OPPORTUNITY TO EARN 3 GRADUATE EDUCATION CREDITS FOR
“EARTH2CLASS WORKSHOPS FOR TEACHERS”
St. Thomas Aquinas College (Sparkill NY) can provide 3
graduate credits for participants in “Earth2Class Workshops
for Teachers through “ GED 7201 Facilitating State Standards:
Earth Science.” This program provides the opportunity to
explore concepts presented in E2C Workshops more thoroughly,
especially as they apply to the new state core concepts and
assessments. In addition to enhancing subject content
knowledge, participants will also develop new ways for
implementing educational technologies into their teaching and
examine other issues connected with new state core concepts
and exams.
You can learn more about E2C at
www.earth2class.org .
The Marie Curie Math and Science Center of St. Thomas
Aquinas College (http://www.stac.edu/mcc/indexrev.htm)
sponsors this program. Dr. Michael J. Passow will be the
instructor. Dr. Passow is the founder and organizer of the
“Earth2Class Workshops for Teachers at Lamont-Doherty Earth
Observatory,” Earth Science teacher at White Plains Middle
School, registered N. J. Professional Development Provider,
and President-Elect of the Science Teachers Association of New
York State. Educational technology applications will also be
presented by Dr. Cristiana Assumpcao, who recently completed
her doctorate at Teachers College, Columbia University,
evaluating previous E2C programs for her dissertation topic.
Participants must complete 37 contact hours, which
can be accomplished in several ways. All participants must be
in attendance for the five workshops in January – May. These
sessions run from 9:30 am to 12:30 noon. This accounts for 15
hours. Participants may be either at LDEO or our
teleconferencing partner Passaic ETTI.
Themes and guest scientists for this semester’s
programs are:
- 26 Jan Climate Part 1: General Patterns--Martin
Visbeck--“Why Is Western Europe Warmer than Eastern Canada?
The Gulf Stream vs. Atmospheric Winds”
- 9 Feb Climate Part 2: Looking Back In Time--
Alexey Kaplan--“Developing Knowledge of Climate during the
Past 150 Years” and Rusty Lotti Bond--“The LDEO Deep-Sea
Core Repository”
- 9 Mar Hudson River Studies-- Robin
Bell--“Digging Up the Dirt on the Hudson River” and Alex de
Sherbinin--“Center for International Earth Science
Information Network (CIESIN) DataBases”
- 13 Apr Exploring The Geology And Geophysics Of
The Ocean Floors-- Christopher Small--“Remote Sensing of Our
Planet” and Gregory Mountain--“Shipboard Studies of Our
Planet”
- 11 May Water Resource Issues-- Upmanu Lall--“Case
Studies of Water Resource Problems” {After this program, we will have a special
kayaking/canoeing opportunity on the Hudson River in the
Tappan Zee region just north of L-DEO.}
For those able to attend St. Thomas Aquinas College, there
will be classes from 4:20 – 7 p.m. on the following Thursdays:
24 Jan, 31 Jan, 7 Feb, 14 Feb, 28 Feb, 7 Mar, 21 Mar, 4 Apr,
25 Apr, and 9 May (22 hours.) For those unable to attend
meetings at St. Thomas Aquinas College, equivalent hours may
be completed through a distance-learning format. This will
include receiving information through e-mail, completing
assignments based on readings and Internet activities, and
submitting them electronically and/or by paper copies (faxed
or mailed.) Class assignments will lead to production of a
teaching portfolio on which the course assessment will be
based. The final portfolio will be due by 25 Apr. You can find
all the information on the Distance Learning Course by
clicking on the Distance Learning link in the menu at
the top of this page.
Support from a grant permits the tuition fee to be
only $575 (approximately half the normal cost). Payment will
be due by Jan. 26, 2001 (in the form of a check payable to
“St. Thomas Aquinas College.”) In addition, there will be a
$65 fee to cover the costs of the Earth2Class workshops
(payable to “STANYS/Westchester Section.)
For more information about registration: Dr. Robert Searson ( rsearson@stac.edu
, 845-398-4077)
For more information about the course or requirements: Dr.
Michael J. Passow here,
or call 201-871-0846.
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