Save The Bay's summer opportunities for Educators!  
05/11/2007 15:25:36 Alicia Moore
Greetings Educators!
Save The Bay is gearing up for a fun summer season of learning and inspiration. This year we are excited to offer two fabulous opportunities for Educators: Our 2-day Sloughs And Stewardship workshop (June 26 & 27); and our 2-week Summer Institute (July 30 – August 10 with partner organization the Exploratorium). For more information and to download applications, please visit the links below. Both courses still have spaces available, so please forward this information to anyone who may be interested. Thank you!

Summer Workshop: Sloughs and Stewardship (June 26th & 27th)
Join Save The Bay staff for a two-day summer workshop, Sloughs & Stewardship, as we explore the richness and splendor of San Francisco Bay in two different regions. During this workshop, you will experience our Canoes In Sloughs and Community-based Restoration programs first hand, and will discover how to integrate watershed concepts and San Francisco Bay curriculum into your teaching. Guaranteed to refresh you and revitalize your teaching for the year ahead, Save The Bay's Summer Workshop will be an experience you won't soon forget! Go to www.saveSFbay.org/workshop to learn more and join us!

Summer Institute: Gold Rush to the Golden Gate (July 30th – August 10th)
Save The Bay’s Summer Teacher Institute offers teachers the opportunity to spend two weeks exploring and experiencing the San Francisco Bay-Delta and California’s largest watershed. This year we are excited to partner with the Exploratorium to provide an institute filled with on-the-water experiences, expert speakers, and hands-on activities that help teachers incorporate watershed education into their curriculum. Our most popular institute, Gold Rush to the Golden Gate, offers an introduction to the cultural, political and natural history of San Francisco Bay’s watershed. The trip begins by canoeing in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada and ends on a sailboat passing under the Golden Gate Bridge. Continuing Education Units are available for this course from Dominican University.
Go to www.saveSFbay.org/institute to learn more and join us! Application deadline for the Institute is May 15th.

Free Marine Debris Workshop from KQED and River of Words  
06/05/2006 13:27:34 Shana Rappaport
KQED Public Broadcasting has partnered with River of Words to present an educator workshop on June 17th for upper elementary and middle school teachers to celebrate the PBS series, Jean-Michel Cousteau: Ocean Adventures, produced by KQED and Ocean Futures Society. Come learn about new educational resources for teaching and learning about our treasured ocean!

Pre-registration required – register online at the web site below or fax/mail the attached flyer to KQED.
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Making Sense of Marine Debris
Saturday, June 17, 9am-4pm at
River of Words
2547 Eighth Street, 13B
Berkeley, CA 94710
www.kqedrow.mollyguard.com

• Thematic focus on ecosystems and the threat of marine debris
• Tips for interactively integrating media into the learning environment
• Hands-on guidance and practice with Ocean Adventures and River of Words lesson plans and activities
• Techniques to enhance your lessons by incorporating poetry and art
• Tour of River of Words’ Young at Art Gallery
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Future workshops include:
- The Gray Whale Obstacle Course (airing on PBS stations July 19th) in partnership with The Marine Mammal Center (workshop: August 15th, 9-3)
- Sharks at Risk (airing on PBS stations July 12th) and America’s Underwater Treasures (air date TBD) in partnership with Aquarium of the Bay (workshops: September)


For more information on Jean-Michel Cousteau: Ocean Adventures events/workshops in the SF Bay Area, contact ScienceEd@kqed.org

Free Invasive Species Workshop from KQED and The Oakland Zoo  
06/05/2006 13:21:24 Shana Rappaport
KQED Public Broadcasting has partnered with The Oakland Zoo to present an educator workshop on June 22nd for middle school and high school teachers to celebrate the PBS series, Jean-Michel Cousteau: Ocean Adventures, produced by KQED and Ocean Futures Society. Come learn about new educational resources for teaching and learning about our treasured ocean!

