FW: EE-News for November 9, 2010
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Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010
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Subject: EE-News for November 9,
2010
NAAEE Announcements
Awards, Grants, Contests
International Events, Announcements, Resources
North American Events, Training, Announcements
- 5. 2011 Midwest EE Conference ~ Minnesota
- 6. Earn a Master of Environmental Management at Duke University from your Desktop!
- 7. Free Online Astronomy Workshop for Interpreters from Parks & Nature Centers
- 8. Graduate & Professional Course: Conservation Conflict Resolution ~ Virginia
- 9. League of Environmental Educators in Florida Annual Conference
- 10. Redesigning Our Future: National Youth Environmental Summit ~ North Carolina
- 11. Sharing Nature: An Educator's Week ~ Maine
- 12. Teachers Teaching Teachers GIS (TG3) Institute ~ California
- 13. Webinar: Getting Started with Interdisciplinary Instruction in Higher Education
Research and Publishing Opportunities
Resources for Students and Educators
- 16. Americans' Knowledge of Climate Change
- 17. Buy, Use, Toss?
- 18. Explore the Blue
- 19. Free One-Year School & Library Resource License Grant
- 20. Innovative Nourish Food Literacy Curriculum Now Available
- 21. One Well: the Story of Water on Earth
- 22. The Storytelling Class
- 23. Uncover the Secret World of Soil at The Durham Museum
- 24. Waterlife
NAAEE Announcements
1. CFP for 2011 Conference
Deadline: February 1,
2011
The call for proposals is open for the 2011 annual conference, "Branching
to the Future. Rooted in Time," to be held in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina,
October 12-15.
Its NAAEEs 40th anniversary, and we have lots to celebrate! Learn how to
submit your presentation ideas for this milestone event:
Awards, Grants, Contests
3. Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge
Deadline: March 15, 2011
This NSTA, Siemens Foundation, and Discovery Education program is designed to
educate, empower, and engage students and teachers nationwide to become
"Agents of Change" in identifying and solving environmental problems.
The challenge has been expanded to include high school students to encourage
all students to team up with their classmates to create replicable solutions to
environmental issues in their schools.
International Events, Announcements, Resources
4. Earth Expeditions & Global Field Master's Program
Apply by: January 28, 2011
Miami Universitys Project Dragonfly is accepting applications for Earth
Expeditions and the Global Field Masters Program (GFP), which combine summer
field courses in Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas with Web-based
learning communities, bringing together graduate students, scientists,
educators, and community leaders at conservation field sites worldwide for
firsthand experience with inquiry-driven education, environmental stewardship,
and global understanding.
Earth Expeditions and the GFP can be completed part-time from anywhere in the United States
or abroad and are open to professionals from all disciplines and settings.
North American Events, Training, Announcements
5. 2011 Midwest EE Conference ~ Minnesota
April 7-9, 2011 ~ Rochester,
Minnesota
The Minnesota Association for Environmental Education (MAEE) is proud to host
the 2011 Midwest Environmental Education Conference, Environmental Education:
Naturally Healthy, April 7-9, 2011, in Rochester,
Minnesota. Environmental
education has a goal of environmental literacy and, ultimately, a healthy
natural environment. The conference theme, "Environmental education:
Naturally healthy," was chosen to highlight environmental educations role
in fostering the benefits of human and environmental health. We will consider
how these benefits can shape the way we communicate about and approach our work
in a world that is changing rapidly and facing complicated environmental
problems. Please join MAEE in Minnesota
for this professional development opportunity!
6. Earn a Master of Environmental Management at Duke University from your Desktop!
Create an environmental vision for tomorrow at the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke while maintaining a commitment to your employer and family! The Duke Environmental Leadership Program is an innovative, two-year online Master of Environmental Management degree, with strategically integrated intensive on-campus visits. The program is designed for working, mid-career environmental professionals and features interdisciplinary and global themes, strategic approaches to environmental management, and effective leadership and communication skills. Learn more at an information session.
7. Free Online Astronomy Workshop for Interpreters from Parks & Nature Centers
Deadline: December 1, 2010
Applications are now being accepted for the upcoming Sky Rangers Workshop,
taking place January 17 - March 11, 2011.
This free online workshop provides materials and training for interpreters and
outdoor educators who want to learn how to tell the story of the sky and bring
the excitement of astronomy to their audiences.
