STEM Ed Announcement: FREE Grad Meteorology Course

["Mort Sternheim" <mort@k12s.phast.umass.edu>]

This is not a UMass program
 Contact information is below.
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 Free graduate level Meteorology Course designed and funded by NOAA &  
 NSF and facilitated by University of New York, Brockport.
 
 Datastreme Atmosphere Course is the initial step in the training of  
 Datastreme Atmosphere Course is the initial step in the training of  
 Weather Resource Teachers with their participation in the Datastreme  
 Atmosphere distance-learning course. The 13-week course is offered  
 twice a year to selected participants. It is designed to enhance  
 public understanding of the  atmospheric portion of the Earth system  
 and its interaction with people using electronically transmitted  
 environmental data and learning materials combined with Text readings  
 and Investigations Manual activities and Current Weather Studies  
 online investigations. Teachers will become their school's  
 representative as part of a major national science education program  
 conducted by the American Meteorological Society. The course is free  
 and includes 3 free graduate credits in most states. (SUNY Brockport  
 is currently negotiating with Department of Elementary and Secondary  
 Education to have the 3 credits count in the state of Massachusetts.)
 
 Link to course website:
 http://www.ametsoc.org/amsedu/dstreme/DSindex.html

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