TITLE:   Palmer LTER: Educational outreach and sustained partnerships
AUTHORS: Karen S. Baker, Dawn S. Rawls, Besse Dawson, William Swanson,
	 and Mary Ann Wallace
DATE:    2-4 August 2000
PLACE:   LTER All Scientists Meeting 2000, Long-Term Ecological Research:
	 Unifying Principles & Global Applications, Snowbird, Utah
	 
	 University of California, San Diego,  CA 93106
	 Poster - Session: Educational Programs in LTER (T26)
ABSTRACT

Partnerships incorporating teachers, educators, scientists and information 
management have produced varied outreach collaborations and products 
for the Palmer LTER.  LTER schoolyard funds (1998 to present) support
the effort to coordinate and build upon existing education opportunities 
and programs. LTER Education Workshops at the Biosphere and Kellogg Biological
Station, augmented by the Palmer Education Workshop in Santa Barbara, focused 
development of a Palmer LTER Education program upon goals and guidelines 
for creating a long-term perspective in classroom science. In cooperation
with the existing NSF program Teachers Experiencing Arctic and Antarctic 
Program (TEA), three teachers were trained in the LTER long-term focus 
during workshops and training sessions.  These teachers were placed with 
the Palmer LTER for research field experience in Antarctica.