Location:

United States

Description:
The Planet Earth course will serve preservice teachers and inservice teachers (grades four-nine). This program will be offered for the third and probably last time during summer 2000, from August 14-18, 2000.

Each day will focus on an important Earth system area: acid rain, global warming, the water cycle, oceans and climate, and planetary environments. The content sessions will employ student-active learning methods, and will be integrated with Web based, hands-on, and field based activities. The day ends with an examination of related classroom issues such as the curriculum frameworks and assessment. Each participant will develop and implement a lesson plan or curriculum unit during the fall semester.

Inservice teachers will participate in a fall semester program of classroom Earth systems research plus two Saturday workshops. They will be eligible for three graduate credits in Geosciences or Education or 42 "Professional Development Points." Preservice teachers will attend academic year workshops devoted to additional science teaching methods. They will receive three credits for Education 462, Elementary Science Methods.

URL:
http://k12s.phast.umass.edu/~nasa

Organization:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Cost:
Free

Contact:
To register, contact Eugenie Harvey, Phone: (413) 545-1290; Email: eharvey@k12s.phast.umass.edu. Questions should be addressed to Morton Sternheim, Phone: (413) 545-1908; Email: mort@k12s.phast.umass.edu

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

Subject:
Global Warming
Atmosphere
Climate
Earth System Science
Planetary Geology

Program type:
Teacher Training (In-service)
Teacher Training (Pre-service)

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