Pre-registration required – register online at the web site below or fax/mail the attached flyer to KQED.
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Invasive Species Around the World
Thursday, June 22, 9am-3pm at
The Oakland Zoo
9777 Golf Links Rd.
Oakland, CA 94605
www.kqedoaklandzoo.mollyguard.com

• Thematic focus on ecosystems and the threat of invasive species
• Tips for interactively integrating media into the learning environment
• Hands-on guidance and practice with Ocean Adventures and Oakland Zoo lesson plans and activities
• Free admission to the Oakland Zoo following the workshop
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Future workshops include:
- The Gray Whale Obstacle Course (airing on PBS stations July 19th) in partnership with The Marine Mammal Center (workshop: August 15th, 9-3)
- Sharks at Risk (airing on PBS stations July 12th) and America’s Underwater Treasures (air date TBD) in partnership with Aquarium of the Bay (workshops: September)


For more information on Jean-Michel Cousteau: Ocean Adventures events/workshops in the SF Bay Area, contact ScienceEd@kqed.org

Looking for a focused approach to gr. 5 Science Test
01/16/2006 10:54:38 Heidi Haines
I'm new to 5th grade after many years of teaching 4th. I'm looking for any tips on teaching the necessary science standards to my class so they'll be successful on the STAR test. Any suggestions? Thanks for the input!

Amgen Award for Science Teaching Excellence  
11/14/2005 09:35:56 Jeanette Palkovic
Hello,

My name is Jeanette Palkovic and I work in the Amgen Foundation for the biotechnology company, Amgen. As you may know, Amgen has a program that recognizes leadership in teaching in science for K-12 instructors. Winners of our program receive a $5,000 award in addition to their school receiving a $5,000 award to further science-related education. It's a small way to thank science educators for furthering science in the classroom.

Amgen opened nominations for the program last Thursday and further information can be found on our website, http://www.amgen.com/citizenship/aaste.html.

Although we have received excellent nominations for California educators in the past, I don't believe this program is widely known across the state.

Additionally, I have attached a flyer we have created this year that we wish to send out to science teachers who may be interested in the program. If this is something you could help us with, I would be so thankful.

The deadline for nominations is January 31, 2006.

To be eligible, nominees must:
* Be full-time, K-12 classroom teachers whose major responsibilities include teaching science
* Have at least three years of experience teaching science in grades K-12
* Work in communities where Amgen has key operating sites: California, Colorado, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Washington, or Puerto Rico

Thank you for your time.

WWNFF 2005 Summer Workshop
04/03/2005 11:40:44 David Silverberg
Dear Colleagues,

We are interested in having the following summer 2005 teacher workshop
outreached through teacher websites, list servers and
newsletters. More info is available at the TORCH website:
http://www.environmentallearning.org/2005_TORCH_BC.htm. Please let me
know if I can provide the information in a different format or edited in a
different manner.

Thank you,

David Silverberg

Environmental Learning Institute and Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship
Foundation is fielding professional development workshops in British Columbia, Canada. This summer 2005 workshop offers intermediate-secondary science educators opportunities to
learn more about inquiry-based science education philosophy, pedagogy and
praxis and global environmental change while learning about a threatened
North American ecosystem of global significance. Each course has a dual
tract structure in biology and geology allowing the participant to
specialize in their discipline of interest. Geology and biology faculty
supervise all courses. We invite applications from appropriate
pre-service & in-service teachers, education and environment graduate
student, science education professors (teacher of teachers) and science
education professionals (e.g. park, museum and outdoor center affiliated).
The workshops are possible due to the support of the Environmental
Learning Institute (www.environmentallearning.org), Woodrow Wilson
National Fellowship Foundation, the New Mexico Institute of Mining &
Technology Masters in Science Teaching Program and the Colorado School of
Mines Teacher Enhancement Program.

