Summer workshops
open for students
and educators
The Institute for Earth Science
Research and Education, in collaboration with Queens College/
City University of New York, is seeking participants for summer professional development workshops
in the third year of its Climate Science Research for Educators and
Students project. This project seeks
to improve student engagement in
climate science by helping teachers and students develop authentic
climate-related science research
projects.
During summer 2013, two climate
science workshops will take place in
New York City. The first workshop will
be held in late June. The workshop
will focus on understanding sun/
Earth/atmosphere interactions and
Earth’s radiative balance. All participants will build instruments called
pyranometers, which monitor solar radiation. A follow-up workshop
will take place later in the summer.
During the summer, participants will
conduct their own research.
Applications are due May 1.
For more information, visit http://
www.instesre.org/GCCE/GCCEHome.htm.
Questions about this competition
should be directed to David Brooks
via email at [email protected].
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