8. Graduate & Professional Course: Conservation Conflict Resolution ~ Virginia
January 10-21, 2011 ~ Front Royal, Virginia
Conservation Conflict Resolution, an intensive 10-day experiential training
course, is for anyone addressing conservation conflicts, whether these are
conflicts between people and wildlife or between people about wildlife or other
natural resources. This graduate/ professional course, offered by the
Smithsonian-Mason Global Conservation Studies Programs, is hosted at the
Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia. Employing
principles developed by HWCCthe Human Wildlife Conflict Collaborationa
leading organization in conflict resolution training, this course teaches
participants strategies and processes for effectively addressing conservation
related conflict, including: the role of neutrality in conflict prevention and
reconciliation; effective conflict resolving communication techniques; and how
to apply conflict analysis and process models to develop real-life conflict
resolution plans. Earn Continuing Education Units; graduate credits available
for qualified applicants at additional cost through George Mason
University.
9. League of Environmental Educators in Florida Annual Conference
March 24-27, 2011 ~ Starke,
Florida
Join the League of Environmental Educators in Floridas 31st annual conference
"Sustainability Puzzle: Piecing It Together." This year's conference
highlights include keynote speakers Dale Crider and Dr. Mark Clark, over 40 concurrent
sessions, workshops and field trips, and a new poster session. Visit the Web
site for up-to-date information as well as the Call for Presenters, exhibitor
and vendor applications, and registration form.
10. Redesigning Our Future: National Youth Environmental Summit ~ North Carolina
July 20-24, 2011 ~ Salisbury,
North Carolina
This environmental summit blends environmental thinking and leadership skills
with a students area of interest. Students will be empowered to use their
unique talents in becoming a more effective environmental leader by applying
the knowledge and skills they learn directly to their interests and passions
during the summit and in their community when they return home. As a summit
participant, students will learn skills on how to be a catalyst for change, how
to get others involved, how to plan projects, and how to get support for those
projects. By interacting with other students, the leaders of interest groups,
and guest speakers, they will obtain a variety of perspectives on environmental
sustainability. The summit is a collaborative effort of the Center for the
Environment at Catawba College and Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), which is
located in Colorado.
Open to high school students who will be juniors and seniors in the 2011-2012
academic year. Only 200 students will be accepted, so apply early. Cost is
$875, which includes all meals, lodging and interactive instruction. Full and
partial scholarships are available. Apply online.
11. Sharing Nature: An Educator's Week ~ Maine
July 2011 ~ Hog
Island, Maine
The Audubon Camp in Maine (on 330-acre Hog Island)
has just opened registration for Summer 2011, and in July will be offering Sharing
Nature: An Educators Week. This session will be engaging, fun, and thoroughly
useful to both formal and informal science educators. There will be field trips
from exploring intertidal zones to a boat cruise to see Atlantic Puffins, to
hiking in a boreal forest. Workshops, presentations, special guests, and great
food!
12. Teachers Teaching Teachers GIS (TG3) Institute ~ California
June 12-17, 2011 ~ Redlands,
California
Application Deadline: November 30, 2010
Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (Esri) has opened the
application period for its third annual Teachers Teaching Teachers GIS (T3G)
Institute. The Esri T3G Institute helps participants get more involved in the
use of GIS within education, especially in other departments of their own
institution, their local community, and their professional network.
13. Webinar: Getting Started with Interdisciplinary Instruction in Higher Education
Register by: November 23, 2010
Webinar: November 30, 2010 ~ 12:00-1:00 p.m. ET
This webinar will introduce frameworks and instructional resources to help
instructors integrate interdisciplinary perspectives into environmental
science, economics, and other courses. The webinar will also highlight ways to stretch
science to cover policy and economics (and vice versa), drawing upon
interdisciplinary sustainability concepts. Participants will preview hands-on
activities that enable professors to introduce these connections effectively
and thus enhancerather than radically changeexisting courses.
Research and Publishing Opportunities
14. CJEE Call for Book Reviews
The Canadian Journal of Environmental Education is a refereed journal seeking to further the study and practice of environmental education. Information on the Call for Book Reviews, Volume 16, the updated book list, and reviewer requirements is listed on the Web site.
15. Journal of Sustainability Education (JSE) Call for Submissions
Deadline: December 1, 2010
The Journal of Sustainability Education
(JSE) is calling for submissions to the "Learning and Leading Sustainability,"
March 2011 edition. JSE encourages submissions from educators active in a wide
variety of settings: public and private K-12 schools; higher education; early
childhood education; environmental, outdoor, and experiential education;
community organizing and education; residential and nonresidential treatment
and therapy programs; as well as informal and non-traditional educators.
