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NAAEE 2008 Conference: Destination Wichita
Energy and the Environment - Workshops for Teachers
5th World Environmental Education Congress
Yellowstone Association - Workshops
Teton Science School
Wyoming Project Learning Tree
NAAEE 2008 Conference: Destination Wichita
With so much attention now focused on how to help solve our environmental challenges, members of the North American Association for Environmental Education are ready to answer the question “What can I do?” For over 36 years, NAAEE’s annual conference has provided hundreds of ideas for how to teach others to help our planet be more sustainable. This year’s NAAEE conference, in Wichita, Kansas, on October 15-18, features many ways to share the message that every action matters in sustaining our planet. During the four days of events, participants also will be inspired by a host of artistic expressions in words, pictures, and songs. Registration opens June 2 at http://www.naaee.org/conference/registration/
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Energy and the Environment
Workshops for Teachers in the 2008-2009 School Year
NASC 5959: Energy and the Environment
A professional development course from the Science and Math Teaching Center at the University of Wyoming. Sponsored by the Wyoming Association for Environmental Education and the Wyoming Natural Resources Education Advisory Board.
1 Professional Development Credit
Instructor: Dr. Duane Keown
Location and Time: Most Wyoming School Districts During the 2008 – 2009 School Year
Three sessions, five hours each
Call 307-721-4922 or e-mail dkeown@uwyo.edu
Click Here to Read More
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5th World Environmental Education Congress
We warmly invite you to submit your abstract to the 5th World Environmental Education Congress to be held at the Palais des Congrès in Montreal from May 10 to 14, 2009.
The 5th World Congress will draw a large attendance, potentially becoming one of the field's most significant gatherings on environmental education. The mobilization of support behind the organization of this Congress is further evidence of the tremendous enthusiasm at play.
Your proposal must be submitted online. Detailed instructions are available at the Congress site: http://www.5weec.uqam.ca/APPEL/index.asp
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Yellowstone Association - Workshops
We’re excited to announce that funding has been awarded for Wyoming teachers to attend our upcoming fall teacher workshops. Scholarship recipients will receive free tuition, meals, and lodging. Rooms for the October workshop will only be held until September 16 so act fast! Email registrar@yellowstoneassociation.org or call 307-344-2294 for an application. Wyoming educators that teach 4th-8th grade are eligible. Be sure to tell your colleagues who may be interested as well.
What Lies Beneath
October 16-19, 2008
Based at Old Faithful
This geology-focused workshop takes place in one of the most geologically dynamic places on Earth. Using observation, measurement, simulation, modeling, and research, you’ll learn about magma and hot spots, future volcanic activity, geyser basin systems, hydrothermal activity beneath Yellowstone, and other geologic forces. Learn interdisciplinary techniques that will excite your students in the classroom and field, and that are correlated to Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho education standards. You’ll also take home copies of all instructional materials demonstrated during the workshop.
http://www.yellowstoneassociation.org/institute/fieldSeminars/courseDetail.aspx?cid=890
Hunter, Hunted
November 13-16, 2008
Based at the Lamar Buffalo Ranch
Learn the dynamic life-and-death dance between predator and prey. Using observation, measurement, simulation, modeling, and research, you’ll explore the behavior and ecology of hunters, such as bears and otters, and the hunted, such as elk and trout. Learn interdisciplinary techniques that will excite your students in the classroom and field, and that are correlated to Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho education standards. Discuss the issues related to predators from all perspectives and using the balanced approach that is the hallmark of Yellowstone Association courses. You’ll also take home copies of all instructional materials demonstrated during the workshop.
http://www.yellowstoneassociation.org/institute/fieldSeminars/courseDetail.aspx?cid=894
These programs are offered in a special partnership between the National Park Service and the Yellowstone Association. Scholarships are made possible through a grant from the Daniels Fund.
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Teton Science School
Learn about the Teton Science and what is happening there. You may read their journal at this location http://journal.tetonscience.org/ Important environmental education events are always happening or about to happen for all ages.
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Project Learning Tree
Learn about teaching the relationship of Energy and Society by attending a workshop.
Click here to learn more.
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