The Earth and Space Sciences: Content Knowledge test is designed to assess whether an examinee has the knowledge and competencies necessary for a beginning teacher of Earth and Space Sciences in a secondary school. The 100 multiple-choice questions address the examinee’s knowledge of fundamental scientifi c concepts, methods, principles, phenomena, and interrelationships. Questions are derived from topics typically covered in introductory college-level courses in the Earth and Space Sciences, including geology, meteorology, oceanography, astronomy, and environmental science. The questions require a variety of abilities, including an emphasis on the comprehension of critical concepts, analysis to address and solve problems, and an understanding of important terms. Some questions may require the examinee to integrate concepts from more than one content area. The test covers the six broad content areas of basic scientifi c principles of Earth and Space Sciences, tectonics and internal Earth processes, Earth materials and surface processes, history of the Earth and its life-forms, Earth’s atmosphere and hydrosphere, and astronomy. In addition, a substantial number of the questions require knowledge and/or abilities listed under the content area of History and Nature of Science.

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