Learning opportunities
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in which individual learning or research is the primary focus, such as field
projects, courses, mentoring, tutoring, exchanges, or college credit opportunities. Search by entering keywords in the search box above.
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The American Museum of Natural History's (AMNH) Seminars on Science is a series of online professional development programs presented in two sessions beginning in the Fall of 2008. Courses include: Evolution; Earth: Inside and Out; The Ocean System; Genetics, Genomics, Genethics; The Link Between Dinosaurs and Birds; and Space, Time and Motion, and The Solar System...
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Posted Tuesday, August 12, 2008
This course offers grades 3 - 9 teachers an opportunity to learn more about the concepts of kinetic energy, potential energy, energy transformations, heat, temperature, and their applications. Participants will meet online on five Tuesdays in addition to working offline with self-paced materials. Fees include all materials...
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Posted Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Exploring Earth's Integrated Systems (ESCI 510), an on-line PD course, will be offered during the Fall 2008 and Spring 2009 semesters through SUNY College at Oneonta. The course is a small group-based exploration of interactions in Earth's systems: lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, biosphere using problem-based learning...
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Posted Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Nominations are being accepted for math and science teachers in Grades 3, 4 and 5 to attend the 2009 Mickelson ExxonMobil Teachers Academy. Students from these grades can nominate teachers or teachers may self-nominate to attend the all-expense paid trip to this professional development program. One hundred teachers will be selected for the five day session...
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Posted Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Colorado River Watch is recruiting new volunteers to monitor water quality and other indicators of watershed health for Colorado waters. Volunteers must make a several year commitment to the program and be willing to sample at a designated station monthly for metals, nutrients and other parameters. Two training sessions will be held in Fall, 2008, and cost $90 per person to attend...
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Posted Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Applications are currently being accepted for Fall 2008 Master of Arts in Environmental Leadership degree from Naropa University. This residential program?s recently redesigned curriculum offers an effective schedule for working students with evening and late afternoon classes, as well as weekend programs...
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Posted Thursday, March 20, 2008
Beam Reach offers a 10-week intensive field program at the advanced undergraduate level to students who want to study endangered orcas and their environment in the Pacific Northwest, Washington state, USA. Two courses totaling 18 quarter credit hours are earned from the University of Washington. Applications are accepted on a rolling admissions basis about one year in advance of the program start date...
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Posted Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Applications are available for the 2008-10 participation in the Integrated Geospatial Education and Technology Training (iGETT) project. iGETT helps two-year college faculty enhance existing GIS programs by integrating remote sensing and GPS data in ways that support workforce needs. Participants will attend a two-week institute from June 15 to 28, 2008, and a one-week institute in June, 2009, both in Corpus Christi, Texas...
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Posted Tuesday, January 29, 2008
This 13-week course is offered twice a year to selected K-12 teachers. It focuses on the study of the atmospheric environment through the use of electronically transmitted weather data and learning materials, combined with readings and investigations. Participants must be teaching professionals at the precollege level, of any grade level or subject, who have an interest in promoting the teaching of weather...
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Posted Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Scientists and science educators who are participating in expeditions to Antarctica for the 2007-2008 season are sending virtual postcards to UCAR's 'Windows to the Universe' website describing what they are learning and what it's like to do science in Antarctica. The Penguin Science team will again be in Antarctica studying the Adelie penguins of Ross Island, making a documentary film and looking at how these penguins are coping with climate change...
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Posted Tuesday, November 6, 2007
