Earth to Class Workshops
2010 - 2011 Programs

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
 

Online Registration
25 Sep         Meagan Cummings: Going to Sea for Science on the "Marcus G. Langseth"
             and Kim Kastens: Introducing Our New "Spatial Thinking" Grant
  2 Oct   LDEO ANNUAL OPEN HOUSE
16 Oct   Mark Becker:  Data Collection for GIS – Using GPS and Tabular Data for GIS Mapping
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 and Steve Kluge: Helping Students Develop Imagery Skills
    with GeoMapApp and Google Earth
15 Jan   Nicole Davi: Droughts, Dzud and Archaeology in Mongolia: A Tree Ring
    Perspective
12 Feb

 		  

Martin Stute: Visualization of Groundwater Flow Using Interactive
    Sand Boxes, Links to Local and International Water Resources Issues
    Yang Zha and John Armbruster: Special Presentation about the Japan Earthquake and Tsunami
19 Mar
 		   Frank Nitsche: Footprints of Past Glaciations--Discovering Traces of Ice on the Bottoms of the Oceans Reconstructing Ice Flow     
  9 Apr   Natalie Boelman: How are warmer temperatures in the Arctic tundra impacting migratory songbirds who go there to breed?
 7 May
 		   a.m.: Helen Evans and Angela Slagle: Life & Science at Sea: Highlights from recent IODP Expeditions
p.m. The annual E2C kayaking adventure on the Hudson River (weather permitting)