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ASM Materials Education Foundation Materials Park, Ohio 44073 Phone: 800/336-5152 ext. 5533 || Website (if known): @http://asmcommunity.asminternational.org/portal/site/www/Foundation/Educators/TeachersCamp/ ||
 * **Name of Opportunity: ASM Materials Camp** || Location: Lots, including Georgia Tech || Dates (include year): June, July, and August 2010, 1 week at each location ||
 * Short Description: A week-long camp that teaches teachers hands-on techniques for bringing engineering and materials science into the classroom. ||
 * Cost: Free! || Stipend? $300 (Tech) || PLU's? Graduate Credit? 5 PLUs, can pay for college credit (Tech) ||
 * Contact information: Jeane Deatherage
 * Other information you want to include: Most of the labs done at the camp are easy to duplicate in the classroom for low costs to the teacher. ||
 * Your first name (for credit): Hannah Eisla ||

Director, NOAA's Teacher at Sea Program 1315 East West Hwy, Room 14250 Silver Spring, MD 20910 Email: jennifer.hammond@noaa.gov Phone: 301-713-0353 x225 Fax: 301-713-9088 || Website (if known):http://teacheratsea.noaa.gov/index.html ||
 * **Name of Opportunity: NOAA Teacher at Sea** || Location: Lots of offices around the country. || Dates (include year): All Summer. 1 Week to 1 Month. Also, throughout the year; need-based. ||
 * Short Description: Research ocean life for a week or a month at a time. Designed for teachers to gain a better understanding of the ocean and bring this awareness and appreciation into the classroom. ||
 * Cost? No Cost || Stipend? No Stipend || PLU's? Graduate Credit? No ||
 * Contact information:**Jennifer Hammond**
 * Contact information:**Jennifer Hammond**
 * Other information you want to include: ||
 * Your first name (for credit): Brad Daniell ||



Inquiry and Conservation in Rainforests** || Location: La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica || Dates (include year): July 14-29, 2010 || no || PLU's? Graduate Credit? Graduate credit available || [] ||
 * **Name of Opportunity:
 * Short Description: Research and real world approaches to conservation-work in rainforest ||
 * Cost? $2450-Full scholarships are available for qualified applicants. Tuition includes room & board, local transportation, and field station use fees; excludes international air fare. || Stipend?
 * Contact information:Dr. Barbara Bentley (variicolor @ earthlink.net) and Dr. Joe Levine (LevineJS @ aol.com) || Website (if known):
 * Other information you want to include: You get to climb an active volcano and work in 2 types of rainforests ||
 * Your first name (for credit): Carrie ||

GCE Schoolyard program** || Location: 1st part MECA facility on Skidaway Island 2nd part UGA Marine Institute on Sapelo Island || Dates (include year): July 8-16, 2010 ||
 * **Name of Opportunity:
 * Short Description: studying how long term changes effect coastal ecosystems ||
 * Cost? Expenses for the actual program (room and board) are covered by a grant to the GCE LTER from the National Science Foundation . || Stipend? no || PLU's? Graduate Credit? Graduate credit or PLU's ||
 * Contact information: Dr. Merryl Alber malber@uga.edu || Website (if known): http://www.marex.uga.edu/aquarium/teacherWorkshops.html#GASHORE ||
 * Other information you want to include:Expenses for the actual program (room and board) are covered by a grant to the GCE LTER from the National Science Foundation. ||
 * Your first name (for credit): Carrie ||

MATE's Faculty Development Coordinator at emoulton@marinetech.org or 727-894-6821. || Website (if known): http://www.marinetech.org/education/institutes.php ||
 * **Name of Opportunity: MATE** || Location: Monterrey, Ca. || Dates (include year): July 26-August 1. ||
 * Short Description:Provides teachers and students with skills and experiences they need to incorporate marine science and technology topics into their classrooms. ||
 * Cost? No Cost. Everything but travel is paid for || Stipend? No || PLU's? Graduate Credit? 3 graduate credits ||
 * Contact information: Erica Moulton
 * Contact information: Erica Moulton
 * Other information you want to include: ||
 * Your first name (for credit): Brad Daniell ||


