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From: Hannah Boyarsky <hboyarsky at chccs.k12.nc.us>
Date: Nov 28, 2007 5:38 PM
Subject: Fwd(2): BaP 11-28-07
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FREE ONLINE ASTRONOMY WORKSHOPS FOR EDUCATORS

Apply now for Astronomy from the ground up's next FREE online workshop for
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in collaboration with the National Optical Astronomy Observatory,and the
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to begin January 10-Febuary 7th with another one starting Febuary 21st -
March 13th. Contact:afgu at astrosociety.org or apply online at
http://astrosociety.org/afgu/distance.html.
April 25th is National DNA Day!

Graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in the biomedical and biological
sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will be
organizing the second North Carolina DNA Day. This year UNC will partner
with Duke University, Wake Forest University and North Carolina State
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Applications will be accepted on December 1st until January 31st at
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In the interim, your students can enter the *DNA Day T-shirt design contest*
and win gift cards and an award. The teacher of the student with the winning
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student to enter. The rules for the T-shirt design contest can be found at
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and students can enter now until January 15th.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!!!  RESERVE YOUR SPOT NOW!!!  2008 info on website
Dec 15.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES
*THINK BRAZIL – July 13-26, 2008.  One week in Sao Paulo, the largest
city in South America, and one week in Pantanal, the world's largest
wetland with over 635 bird species and unique animals.  Travel with
Brazilian teachers.  JOIN US!!!

*THINK MOUNTAINS – June 23-28, 2008.  Learn about a special North
Carolina area! Join international teachers, graduate students from TN,
and others for a unique and different program this summer.  Sprawl, air,
water, biodiversity – topics for 2008. Native botanicals, water
conservation techniques, group project focusing on the culture of
mountain residents and more.

*GIS, June 28-30,2008 – Continuation of G. Mt. workshop for 10
participants.  Let us know!

*PHOTOS OF BRAZIL TRIP 07, in Sao Paulo and Campinas (not in Pantanal –
those come later!)
http://www.sangari.com/Hotel_Masp_15_07_07.zip
http://www.sangari.com/Instituto_Butantan_17_07_07.zip
http://www.sangari.com/Unicamp_19_07_07.zip

*Anna Smith, 2007 Brazil Participant reported in November that she had
spent a few hours on Google Earth and was actually able to locate the
satellite image of one of our pousadas.  She made a copy of the picture
so that she could use it in her teaching, presentations or future
writing. She found a cattle drive in the Pantanal, similar to one we had
to drive through, watching the 'cowboys' or 'pantaneiros' lash out and
cracki their metal whips. Anna will begin a new elective class spring
semester at her middle school, focusing on the environmental problems
noted both locally and in Brazil, and include the biodiversity of flora
and fauna in the Pantanal.  She will incorporate many of her digital
photographs and video clips taken on the trip.

*PLANT INFORMATION ONLINE, one of the world's largest resources for
botanical and horticultural information. Log on to plantinfo.umn.edu,
you'll find two search engines that will help you get: Current plant and
seed sources, with more than 100,000 plants - largest listing of
cultivated plants in North America--from 918 North American firms to
ship plants.

Bibliographic details for more than 300,000 images of wild and
cultivated plants from around the world in botanical and horticultural
books and magazines from 1982 to the present. Links to expert-selected
Web sites on growing plants in all regions of the United States and
Canada.  Updated daily, allows search of plant by common or scientific
name.

ONLINE COURSES
*NEW GRADUATE/UNDERGRADUATE COURSE FOR SPRING 2008 at NCSU!!
Fundamentals of Environmental Education           EMS 594A 601  EMS 496A
601

Online course (11 wks) for classroom teachers, non-formal educators and
others in education, environmental sciences, natural resources.

Provides knowledge, skills and instructional methods. History, goals of
environmental education, understanding professional roles. Interaction
with other educators. Extensive reading, electronic interactions with
others. Requires weekly computer/ internet access.

Course based on

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