Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 10:29:05 -0800 (PST)
Message-Id: <199903011829.KAA19369@isaac.exploratorium.edu>
To: pinhole
From: loril@exploratorium.edu (Lori Lambertson)
Subject: summer opportunities for teachers
Hello Pinholers,
I know it seems like a long way off, but summer will be here before you
know it. I have been sent information about a number of summer programs.
(You already know about the Exploratorium's summer programs....) Here are
some opportunities in which you may be interested:
Canoes in Sloughs
Canoes in Sloughs is Save The Bay's on-the-water education program for 6th
- 12th grade students. Teachers K - 12 are invited to experience the S.F.
Bay and Delta this summer during Save The Bay's week long Teacher
Institute. This year's theme will be: Gold Rush to the Golden Gate - The
History of San Francisco Bay's Watershed. The institute dates are July 10
- 16 and highlights include river rafting (camping next to the river),
canoeing on the Bay, and exploring the Bay on a research boat. The cost is
$150.00, which includes a nonrefundable deposit of $50.00. Continuing
Education units are available. For more information, please contact Amy
Hutzel at (510) 452 - 9261.
Earthwatch Expeditions for Bay Area Teachers
Earthwatch is a nonprofit organization that sponsors scientific research
throughout the world. (Website: http://www.earthwatch.org) Bay Area
teachers have an opportunity to apply for a special $500 grant provided by
the Oracle Corporation that will help pay for the cost of the expedition
that they select. For more information, please contact Matt Craig at (800)
776 - 0188 or Linda Millard at (650) 917 - 8186.
GSA Cordilleran Section Centennial, June 2 - 4, 1999 @ UC Berkeley
The Geological Society of America (GSA) will be sponsoring a special event
to celebrate the 100th year of the Cordilleran Section that first met in
Berkeley in December, 1899. There will be many academic sessions on
various geoscience topics as well as special field trips and sessions
designed especially for K-12 teachers and their families.
For more information, please contact Doris Sloan at (510) 642 - 3703
dsloan@socrates.berkeley.edu
Web site: http://www.geo.berkeley.edu/geology
San Mateo County Office of Education Summer Workshops
There are several workshops being offered this summer through the San Mateo
County Office of Education. San Mateo County teachers should contact
Genevieve Bozzie at (650) 802 - 5337 after April 30th for a copy of the
County Summer Staff Development Calendar.
Teacher Institute on Plant Pathogens
The Center for Engineering Plants for Resistance Against Pathogens (CEPRAP)
is a National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center located at
UC Davis. CEPRAP is pleased to announce their summer 1999 teacher
institute, July 25 - 30. Applications may be obtained on their web site at
http://ceprap.ucdavis.edu
Cheers
Lori