For more information about these professional development opportunities
please visit the Environmental Learning Institute TORCH website
http://www.environmentallearning.org/2005_TORCH_BC.htm or email
silverberg@alum.mit.edu.
Recertification and graduate science credits available. We can arrange
for you to talk with previous participants.
Partial course fee fellowships available.

Coast Alive! Teacher Training Workshops
02/24/2005 14:36:39 Rachel Kau-Taylor
Coast Alive! Teacher Training Workshop and Field Study
Learn how to explore the complex biological issues of southern California's marine environment, coastal wetlands and related watersheds.

Long Beach March 4 & 5
El Dorado Nature Center
Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve

San Diego March 11 & 12
Tijuana Estuary Visitor Center
Tijuana Estuary

Tustin March 11 & 12
Acorn Naturalists Center
Audubon Starr Ranch Sanctuary

Los Angeles April 1 & 2
Audubon Center at Debs Park
Ballona Wetlands

Long Beach April 8 & 9
El Dorado Nature Center
Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve

Coast Alive! is a new project created by the California Institute for Biodiversity, California State Parks Foundation, and California State Parks for 5th-9th grade teachers and their students. The project is a novel approach designed to put California's content standards in a context that is meaningful to you and your students. Coast Alive! is delivered to students through teacher professional development and incorporates interactive computer technology and solid lessons in literacy, science, math and social science. Students extend and apply classroom lessons to field investigations.

Thanks to the generosity to our funders, the Coastal Conservancy, Toyota, EFA and California Coastal Commission, we are pleased to announce that resource materials, classroom activities and field study experiences are complimentary, less a $10 registration fee upon enrollment. In addition, all teachers who complete the two-day workshop will receive a $100 stipend. Friday night dinner and Saturday refreshments and lunch will be provided.

Because of the rich experiences this project offers to teachers, workshops will fill quickly. Register early! Register by phone with Rachel Kau-Taylor, Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden (909) 625-8767 x 224. For more information on the Coast Alive! project, and dates for other workshops, go to www.coastalive.org.

Woodrow Wilson NFF - ELI Summer 2003 Science Teacher Workshops
10/01/2002 12:35:23 David Silverberg
SUMMER 2003 TEACHER PROGRAM
ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING INSTITUTE, WOODROW WILSON NATIONAL FELLOWSHIP FOUNDATION & COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES TEACHER ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM
LEADERSHIP PROGRAM FOR TEACHERS
TEACHER OUTREACH (TORCH) WORKSHOPS

Please post to appropriate newsletters and list servers. Thank you.

During summer 2003 the Environmental Learning Institute
(www.environmentallearning.org) will be offering our third season of science
education courses in cooperation with Colorado School of Mines and Woodrow
Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. Our courses in Mayaland, British
Columbia and Alaska offer intermediate-secondary science educators
opportunities to learn more about inquiry-based science education
philosophy, pedagogy and praxis and global environmental change while
learning about a threatened North American ecosystem of global significance.
Each course has a dual tract structure in biology and geology allowing the
participant to specialize in their discipline of interest. Geology and
biology faculty supervise all courses. We invite pre-service, in-service,
education undergrad and graduate student, science education professors
(teacher of teachers) and science education professionals (e.g. science
education coordinators, university, park, museum
and outdoor center affiliated). For more information please check our
website at: www.environmentallearning.org.

1. FIELD BIOLOGY & FIELD GEOLOGY IN THE MAYAN TROPICAL COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS
(SIAN KA'AN BIOSPHERE RESERVE), QUINTANA ROO, MEXICO.
Session 1: Monday, June 30-Tuesday, July 8, 2003.
Session 2: Thursday, July 10-Friday, July 18, 2003.

2. FIELD BIOLOGY AND FIELD GEOLOGY OF THE CANADIAN TEMPERATE RAINFOREST
(CLAYOQUOT SOUND BIOSPHERE RESERVE), BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA.
Session 1: Tuesday, July 22 - Wednesday, July 30, 2003.

