From starcount at mailman.ucar.edu  Sat Apr 19 15:12:20 2008
From: starcount at mailman.ucar.edu (starcount@mailman.ucar.edu)
Date: Sat Apr 19 15:13:40 2008
Subject: [Star Count] NCAR's Climate Discovery Online Courses for Educators
Message-ID: <480A6034.5020008@ucar.edu>

Hi there,
Here is another great opportunity provided by NCAR's Office of Education 
and Outreach:

Climate Discovery Online Courses for Educators -- Summer Session now 
accepting registrations! http://ecourses.ncar.ucar.edu

Are you seeking a K-12 professional development opportunity that will 
enhance your qualifications, competency, and self-confidence in 
integrating Earth system science, climate, and global change into your 
science classroom? This summer NCAR offers a series of seven-week online 
courses for middle and high school teachers that combine geoscience 
content, information about current climate research, easy to implement 
hands-on activities, and group discussion. The courses run concurrently 
beginning June 20 and run through August 15.

? CD 501 Introduction to Earth's Climate is designed to guide 
participants through the basics of climate science, integrating content, 
classroom activities, and community-building discussions to help middle 
and high school educators understand the answers to common questions 
about climate.
? CD 502 Earth System Science: A Climate Change Perspective explores 
Earth as a system from the perspective of climate and global change, 
describing the interactions between the various parts of the Earth 
system, including human activities, and how they all affect our climate.
? CD 503 Understanding Climate Change Today presents some of the current 
and predicted impacts of global warming on our planet and human 
societies. This course explores how climate models are developed and 
used to understand likely scenarios of future climate and how current 
scientific research is improving the quality of climate predictions.

There is a $200 fee per course.

For complete course schedule and registration information, visit 
http://ecourses.ncar.ucar.edu

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Kirsten K. A. Meymaris
UCAR Office of Education and Outreach
Educational Technology Specialist
kirstenm@ucar.edu
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