The IESO is an annual competition for secondary school students. The students have to test their skills in all major areas of Earth Sciences, including geology, geophysics, meterorology, oceanograpy, terrestrial astronimy, and environmental sciences. The main aim of the IESO is to encourage students' interest and public awareness of Earth Science and to enhance Earth science learning. With the IESO the organizers hope to pick out talented and gifted Earth science students and to promote the improvement of teaching Earth sciences at schools. The IESO is also developed in the pursuit of encouraging friendly relationships among young learners from different countries and promoting international cooperation in exchanging ideas and materials on Earth sciences and Earth sciences education.
IESO 2011 will be held in Modena, Italy, from 5-14 September 2011. To register for the event, please visit www.ieso2011.unimore.it and complete the registration form before 11 June 2011.