 * **Name of Opportunity: The Heat Is On: Confronting Climate Change in the Classroom** || Location: Penn State University || Dates (include year): July 19-23, 2010 ||
 * Short Description:
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Ensure that you are effectively and accurately teaching climate science concepts to your students. You will develop hands-on, inquiry-based activities for your classroom in collaboration with a scientist mentor.===== || Phone: 814-863-7688 E-mail: teachscience@psu.edu || Website (if known): http://teachscience.psu.edu/workshops/climate_change.html ||
 * Cost? Free || Stipend? No || PLU's? Graduate Credit? 60 contact hours toward Act 48 ||
 * Contact information:**Robin Altemus**
 * Other information you want to include: ||
 * Your first name (for credit): Sam ||


 * **Name of Opportunity: Forensics and Molecular Biology** || Location:Georgia State University || Dates (include year):September, 13 &14, 2010 (8:30am - 5pm) ||
 * Short Description: Teachers will learn how to set classroom crime scenes using Bio-rad Kits ||
 * Cost? Free! || Stipend? $200 || PLU's? Graduate Credit? One Unit ||
 * Contact information:Genevieve Edwards, Bio-Bus Program Manager, Tel.: 404-413-5421, e-mail: biobus@gsu.edu || Website (if known):http://www.biobus.gsu.edu/workshop/workshops_new.html ||
 * Other information you want to include:Deadline Sept. 1, 2010 (but workshop may fill up before then) ||
 * Your first name (for credit): Lakeda ||

No. 120 hrs professional Development. || www.myplantit.org/teachers.php ||
 * **Name of Opportunity My Plant IT, careers, cases, and collaboration:** || Location:Texas A&M University College Station Campus || Dates (include year): July 12-23, 2010 ||
 * Short Description:Teachers will explore contemporary plant biology problems and career connections featuring the technology that support modern plant science. ||
 * Cost? Free || Stipend? Undisclosed amount in addition to paid expenses for 12 days in Texas. || PLU's? Graduate Credit?
 * Cost? Free || Stipend? Undisclosed amount in addition to paid expenses for 12 days in Texas. || PLU's? Graduate Credit?
 * Contact information:Claire Hemingway, Educator Director, chemingway@botany.org || Website (if known):
 * Other information you want to include: interested individuals will need to apply soon! ||
 * Your first name (for credit):Lakeda ||

Earth and Environmental Science for Middle and High School Educators** || Location: Brevard College, Brevard, NC Pisgah National Forest || Dates (include year): July 11-16, 2010 || 6 day workshop $50 (includes room and board and materials) || Stipend? None || PLU's? Graduate Credit? 4 Continuing Education Unit (CEU) credits || pfi@brevard.edu 828-884-8229 || Website (if known): [|www.pisgahforestinstitute.org] ||
 * **Name of Opportunity:
 * **Name of Opportunity:
 * Short Description:This workshop will provide participants with classroom lessons and activities associated with earth and environmental science topics. ||
 * Cost? Non-refundable $50 registration fee
 * Contact information:Pisgah Forest Institute
 * Other information you want to include: Workshops are based at Brevard College in Brevard, North Carolina, which provides access to its facilities, computer labs, science labs, and multi-media classrooms. ||
 * Your first name (for credit): Sarah ||

Recycling and Composting in the Classroom** || Location: Brevard College, Brevard, NC || Dates (include year): July 28-30, 2010 || The program will also focus on how to implement and effectively run a recycling and composting program in a school setting. || 3 day workshop $25 (includes room and board and materials) || Stipend? None || PLU's? Graduate Credit? 1.5 Continuing Education Unit (CEU) credits || pfi@brevard.edu 828-884-8229 || Website (if known): [|www.pisgahforestinstitute.org] ||
 * **Name of Opportunity:
 * **Name of Opportunity:
 * Short Description: This workshop, designed for K-12 educators, will focus on recycling and composting, and their importance in solid waste management and sustainability.
 * Cost? Non0refundable $50 registration fee
 * Contact information: Pisgah Forest Institute
 * Other information you want to include: Our workshops are based at Brevard College in Brevard, North Carolina, which provides access to its facilities, computer labs, science labs, and multi-media classrooms. ||
 * Your first name (for credit): Sarah ||

