WORKSHOPS. BOTH , WHO WILL DEVELOP THE GUIDE, ARE EXTREMELY FAMILIAR WITH NASA'S STEM EDUCATION EFFORTS. HAS WORKED WITH NASA AS AN EARTH SCIENCE WEEK PARTNER FOR MANY YEARS AND HAS PROMOTED NASA'S PROGRAMS ANNUALLY THROUGH THE ESW KITS, WEB SITE AND PRESS RELEASES. IS AMONG THE NATION'S TOP CENTERS OF NASA RESEARCH, HAVING THE LEAD ROLE OR A PRINCIPAL COLLABORATING ROLE IN MOST OF NASA'S MISSIONS TO MARS OVER THE PAST TWO DECADES, AND CURRENTLY SERVING AS LEAD INSTITUTION FOR THE LUNAR RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER CAMERA. C. NATIONALLY DISTRIBUTED SECONDARY EARTH SCIENCE CURRICULA THAT HAVE BEEN REVISED TO INCLUDE NASA GEOSCIENCE CONTENT. THESE CURRICULA, INVESTIGATING EARTH SYSTEMS (IES) FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND EARTHCOMM FOR HIGH SCHOOL, WERE ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED BY WITH NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION SUPPORT AND COMMERCIALLY PUBLISHED IN 2001/2002. THEY ARE UNDERGOING REVISION OVER ACADEMIC YEARS 2009-2010 AND 2010-2011 TO UPDATE CONTENT, AS WELL AS TO INCORPORATE NEW INVESTIGATIONS AND TECHNOLOGIES. WORKING WITH ASU SESE TO INCORPORATE NASA GEOSCIENCE CONTENT INTO THE REVISED CURRICULA WILL ENSURE THAT THIS CONTENT WILL REACH STUDENTS AND TEACHERS THROUGHOUT THE U.S. NASA FUNDING SUPPORT IS NOT REQUESTED FOR THIS REVISION EFFORT. IT IS AN IN-KIND CONTRIBUTION FROM THE TO SUPPORT NASA'S STEM EDUCATION EFFORTS. 2. INCREASED VISIBILITY FOR NASA'S GEOSCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS CONTENT IN SECONDARY CLASSROOMS NATIONWIDE. THIS WILL OCCUR THROUGH PROMOTION OF THE TRAINING PROGRAM AND REVISED CURRICULA THROUGH AGI'S AND ASU SESE'S OUTREACH EFFORTS.