Palmer LTER Education Forum, 25-28 July 99
NCEAS, Santa Barbara, California
The Palmer LTER Education Forum is being held 25-28 July 1999 at NCEAS
in order to bring together teachers, educators and Palmer LTER researchers
as part of the Palmer LTER Schoolyard program outreach. Topics of overlapping
interest will be identified for a cross-section of programs and institutions
including NCEAS (Kids Do Ecology!), SB Natural History Museum, the SB Sea
Center, the SD Stephen Birch Aquarium, the NSF/OPP Teachers Experiencing
Antarctica Program, UCSB Graduate School of Education with specific curriculum
focus from selected junior and senior high schools. Opportunities for education
outreach will be considered in general and weather station installations,
programs and potential curriculum elements in particular.
Meeting Contacts:
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Organization: Karen Baker (LTER PI; Data Manager)
kbaker@ucsd.edu; 619-534-2350 (Palmer
LTER)
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Logistics: Scott Bell (NCEAS; Education Outreach)
bell@nceas.ucsb.edu; 805-892-2533 (NCEAS)
Goals
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Review experiences, programs and opportunities
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Discuss successful curriculum elements
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Define boundary conditions for curriculum development
-including timeframe, structure, format, uses
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Formulate a pilot curriculum
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Codify "visions for" and "uses of" such a pilot
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Consider evaluation techniques
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Discuss future directions
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