3. FIELD BIOLOGY AND FIELD GEOLOGY OF THE TUNDRA & TAIGA ECOSYSTEMS, ALASKA
RANGE, (NATIONAL PARKS, STATE PARKS, USBLM AND USFS LANDS), ALASKA, USA.
Session 1: Saturday, August 2- Sunday, August 10, 2003.
Session 2: Tuesday, August 12 - Wednesday, August 20, 2003.

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David Scott Silverberg, Ph.D.
Executive Director
silverberg@alum.mit.edu
www.environmentallearning.org
520-731-3374 (voice/message)
Environmental Learning Institute
5710 South Freeman Road #4
Tucson, AZ 85747 USA

School Gardens & Funding
06/05/2002 16:39:48 Marian Murphy-Shaw
On a lighter note...
I just recieved another in a series of requests for info about school gardens and funding them. While this is one of, if not the most, hectic time of year I thought I would just get this out there and by September I would have plenty of good connections.

I have already worked with indivdual schools working with standards and garden science... and found the following potential funders but would like to share what I have and hear what else I have missed.

Dept of Ed Environmental Ed grants
http://www.cde.ca.gov/cilbranch/oee

Native Plant Society, you may know a local chapter member but here is the state site: http://www.cnps.org/

CA Foundation for Ag in the Classroom-
http://www.cfaitc.org

Thank you,

Marian Murphy-Shaw
Siskiyou COE

Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation Leadership Program for Teachers
03/21/2002 15:53:45 David Silverberg
WOODROW WILSON NATIONAL FELLOWSHIP FOUNDATION

LEADERSHIP PROGRAM FOR TEACHERS

TEACHER OUTREACH (TORCH) WORKSHOPS


The following in-service professional development workshops offer pre- and in-service secondary science teachers opportunities to learn more about inquiry-based secondary science philosophy, pedagogy and praxis and global environmental change while learning about a threatened North American ecosystem of global significance. The Maya Coast and Baja California workshops are possible due to the generous support of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. For more information on these professional development opportunities (http://www.environmentallearning.org/2002_TORCH_index.htm) email the specific project facilitator contacts.



Coasts of Change: An Inquiry-based Exploration of Environmental Change in the Mayan Coast (Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve), Quintana Roo, Mexico.

Saturday, June 29-Saturday, July 6, 2002.

Participant Fee: $550 plus airfare to Cancun, Mexico rendezvous.

Facilitator Contacts:

Kim Walsh, Broughton High School, NC. kwalsh@wcpss.net

David Wojnowski, M.Sc., NCDENR/Division of Water Resources, NC. david.wojnowski@ncmail.net

David Scott Silverberg,Ph.D., Environmental Learning Institute, AZ. silverberg@alum.mit.edu



2 Californias, 2 Coasts: An Inquiry-Based Exploration of Global Environmental Change in Baja California (Valle de los Cirios Protected Area), Mexico.

Sunday, August 4 - Sunday August 11, 2002.

Participant Fee: $550 plus airfare to San Diego rendezvous.

Facilitator Contacts:

Nichia Huxtable, Fillmore High School, CA. huxtabio@hotmail.com

Chelsea Crawford, Granada Hills High School, CA. chelsea27@mediaone.net

David Scott Silverberg, Ph.D., Environmental Learning Institute, AZ. silverberg@alum.mit.edu



Changing Rainforests: An Inquiry-Based Exploration of Environmental Change in the USA and Canadian Temperate Rainforests, Washington State, USA and British Columbia (Clayoquot Sound Biosphere Reserve), Canada. (This course is modelled after but not supported by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation TORCH workshops).

Wednesday, August 21- Friday, August 30, 2002.

Participant Fee: $750 plus airfare to Seattle rendezvous.

Facilitator Contacts:

James Cole, M.Ed., Crossroads School, NY. JimboCole@aol.com

David Scott Silverberg, Ph.D., Environmental Learning Institute, AZ. silverberg@alum.mit.edu