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Updated 11/24/03 Marine Biological Laboratory Geology Events with Richard D. Little, GCC 413-775-1445 or Home email Fantastic Landscapes Tours: January 4-16 Death Valley & vicinity July 11-24 Oregon and Mt. St Helens please contact me for further details on any of these offerings. See itineraries. ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES & SUSTAINABILITY SERIES Contact: Vanessa Paulman, Science Outreach Coordinator 413-559-5792 Every 2nd & 4th Friday of the month 11:30 - 1:00 Cole Science Center 333 Hampshire College Join students, staff and faculty for speakers, presentations, and discussion on issues of Sustainability. Free lunch at every gathering! Mass Audubon's Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary For further information, contact Patti Steinman, Education Coordinator, Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary, at 413-584-3009 x10 Winter Ecology: Observe the natural world in the wilds of
the Quabbin Reservoir with WGBY 413-781-2801x281 To register for classes, please visit us online at or call 413.781.2801 and ask for Karen Sullivan or Laurie Leichthammer Email cit@wgby.org Center for Instructional Technologies (CIT) Schedule Teacher line On-Line Courses For more info, send an email to teacherserv@wgby.org. For more information and descriptions please visit the web site. Drop-in hours: Tuesdays and Thursday from 3-5pm. Please arrive by 4:30 so we have adequate time to assist you. PBS TeacherSource Relaunch LENDING LIBRARY: Our video lending library is always expanding! If you would like to borrow videos, visit our web site at www.wgby.org/edu to reserve them. Educators can borrow up to three videos at a time for up to three weeks. Annenburg/CPB Channel FREE Professional Development Opportunities List of Workshops and Courses Find out more about the workshops and courses below: when they are broadcast on the Annenberg/CPB Channel and how to purchase them on videocassette. Subscribe to or unsubscribe from a workshop's or course's Channel-Talk email list, or, go directly to each workshop's or course's Web site, which provides information, support materials, activities, and a forum for communicating with other participants nationwide. View the current Professional Development Broadcast Schedule Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge 413 - 863- 0209, ext 3; At this time of year, the nesting bald eagles on the CT River in Gill, MA are actively incubating their eggs and will be rearing their young come mid April. Not only can teachers and students see images from the nest on line every 5 minutes, but this year there is a link to live streaming-video from the nest. Follow the link from the Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge web page to the live eagle web page. From the Conte Refuge page and the eagle page there are many other links to lots of information about eagles in Massachusetts and the Connecticut River watershed. STEMTEC Questions: Mort Sternheim, 413-545-1908. On line Registration. Snow cancellations: Call the UMass Snow Day Hotline at 545-3630. If the campus is open, we will hold our seminar. Science and Engineering Saturday Seminars Fall 2003 · Designed for science teachers and NEW teachers are especially welcome · Six Saturdays in the 2003 spring term; 8:30-1, at UMass Amherst · Free educational materials, refreshments, parking, 4 PDP's per session · Advance registration is required; capacity is limited · An option to register for 3 graduate credits at reduced cost with additional assignments. December 6. Recall for those enrolled for graduate credit. Note that there are 4 half-day workshops, an all day workshop,
and the closing session for those registered for grad credits; some
terms we have had 5 half-day workshops. You can omit any one half-day
session and still get graduate credit. There is a charge of $225
for 3 Continuing Education credits plus a $30 registration fee.
Teachers may obtain credit for the seminar as many terms as they
wish, but
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