Call for Case Studies to complement the ESWA Earth & Environmental Science textbook
and other EES texts

TESEP is seeking your assistance.

We are collaborating with Earth Science Western Australia (ESWA) to produce case studies that complement their fantastic Earth and Environmental Science (EES) text book. Download published Case Studies here!

By generating Australia-wide examples, our Case Studies  will more effectively help all Australian teachers when the new Australian Curriculum EES course for years 11-12 is implementeed no matter which texy book they use.

The ESWA EES textbook has 19 chapters and we are looking for excellent Australian examples to support many areas of text. Each case study will consist of 2 to 6 pages, including an overview of relevant research, clear easy to read diagrams, uncluttered maps and relevant activities written for easy comprehension by senior high school students. The chapters address minerals, fossils, geological time, plate tectonics, geohazards, energy, resources and the 3 rock types but also embrace soils, water, weather, climate change, human activity, ecosystems and biodiversity. A complete overview with some possible case studies is listed below.

However, we are not seeking to rewrite the curriculum! You may think there are sections of the ESWA EES book missing but it is written to meet the WA EES curriculum requirements. New editions will also meet the national EES curriculum even better however no textbook can cover all possible content. Consequently, if you think you have material that does not fit the ESWA EES chapter headings do not be discouraged. The content touched upon under those headings is wide ranging and many less obvious connections can be made as a result.

If you have anything of your own or are aware of materials that might suit our needs please contact me as soon as possible. Obviously, we need to be sure that there are no copyright restrictions on the materials you provide, but even if you just have one classic photo of a particular geological phenomenon that you are willing to send, the Australian teaching fraternity and all future students will be very grateful and your contribution will be acknowledged.

TESEP will collaborate with you if you would like to write the entire document and format it to suit our template or we will accept your materials and synthesis them in consultation with you to produce the desired outcome. Either way the end result should be a 2 to 6 page document that focuses on an Australian example to provided students with a consolidation of their understanding as well as extra depth in the resources and activities they have access to.

Needless to say, in order to ensure national appeal the case studies will need to have national geographic spread so we are interested in material that relates to any place in Australia. The Case Studies will be delivered on-line as PDFs so we should be able to continually add them to the ESWA and TESEP websites as they are written up and inform teachers by email and newsletters.

In summary:

Each Case Study should:

• focus on one aspect of Earth Science relevant to an ESWA-EES text book chapter
• connect with at least one learning objective of the senior EES national curriculum
• be self contained, easy to read and easy to comprehend
• be no longer than 6 typeset pages of text, diagrams and tables
• contain one or more relevant, easy to implement, student activity
• list sources and references
• be free of copyright restrictions
• be bundled with at least one relevant student activity

TESEP will accept Case Studies (that meet the requirements above):

• after an internal review process to evaluate each proposal for suitability and need
• as raw text and supporting graphics that we have permission to edit and format
• as text and graphics that we will format in collaboration with the author
• as text and graphics formatted by the author under TESEP guidance

If requested, once publication ready, TESEP will:

• pay author-developers a maximum of $600 per fully realised and formatted case-study
• pay author-developers a maximum of $200 per case-study provided as raw text and graphics

More information for authors is available here including a Case Study proposal proforma, a document summarising the national and WA curriculum documents and a first draft proforma.

Please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., TESEP Executive Officer, to discuss useful material you may have or your interest in working up a case study you are familiar with.

ESWA EES textbook chapter headings and some suggestions for case studies