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  “Global Climate Change and Informal Earth
System Science” 
  
Earth System Science
Seminar:  Course #ESCI  511   CRN#1503 
  

Paleontological Research
Institution (PRI) and the  
Earth System Science
Education Alliance (ESSEA) 

in partnership with StateUniversityof New York, Oneonta 
   
Start Date:  02 October, 2009  
Faculty: Carlyn Buckler, PhD. 
  
     
         The
Paleontological Research Institution, in conjunction with the Earth
System Science Education Alliance (ESSEA) and State University of New
York is offering a new and innovative graduate course in ESS education
professional development.  Funded by NASA and NSF, ESSEA has a
successful history of providing quality, inquiry-based Earth science
education professional development for thousands of K-12 teachers
across the U.S.  This course gives informal educators access to the ESSEA program of professional development.
 
  
      “Global
Climate Change and Informal Earth
System Science” is an online, 10 week graduate course designed to
provide
professional development for the informal Earth system science
education community.  The first module, “Global Climate Change”,
defines
the topic and discusses recent scientific study on global climate
change.  The second module, “Earth System Science in
Your Backyard” provides the tools for informal educators to creating
in-house, inquiry-based Earth
science education products focusing on the participants’ local geology
or
existing collections/exhibits/programming.  
  
This course is asynchronous and
conducted entirely online.
  
     The final project
for the course will require
the staff member to, at their respective organizations,  design or
update programming, an exhibit, etc.
that reflects course content.  Registration is mandatory for the course
and is on a first come,
first serve basis.  There is a $50 registration fee paid to SUNY
Oneonta.  Enrollment is limited; due to demand, we reserve the right to
review
applicants for participation. Upon successful completion of the course,each participant will receive a $450 minigrant to contextualize the product of the course; to be used for fabrication, materials or salary, as well as reimbursement for the registration fee for the course.

      Students in the course should expect to work 10 hours per week, have a computer with high-speed
internet access, and have access to a digital camera (although if this is an
issue, let me know).   You should be computer literate, with
at least a basic knowledge of internet navigation and email procedures, to take
this course.  Students will be
working online in groups of informal ESS educators from around the U.S. and the
world, as well as individually, and will be expected to contribute to online
discussions several times per week. 
Grading will be based on individual participation, group participation, quality
of research and input, and final project.   
  
     Employing institutions of graduates from the
course will be invited to partner with PRI to offer the ESSEA K-12 teacher
professional courses to local teachers, offering free registration for the
three unit teacher professional development course.  The courses will be taught by staff of PRI,
with graduates given the opportunities to act as “visiting scientist” in the
course.  This will give graduates the
opportunity to see the process of course instruction for the ESSEA K-12
programs, enhance the relationship between informal and formal educators, and introduce
local formal educators to the ESSEA courses. 
 
Please contact Carlyn Buckler for registration information at:[log in to unmask]
 Carlyn S. Buckler, Ph.D.

Paleontological Research Institution
Museum of the Earth
1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850
Ph: (607) 273-6623 ext. 25
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www.MuseumoftheEarth.org
InformalEarthScience.org


"Setting an example is not the main means of influencing another, it is the only means." 
-- Albert Einstein 


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