X-Sieve: CMU Sieve 2.2 Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 15:30:41 -0400 From: Morton Sternheim <mort@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: kwbrody@xxxxxxx Subject: STEM Ed Announcement: Teaching Science in Your WatershedX-UMassK12-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more informationX-UMassK12-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-UMassK12-MailScanner-From: mort@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx This is not a UMass program =========================== (Corrected announcement) Teaching Science in your Watershed Using Real World Local Environmental Issues to Teach Science Four Day Professional Development Opportunity June 26, 27, 30 and July 1, 2008 Registration Fee $150 Stipends from the Westfield River Environmental Center of $150 for first 15 participants registered by June 6th. Meals and materials included. Possibility of graduate credit To register contact: Audrey Antosz at aantosz@xxxxxxx All K-12 teachers are welcome to attend! However, the focus of these workshops will be most relevant for teachers of science in upper elementary through high school grades. All workshop sessions will be led by faculty at Westfield State College and community experts. Participants will learn the basics of watershed science, focusing on real-world local environmental issues such as: Human impacts on water quality Effects of invasive species on aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems Reintroduction of Atlantic Salmon Participants will engage in specific activities relevant to their classroom or schoolyard, including: Stream monitoring & water quality Basic mapping skills, including GIS " & GPS technology Investigating soils Studying the impacts of the hemlock woolly adelgid, a non-native insect Priscilla Miller, Director Center for Teacher Education and Research Westfield State College 577 Western Ave. Westfield, MA 01085 1-413-572-8065 pmiller@xxxxxxxxxx
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