Location:

Wisconsin

Description:
Professional development opportunities in the Earth and space related sciences continue to be the area of greatest need for teachers in Wisconsin. This project is addressing the Earth system science professional development needs of upper elementary, middle and high school science teachers in Wisconsin and interested neighboring states by offering NASA's Classroom of the Future (COTF) on-line Earth system science course in conjunction with the GET-WISE project.

Through our existing distance learning project, GET-WISE (Geoscience Enhancement for Teachers ­ Wisconsin Initiative for Space Education), and in partnership with the Wisconsin Academy Staff Development Initiative (WASDI), we will recruit teachers from around the state to participate in the online Earth system science course. This program will be facilitated by scientists/education specialists.

Project GET-WISE was developed to exploit the use of instructional technology to achieve two critical objectives. First to link teachers across Wisconsin through the use of distance learning tools. Second, to support teachers integrating current instructional technologies in the development of improved Earth system science curriculum that is hands-on, motivating, engaging and effective in addressing the Wisconsin State Science and Technology standards. The University of Wisconsin School of Education, will offer two graduate credits for each semester of participation in the GET-WISE Initiative and additional credit will be offered for participation in follow-up summer workshops to be conducted by WASDI at one of thirteen sites around the state. 

URL:
http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/outreach/

Organization:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Cost:
Free, participants selected by application

Contact:
Rosalyn A. Pertzborn, Research and Outreach Specialist, Office of Space Science Education - Space Science & Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1225 W. Dayton Street, Madison, WI 53706; Phone: (608) 265-4160; Fax: (608) 262-5974

Education Level:
Kindergarten-Grade 4
Grades 5-8
Grades 9-12

Subject:
Earth System Science

Program type:
Course
Educational Technology
Teacher Training (In-service)
 
 

Date Added to teachearth.com:
5/1/00