[NMScience] teacher workshops at NMMNHS

[Connealy, Selena, DCA]

There's still space in these two workshops!

AUGUST
The Bosque Education Guide Workshop
Monday, August 4, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., at the RGNC 

The Bosque Education Guide is a resource book of background information,
activities, curriculum suggestions, and references to help teach about
the bosque. This workshop (held at the Rio Grande Nature Center) will
cover topics such as the history of the river, restoration and service
learning projects, ecosystems, geology, and fire, and will have
activities that are appropriate for the classroom, outside on the
playground, and in the bosque. This workshop is jointly sponsored by the
RGNC and NMMNHS and funded by the PNM Resources Foundation.

Level: Teachers of elementary to 12th grade
Cost: Free! (includes a free copy of the Bosque Education Guide and kit
of materials.)


Explore New Mexico Geology and Geophysics 
through the EarthScope Program
Tuesday, August 5, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., at NMMNHS

EarthScope is a national, decade-long geoscience program to understand
the North American continent. Geophysical instruments will move across
the continent, acquiring new information about continental evolution and
structure; and laboratories have been set up in regions of special
interest, including our own Rio Grande rift. In 2008, instruments will
be fully operational throughout New Mexico, allowing us to better
understand our state's volcanoes, mountains, seismic activity, and the
development of the rift. This is a great opportunity to learn about new
and ongoing geological research that directly relates to New Mexico.
This workshop is offered by EarthScope, IRIS, and UNAVCO and hosted by
the NMMNHS. Come learn information, activities, and materials that you
can use in the classroom!

Funding provided by the National Science Foundation.

Level:  Limited to teachers of middle through high school earth science
and physical science
$125 teacher stipend and lunch provided; mileage and one-night's hotel
available for non-local participants.

To register, or for more information, contact August Wainwright,
august.wainwright at state.nm.us, or 505.841.2861.


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