From: Fred Stein (fred@exploratorium.edu)
Date: Thu Dec 16 2004 - 11:10:47 PST
Message-Id: <l03110701bde78e036188@[192.168.112.143]> Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 11:10:47 -0800 From: Fred Stein <fred@exploratorium.edu> Subject: Earthwatchn News & DEADLINES!
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>From: "Phoebe Morad" <pmorad@earthwatch.org>
>To: "'Phoebe Morad'" <pmorad@earthwatch.org>
>Subject: Education News & DEADLINES!
>Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 13:26:26 -0500
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>IN THIS ISSUE:
>-Before school is out - NOMINATE ASAP!!!
>-RIGHT NOW: Join Earthbound3 on Costa Rican Sea Turtles
>-Stay Tuned: Engage your Community & WIN an expedition
>-Upcoming events - are you going?
>-More funding tips
>
>Before winter break:be sure to nominate a student & encourage them to
>complete the application to submit BY DECEMBER 31st!
>The Student Challenge Awards Program seeks high school students (age 16-19)
>with limited experience in the sciences who are creative and inventive
>thinkers and motivated learners, eager to increase their understanding of
>science and nature. The deadline for applications for the 2005 season is
>December 31, 2004.
>Please call Annie for more information at: 800-776-0188 ext. 116 or download
>the nomination forms from our website:
>http://www.earthwatch.org/education/student/scap/nominate.html
>
>Costa Rican Sea Turtles - Dec 14-23, 2004
>Interact with the team while they are at Costa Rica's Las Baulas National
>Park monitoring leatherback turtles. To learn more about the project, read
>students' journals and ask questions, go to
>http://www.wiscasset.k12.me.us/Superintendent/curriculum/turtles/index.htm
>hosted by Emily Thompson, Wiscasset Schools, Wiscasset, ME
>
>Earthbound3 Challenge - Proposals DUE February 29th
>While the Earthbound3 team is moving around the world engaging the
>communities they visit, it's your turn to activate & educate YOUR community.
>Propose an action plan and you may WIN an expedition for you and some team
>mates during 2005/06! Earthwatch is challenging teams of students and
>teachers to design and implement a local action plan that will foster a
>sustainable environment in their community. Preliminary project ideas
>(100-500 words) are due by February 29th. Contact Phoebe for details:
>978-450-1264 or pmorad@earthwatch.org. WE'LL HAVE MORE DETAILS BY JANUARY
>14th.
>
>UPCOMING EVENTS:
>See our office - meet our staff - network with area teachers &
>organizations! Thursday, February 3rd from 4:30 - 7pm we welcome you to
>visit us in Maynard, MA for refreshments, resources & info-sessions. Please
>let us know if you can come by & if you are interested in sharing any
>curriculum ideas or outreach projects.
>
>National Science Teacher's Association - Dallas (March 31 - April 3): Who
>can join past fellow Mike Mansour for a sharing session on April 2nd from
>12:30-1:30? Reply ASAP if you are interested - he needs more volunteers to
>join him!
>
>Mississippi Earthwatch Gathering - Earthwatch sharing session at
>Greenville's Higher Education Center, January 10 from 5-7pm. Who can join me
>(Phoebe Morad) as we try to recruit more teachers from the Delta region to
>apply for S.A. Rosenbaum Fellowships?
>
>National Association of Independent Schools, San Diego: (February 23 - 26)
>Let us know ASAP if you expect to attend. We will be there & would love to
>meet you! Pick up free materials & resources to share with others.
>
>National Art Education Association, Boston (March 4-6)- Lara Held (NY),
>Patricia Huntington (RI), and Heather Messner (NJ) will be there sharing
>some insight as to how their research experiences feed into their art
>education.
>
>If you are interested in hosting a recruitment event for your school or
>community please let me know and I can help you get in touch with other past
>volunteers in your area. We especially need help telling teachers in
>California, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Jersey, Florida, Rhode Island,
>Maine, Washington and Oregon that we have special funding to get them in the
>field this summer.
>
>For more events check our website:
>http://www.earthwatch.org/pubaffairs/us.html
>
>FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
>
>ARMADA Project- Research and Mentoring Experiences for Teachers
>
>The University of Rhode Island's Office of Marine Programs (OMP) is
>launching Year III of the National Science Foundation funded ARMADA Project.
>This program provides teachers an opportunity to actively participate in
>ocean, polar, and environmental science research and peer mentoring.
>Teachers applying to join the ARMADA Project as a Master Teacher must have
>at least five years of full time teaching experience and be a certified
>secondary science teacher or an elementary teacher actively engaged in
>teaching science. The completed application is due by February 14, 2005.
>
>For more information about teacher qualifications, responsibilities, and to
>download an application, visit the ARMADA Project website,
><www.armadaproject.org> or contact Andrea Kecskes, Project Coordinator,
>401-874-6211 or <armada@gso.uri.edu>
>
>AMGEN Award for Science Teaching Excellence
>The Amgen Awards for Science Teaching Excellence honor public or private
>school science teachers, grades K-12, who significantly impact their
>students through exemplary science teaching and who achieve demonstrated
>results in student learning. This year, Amgen will pay tribute to 19
>teachers from the communities in which we have staff and facilities
>including: California, Colorado, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Puerto Rico, Rhode
>Island, and Washington. APPLY BY JANUARY 31st! Visit:
>http://www.amgen.com/community/teacherAward/index.html for more information.
>
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>Phoebe Morad, Education Outreach & Network Manager
>Phone: 800-776-0188 ext. 211 Fax: 978-450-1288
>
Fred Stein
Science Educator
Exploratorium Institute for Inquiry
3601 Lyon St.
San Francisco, CA 94123
(415) 561-0332
fred@exploratorium.edu
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