१२-१५-2008

2009 Workshops announced

The Wright Center is again pleased to offer a wide variety of exciting workshops for K-12 teachers. These workshops address topics from space science and climate change to biology, chemistry, geology, and more. All workshops are free of charge, including meals and accommodations; participants are responsible for their own transportation to and from the workshop. Each workshop has limited space available and selection is made via a competitive process. Applications are available online through our web site starting February 1, 2009. Application deadline is April 15, 2009, unless
otherwise stated. Please visit our web site for details regarding each individual workshop. Have a great school year!

Teacher workshops are offered each year. Custom workshops are also available. Workshop openings are limited - reserve your spot today! www.tufts.edu/as/wright_center
zach.smith@tufts.edu, 617 627 5394


Earth Science XII: The Hydrosphere - July 5-July 11
In this seven-day workshop teachers will participate in interdisciplinary teams to explore first-hand how environmental change can be interpreted from changes in ocean water and coral reefs. Teachers will participate in exploring educational materials and scientific data collection. This is one in a series of Wright Center
workshops on interpreting environmental change. Co-sponsored by the Chandra X-Ray Observatory Outreach Program, MIT Sea Grant, Clean Air-Cool Planet, and the Wright Center. Participants will also collaborate with international colleagues to develop materials custom made for their science and non-science classrooms.

Workshop conducted by Zach Smith and Donna Young at the Virgin Islands Environmental Resource Station, US VI.



Earth Science XIII: The Cryosphere/WAIS Divide Ice Core Project Outreach - July 26-August 1
In this seven-day workshop teachers will participate in interdisciplinary teams to explore first-hand how environmental change can be interpreted from glaciers and the land surface. Teachers will participate in exploring educational materials and scientific data collection. This is one in a series of Wright Center workshops on
interpreting environmental change. Co-sponsored by the Chandra X-Ray Observatory Outreach Program,the Glacier Institute, Clean Air-Cool Planet, the Crown of the Continent Learning Center, National Park Service, and the Wright Center. Participants will also collaborate with international colleagues to develop materials custom made for their science and non-science classrooms.

Workshop conducted by Zach Smith, Donna Young,and Polly Donovan at the Glacier Institute, Glacier National Park,MT.

November ४, 2008

Hope that you got out and voted today.

Just returned from the US Virgin Islands doing a recon for a 2009 workshop in the National Park/UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. What a fabulous place, hopefully all will go well and we will be able to hold a 2009 summer workshop. I stayed at VIERS http://www.islands.org/viers/

My diving buddy was a green sea turtle

फाल 2008

The International Environmental Change Workshop Series
http://www.tufts.edu/as/wright_center/iecws/index.html, sponsored by
the Wright Center at Tufts University, had another fabulous time this past summer in Glacier National Park thanks to a whole host of people including the Glacier Institute, The National Park Service, The Crown of the Continent Learning Center, NASA - The Chandra X-Ray outreach and education center, The WAIS Divide ice coring project, Stoneyfield Yogurt, Whole Foods Market, Clean Air-Cool Planet, and all of the participating teachers.

Each year we add new educational materials for free use by educators across the globe.
Summer 2009 will be another fantastic professional development season with new participants and potentially new workshop locations. For more information please visit the IECWS web site or the Wright Center web site http://www.tufts.edu/as/wright_center/