Earth to Class

Earth2Class (Earth to Class/E2C) is a unique science/math/technology resource for K-12 teachers, students, the general public, and geoscientists. It is a collaboration among researchers at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University ; curriculum and technology integration specialists from Teachers College, Columbia University, and Colégio Bandeirantes, São Paulo, Brasil; and classroom teachers from New York, New Jersey, and elsewhere.

     E2C centers around “Saturday Workshops for Educators” held at Columbia's Lamont Campus in Palisades N.Y. One key feature to E2C is involvement of LDEO scientists. Their availability through workshops, web site postings, and e-mail allow teachers and students access to cutting-edge research which can be used to develop learning activities directly linked to “real-world problems,” and provide scientists with an effective format to disseminate their discoveries more broadly.
    A second key to E2C is the ever-growing collection of educational resources available on this web site, which provide teachers, students, and others access to up-to-date information about our changing planet. For more information about the E2C program, click here.
    E2C Team Members, Dr. Cristiana Mattos Assumpção and Frederico Dalmas Baggio, have now begun to develop connections with educational institutions in their home, São Paulo, Brasil, which extend the available resources of E2C even more. Click here to learn about Earth2Class em Brasil/Earth2Class in Brazil.

Tentative dates and workshop themes for the 2007-2008 academic year:

29 Sep     Exploring Earth with Ocean Drilling, part 1:
                Gas Hydrates -- Jill Weinberger
   6 Oct     LDEO Annual Open House
13 Oct     Exploring Earth with Ocean Drilling, part 2 --
                 Downhole Logging -- Gilles Guerin
10 Nov    Lamont Contributions to the IPY
                 (International Polar Year), part 1:
                 Exploring Polar Regions with Geophysical
                 Methods -- Michael Studinger
   8 Dec    Lamont Contributions to the IPY
                 (International Polar Year), part 2: ANDRILL
                 (Antarctic Drilling Project) Update --
                 Trevor Williams

12 Jan    American Meteorological Society Education
                Programs
9 Feb    Corals, Climate, and Sea Level Changes --
                Lida Teneva
8 Mar    Developing Strategies for Using Research-
                Based Curricular Materials
12 Apr    Evidence for Multiple Impact Craters Near
                and Far -- Dallas Abbott
10 May   Transects and Tree Rings at LDEO --
                Brendan Buckley

Visit the Workshops Section for more about each program.

LAST 2007 - 2008 E2C WORKSHOP:

WHAT DO TREES TELL US ABOUT THE LOCAL CLIMATE HISTORY?

In May, we welcome Dr. Brendan Buckley of the Tree Ring Lab group. Unlike most E2C workshops, this one will be held mostly outdoors in the Lamont forest. We'll learn basic dendrochronology and transect techniques, and gain new insights about how such studies reveal climate changes in our region over the past few centuries.

In the afternoon, we'll go to Paradise Boats in Piermont for the annual E2C "Kayaking Adventure." There will be an additional fee ($15 - 20) for this. No experience necessary, but wear clothing that can get wet.

Online Registration Form
The easiest way to register for the Saturday Workshops

There is a $15 fee to attend each program, which covers lunch and other expenses. You can attend individual E2C workshops by completing this registration form. The Lamont campus is normally closed on Saturdays, so please pre-register so we can add your name to the Security Gatehouse entry list.

All programs take place in the Seismology-Marine Biology Building Seminar Room.

Directions to the LDEO Campus by Car or Shuttle Bus

E2C has been supported in part through National Science Foundation Geoscience Education Grant 0331232.