Location:
United States
Individual States (please identify): Virginia

Description:
Older adults can explore our world through this nontechnical, Elderhostel course, which examines the components of the Earth system, their interactions, and how human activity impacts upon them. NASA and select college faculty will enhance participants' understanding of our planet and its delicate balance through lectures and discussion. A field trip to the Virginia Institute of Marine Science of the College of William and Mary and intriguing visits to geological sites in the area are planned. This program is held once a year and was scheduled in 2000 for May 7-12, with applications due April 1, 2000. Program tuition is all-inclusive: the costs of rooms, meals, instruction and field trips are included.

URL:
http://www.wm.edu/auxiliary/elderhos/index2.htm

Organization:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
College of William and Mary Elderhostel

Cost:
Contact William and Mary Elderhostel for cost

Contact:
Arlene S. Levine, Mail Stop 401, NASA Langley Research Center, 21 Langley Boulevard, Hampton, VA 23681-2199; Phone: (757) 864-3318; Email: A.S.Levine@larc.nasa.gov or Wm and Mary Elderhostel, Sue Smith, Elderhostel Coordinator, 234 Jamestown Road, P.O.Box 8795, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795; Phone: (757) 221-3644; Email: sesmit@facstaff.wm.edu

Education Level:
Post Secondary
General
 

Subject:
Earth System Science

Program type:
Course
 
 

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