coordinated by Monarchs Across Georgia || Location: Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico || Two trip date options (your choice): February 5-12, 2011 and February 12-19, 2011 || Join Monarchs Across Georgia on a journey to the heart of Mexico featuring the monarch butterfly overwintering sanctuaries, visits to a rural Mexican school, tree nursery, and colonial towns. Not only will you experience the breathtaking sight of millons of monarchs, but you'll also learn about local efforts to promote sustainable and environmentally sound economic activities in the areas around the butterfly preserves. Complete details, including trip itinerary and application, are available at the web site below. || $1500 per person double occupancy room, or $1800 per person single occupancy room. This fee includes accommodations for seven nights and all meals including non-alcoholic beverages and much more. Airfare, trip insurance and other miscellaneous personal expenses are not included. See web site for details. || Stipend: none || PLU Credits: Five PLUs are available for Georgia certified teachers participating in this trip. In addition to a signed “prior approval form” from your school or district, attendance at the January 9 pre-trip meeting is required for PLU credit. The trip is also open to non-Georgia teachers. || Susan Meyers at 404-388-8228 or smmeyers@gmail.com || Website: http://www.monarchsacrossga.org/ ||
 * **Monarchs in Mexico,**
 * **Monarchs in Mexico,**
 * Short Description:
 * Cost:
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 * Other information you want to include: Limit 16 participants per trip. This trip is guided by experienced environmental educators including Susan Meyers, Kim Bailey and Fernbank Science Center biologist, Trecia Neal. ||
 * Your first name (for credit): Teri ||

Namibia and Botswana || Dates: June 18- July 16, 2010 (dates each summer); additional planning meeting required || Enjoy an intensive course dealing with wildlife conservation and indigenous people of Namibia and Botswana Africa. This is an opportunity to visit national parks, meet with local people and be exposed to their conservation programs. || http://www.dekalb.k12.ga.us/instruction/learning/ ||
 * **Ecology and Conservation in Southern Africa**, coordinated through Fernbank Science Center || Location:
 * **Ecology and Conservation in Southern Africa**, coordinated through Fernbank Science Center || Location:
 * Short Description:
 * Cost: approximately $6000.00 (inclusive) || Stipend: none || PLU Credits: 10 PLUs / 100 hours ||
 * Contact information: Dr. Lawrence Wilson, larry.wilson@fernbank.edu || Website:
 * Other information you want to include: Check DeKalb County School System's web site (professional learning) for dates each year. ||
 * Your first name (for credit): Teri ||

Teacher Education Workshop Highlands Biological Station** || Location: Highlands Biological Station, Highlands, NC || Dates: June 21-25, 2010 || We invite teachers of all levels to enroll in this engaging study of the biogeography and biodiversity of the southern Appalachian mountains. Mountain Biodiversity focuses on the theory and practice of conservation biology as it relates to this unique regional environment. Topics include southern Appalachian historical geology, regional biogeography, principles of ecology and evolution, biodiversity assessment, and conservation biology. || (or $85 if taken for graduate credit) plus accommodations fee if needed || Stipend: none || PLUs: Yes / Graduate Credit: 2 ||
 * **Mountain Biodiversity,
 * **Mountain Biodiversity,
 * Short Description:
 * Cost: $30
 * Contact information: Ms. Sandy Ballinger or Dr. Elaine Franklin at the WCU Center for Mathematics and Science Education (828-227-3318; sballinger@email.wcu.edu or efranklin@email.wcu.edu), or to HBS at hbs@email.wcu.edu || Website: http://www.wcu.edu/hbs/Education.htm#teacher_workshop ||
 * Other information you want to include: Courses are offered for teachers each summer. ||
 * Your first name (for credit): Teri ||

ROV Workshop** || Location:GA Aquarium || Dates (include year):February 2011 ||
 * **Name of Opportunity:
 * **Name of Opportunity:
 * Short Description: Construction of Remote Operated Vehicles to Explore National Marine Sanctuaries ||
 * Cost? Free || Stipend? || PLU's? Graduate Credit? 1 ||
 * Contact information: Ga Aquarium || Website (if known):http://www.georgiaaquarium.org/teacherskids/professionaldevelopment.aspx ||
 * Other information you want to include: ||
 * Your first name (for credit): Erich ||


 * **Name of Opportunity: Forensic Science and Molecular Biology Workshop** || Location: || Dates (include year): ||
 * Short Description: Teachers basic of forensic and molecular biology so that teachers can bring these subjects to life in the classroom. ||
 * Cost? Free || Stipend? $200 || PLU's 1 Graduate Credit? ||
 * Contact information: biobus@gsu.edu || Website (if known): http://www.biobus.gsu.edu/workshops_new.html ||
 * Other information you want to include: They will cover cost of a substitute teacher ||
 * Your first name (for credit): Erich ||
 * Your first name (for credit): Erich ||


