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 and an Earth Science educator at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University ; technology integration specialists from 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. Since 1998, we will have provided more than 100 Workshops featuring over 60 LDEO scientists.

Tentative 2010 - 2011 Dates and Themes

25 Sep tba

                  2 Oct     LDEO ANNUAL OPEN HOUSE

                    16 Oct       Mark Becker and Kytt Macmanus: CIESIN's Hudson River Mapping Tool and
                                   other Educational Database Activities

                    13 Nov       Dallas Abbott: What Really Happened to the Sky and Ocean
                                   During the Dark Age Period of 534 to 544 A.D.?

                  4 Dec     Andrew Goodwillie: Helping Students Develop Imagery Skills
                                   with GeoMapApp

                 15 Jan     Nicole Davi: How Can Trees Tell Us about Changes in Climate?

                 12 Feb     Martin Stute: Visualization of Groundwater Flow Using Interactive
                                   Sand Boxes, Links to Local and International Water Resources Issues

                 19 Mar           tba

                   9 Apr     Natalie Boelman: How Does Warming the Tundra Affect Songbirds
                                   and Communities?

                   7 May          tba

During the next few months, the E2C Team plans to unveil our major revision of this website. We will soon present you with a greatly enhanced collection of valuable materials in a more navigable format.

General Schedule:

08:45 – 09:30 Arrival of Participants

09:00 – 09:30 General Announcements, Technology Set-up

09:30 – 10:15 Background Information on Today's Topic

10:30 – 12:00 Guest Scientist (s) presentation (s)

12:00 – 13:00
(noon - 1 pm) Lunch with the Scientist

13:00 – 15:00
(1 pm - 3 pm) Curriculum and Educational Technology Development Projects

Thanks for your interest!

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 (unless a special announcement is made about an alternate location.)

Directions to the LDEO Campus by Car or Shuttle Bus

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. These make our offerings available to anyone, even if they cannot attend the live workshops. Use the Quick Links at the left or pull-down menus at the top of each page to explore these. Dr. Michael J Passow maintains these links.
E2C Team Members, Dr. Cristiana Mattos Assumpção and Frederico Dalmas Baggio, have begun to develop connections with educational institutions in their home of São Paulo, Brasil. Click here to learn about Earth2Class em Brasil/Earth2Class in Brazil.

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