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June 2006

E2Classroom: Delivering Cutting Edge Science to Schools
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Geological Society of America Geoscience Education Division Newsletter Winter/Spring 2005

• Report about the 1st New York State Earth Science Teachers Conference and preview of the 2nd New York State Earth Science Teachers Conference.

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 [E2C Teachers participated in the 2005 Open House as guides for the "Dendro Walks." Here is the pertinent part of the story about the OH.]


Palisades research labs open for curious public
By JAMES WALSH
jawalsh@thejournalnews.com
THE JOURNAL NEWS
(Original publication: 2 Oct 2005)

.... Ann Marie Nowack was among a legion of volunteers for yesterday's program, which drew about 3,000 people to the woodsy campus above the Hudson River.

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[The E2C March 2005 Workshop for Teachers featured Dr. Maya Tolstoy, and was covered by TJN.]

Ocean floor's wonders unveiled
By PAUL NELSON
THE JOURNAL NEWS
(Original Publication: March 13, 2005)

Despite numerous expeditions, scientists have barely scratched the surface of the vast ocean floor.
But what they have uncovered so far could have far-reaching implications on Earth and in space, Maya Tolstoy, a marine researcher at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, told a group of educators, students and parents yesterday.
"It's the last great frontier of our world that hasn't been explored," Tolstoy told ....

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[E2C supported the 1st New York State Earth Science Teachers Conference, held at LDEO on August 10 - 12, 2004. Here is the link to the Journal-News (www.thejournalnews.com) story about this meeting.]

Educators discuss rocks, teaching methods
By RANDI WEINER
THE JOURNAL NEWS
(Original publication: August 13, 2004)

Nearly 30 of New York's earth science teachers went on a field trip of their own this week to talk science with the professionals at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in Palisades.

They viewed samples of rock drilled from the ocean floor, considered ...
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