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Resources for Students and Educators
16. Americans' Knowledge of Climate Change
This Yale Project on Climate Change Communication has
released this new report Americans' Knowledge
of Climate Change, about what Americans understand about the impact
of climate system and solutions to global warming. View the full report:
17. Buy, Use, Toss?
Buy, Use, Toss? A
Closer Look at the Things We Buy, is a free interdisciplinary
curriculum unit from Facing the Future that leads students through an exploration
of the system of producing and consuming goods that is called the materials
economy. Students learn about the five major steps of the materials economy
(Extraction, Production, Distribution, Consumption, and Disposal) and are asked
to analyze the sustainability of these steps to determine how consumption can
benefit people, economies, and environments.
18. Explore the Blue
Explore the Blue is a new educational resource from Take Me Fishing and Discovery Education to promote curiosity in the great outdoors. This comprehensive program provides free resources to help teachers engage their students in a dialogue about outdoor recreational activities and the value of clean and healthy waterways.
19. Free One-Year School & Library Resource License Grant
Deadline: December 31, 2010
This grant provides a one-year free trial of the Sylvan Dell eBook Site License
with 55 Sylvan Dell titles, each with auto-flip, auto-read, and selectable
English and Spanish text and audio. Each school and library can try this for
one year only. Accessible from all building computers and on secure school or
library Web sites (where access is controlled through login). Set-up options
are quick, easy, and safe, and can be installed by individual teachers with or
without IT support. A desktop icon is provided along with a six-digit site
code. Schools (not public libraries) are encouraged to send set-up options home
with the children so that school families have access from home. This is a free
trial with no obligation, and when the 365 days of access is over, the site
license just expires.
20. Innovative Nourish Food Literacy Curriculum Now Available
A new standards-aligned middle school curriculum released by WorldLink and the Center for Ecoliteracy invites students and teachers to consider the question: Whats the story of my food? The Nourish: Food + Community curriculum and companion DVD are part of a multi-year educational initiative designed to open a meaningful conversation about food and sustainability. The initiative combines PBS programming, Web site content, teacher seminars, and youth summits to increase food literacy.
21. One Well: the Story of Water on Earth
By Rochelle Strauss, author of the award-winning Tree of Life. One Well: the Story of Water on Earth is a beautifully illustrated book that tells the eye-opening story of water on Earth. One Well shows how water has the power to change everything a single splash can sprout a seed, quench a thirst, provide a habitat, generate energy, and sustain life. Check out the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aA45mqUbfUg
22. The Storytelling Class
The Storytelling Class, available from Bullfrog Films, features an after-school storytelling project in a diverse, but divided, city school that breaks cultural boundaries and creates community. Gordon Bell High School is probably the most culturally varied school in Winnipeg, Canada, with 58 different languages spoken by the student body. In an effort to build bridges of friendship and belonging across cultures and histories, teacher Marc Kuly initiated an after-school storytelling project whereby the immigrant students would share stories with their peers. These voluntary meetings help the students learn to listen and find the commonality that so long eluded them.
23. Uncover the Secret World of Soil at The Durham Museum
There are
more living creatures in a shovel full of rich soil than human beings on the
planet. Yet more is known about the dark side of the moon than about soil.
These are just a few of the fascinating facts visitors can learn at the
exhibition, Dig it! The Secrets of Soil, at The Durham
Museum, Omaha, Nebraska,
from October 2 - December 26, 2010.
The 4,000-square-foot exhibition reveals the complex world of soil and how this
ecosystem underfoot supports nearly every form of life on earth. Developed by
the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History and supported by Founding
Sponsor the Soil Science Society of America, Dig It! includes interactive
displays, hands-on models, videos, and a large state soils samples.
24. Waterlife
A new documentary that reveals the extraordinary beauty and complex toxicity of the Great Lakes, the largest remaining supply of fresh water (20%) on Earth. From the ornate fountains of Chicago to the sewers of Windsor, viewers are carried through marsh and pipe, across pounding waves and through thunder clouds on a journey that provides an unprecedented view of an incredible ecosystem rarely seen by the city dwellers who form much of its population. Along the way, Waterlife shows viewers the Great Lakes as they might appear to a seagull, a fish, or a water molecule...and from a myriad of other amazing perspectives. Details and a trailer are available on Bullfrog Film's Web site.
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