for all weather people or climate change experts on the list...... this is a pretty good offer. i'm not endorsing it one way or the other.
mike nolan Online weather course by the American Meteorological Society AMS is again offering an online weather course for K-12 teachers. It is = free and offers 3-units of graduate credits along with many educational = materials for the classroom. DataStreme Atmosphere is a precollege teacher enhancement program of the = AMS/NOAA Cooperative Program for Earth System Education (CPESE).=20 The program is funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric = Administration (NOAA). The website for more information is at: http://www.ametsoc.org/amsedu/DataStremeMiddle.html Each state has a Local Implementation Team Leader. Interested teachers in California can contact the Calif. LIT Leader, Dr. = Steve LaDochy, at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Teachers in other locales need to find their states' LIT leaders, at=20 http://www.ametsoc.org/amsedu/dstreme/extras/leaders.html from http://www.ametsoc.org/amsedu/DataStremeMiddle.html: The initial step in the training of Resource Teachers is their = participation in the DataStreme Atmosphere distance-learning course. The = 13-week course is offered twice a year to selected participants. It = focuses on the study of the atmospheric environment through the use of = electronically transmitted weather data and learning materials combined = with Study Guide readings and investigations. Participants must be teaching professionals at the precollege = level who live in an area served by a Local Implementation Team (LIT). = Teachers of any grade level or subject who have an interest in promoting = the teaching of weather across the curriculum may apply. Many = participants are earth science, middle school and upper elementary = teachers. Applications are sought from persons who can demonstrate = potential for leadership as resource teachers. They must be willing to = act as resource persons for other teachers and as advocates for = promoting the use of electronically-delivered environmental data in = schools.=20 Teachers who are members of groups traditionally = under-represented in the sciences, or teachers who are teaching in = schools with large numbers of students from groups traditionally = under-represented in the sciences, are especially urged to apply.=20 ********************************************************************* Peggy P. Hamner Co-Director, COSEE-West Dept. Ecology & Evolutionary Biology UCLA Box 951606 621 Charles E. Young Dr. South Los Angeles, CA 90095-1606 tel. (310) 206-8247 fax (310) 206-3987 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] COSEE-West website, www.usc.edu/org/cosee-west=20 ---------- If we are on another line or away from the phone, please leave your = number, best time to return your call and/or your e-mail address. =20 After hours and weekend phone appointments are available upon request. Sincerely, J. Michael Nolan, Director =20 Rainforest and Reef 501 (c)(3) non-profit *************************************************************************= ************************* =E2=80=9COutstanding-Affordable Field Courses in Rainforest & Marine = Ecology=E2=80=9D =E2=80=9CSpanish/Cultural Immersion Programs: Spain, Mexico, Central and = South America=E2=80=9D Rainforest and Reef 501 (c)(3) non-profit P.O. Box 141543 Grand Rapids, Michigan 49514-1543 USA Local/International Phone: 001.616.604.0546 Toll Free U.S. and Canada: 1.877.255.3721 Skype/MS IM: travelwithrandr AOL IM: buddythemacaw E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] *Note: Please send inquiries to both e-mail addresses Web: http://rainforestandreef.org *************************************************************************= *************************