 * **Name of Opportunity:Monarch Butterflies in GA** || Location: Confederate Hall Stone Mt. Park || Dates (include year):Friday Oct. 1, 2, 2010 ||
 * Short Description: You will discover ways to incorporate monarch butterflies into the classroom. ||
 * Cost? $45 || Stipend? || PLU's 1 Graduate Credit? ||
 * Contact information: Susan Meyers 404-388-8228 || Website (if known): http://www.stonemountainpark.org/ ||
 * Other information you want to include: deadline Sept. 15th. ||
 * Your first name (for credit): Erich ||
 * Your first name (for credit): Erich ||

** || ==Location: Augusta State University == || Dates (include year): **June 16** | **July 21** | **August 18** | **September 15 2010** || Shelonda Houston Program Support Specialist Augusta State University Division of Continuing Education 2500 Walton Way Augusta, GA 30904-2200 USA
 * **Name of Opportunity:=====Teaching Science: Grades 4-6=====
 * **Name of Opportunity:=====Teaching Science: Grades 4-6=====
 * Short Description: Want to increase your effectiveness as a science teacher for the middle grades? Join us and learn about the nature and history of science as well as how to help students in this age group grasp the scientific method. ||
 * Cost? $99 || Stipend? No || PLU's? Graduate Credit? 2 ||
 * Contact information:

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 * Phone:** 706-737-1636 || Website (if known):
 * Other information you want to include: ||
 * Your first name (for credit): Oliver Ellis ||

** || Location: Augusta State University || Dates (include year): **June 16** | **July 21** | **August 18** | **September 15** 2010 || Shelonda Houston Program Support Specialist Augusta State University Division of Continuing Education 2500 Walton Way Augusta, GA 30904-2200 USA
 * **Name of Opportunity:=====Teaching Math: Grades 4-6=====
 * **Name of Opportunity:=====Teaching Math: Grades 4-6=====
 * Short Description: Reinvent math instruction for grades 4-6 by bringing hands-on learning, inexpensive manipulatives, and real-world connections into your classroom. Whether you’re a new teacher or a seasoned pro, this course will help you get your students excited about math! ||
 * Cost? $119 || Stipend? No || PLU's? Graduate Credit? 2 ||
 * Contact information:

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 * Phone:** 706-737-1636 || Website (if known):
 * Other information you want to include: There's a ton of other stuff through ASU, but it does cost some money. ||
 * Your first name (for credit): Oliver Ellis ||

Education Specialist Dryden Flight Research Center NASA Education Academic Investments 38256 Sierra Hwy, Suite A Palmdale, CA 93550 Phone: (661) 276-3888 Fax: (661) 265-9548 (fax) E-mail: shaun.smith@nasa.gov || Website (if known): ||
 * **Name of Opportunity;** Airborne Research Experiences for Educators Project || Location: NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in California || Dates (include year): 6 weeks in June and July ||
 * Short Description: Undergraduate students and teachers partner to conduct research observations on the DC-8 aircraft and subsequently develop related curriculum. The teachers assist and mentor the undergraduate students. The teams participate in a six-week residential science research program and create curriculum-based activities resulting from their observations and experiences during the six weeks. This is a complete end-to-end residential research experience in airborne remote-sensing and atmospheric science. ||
 * Cost? Airfare to the site || Stipend? No. || PLU's? Graduate Credit? Both available ||
 * Contact information: Shaun Smith
 * Contact information: Shaun Smith
 * Other information you want to include: looks so cool! ||
 * Your first name (for credit): Hannah Eisla ||


 * **Name of Opportunity: Rivers to Reef** || Location: The Georgia Aquarium || Dates (include year): June 13-18 and July 11-17, 2010 ||
 * Short Description:Teachers will wade into the watery world as they learn about watersheds, water quality, current aquatic issues and river, marsh and reef ecosystems. ||
 * Cost? Free? || Stipend? n/a || PLU's? Graduate Credit? 4 PLU ||
 * Contact information: No specific contact person. Email education@georgiaaquarium.org for more information. || Website (if known):http://www.georgiaaquarium.org/contactUs/ ||
 * Other information you want to include: ||
 * Your first name (for credit): Sam ||
 * Your first name (for credit): Sam ||


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