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STEM Ed Announcement: Earth and Space Science Summer Institute
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- Subject: STEM Ed Announcement: Earth and Space Science Summer Institute
- From: "Mort Sternheim" <mort@k12s.phast.umass.edu>
- Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2013 18:50:45 -0500
This is a UMass Amherst STEM Ed program
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Earth and Space Science
A summer course for middle and high school teachers
Taught at UMass Amherst
Sponsored by the NSF and the STEM Education Institute at UMass
Amherst
" Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday morning, August 6 - 8, 2013
at U Mass Amherst
" 9:00 to 3:30 Tuesday and Wednesday, and 9:00 to 12:00 on
Thursday
" $150 stipend and materials provided to each teacher
" Free PDPs (no graduate credit)
Earth and Space Science will develop an understanding of planetary
accretion and evolution and the place of the Earth in the solar
system.
" Making a planet: From elements to dust to planetesimals
" Why there are volcanoes
" What shapes the crusts of planets; what do we see in NASA
photos?
" Comparative planetology using maps
" What is the lifetime of a planet?
Along the way we will cover pertinent topics in mathematics,
including:
" Units and converting units
" Scale and dimensional analysis
" Scientific notation and significant figures
Application process: Teachers should prepare:
" a one-page narrative statement of how they intend to use the
information in their classroom;
" a recent resume
" a letter of support from their school principal or
superintendent.
These three items should be emailed as pdf documents to Dr. Lindy
Elkins-Tanton at ltelkins@dtm.ciw.edu.
Applications are due by April 1, 2013. Late applications will be
accepted if there is space.
For more information, contact Dr. Lindy Elkins-Tanton, Carnegie
Institution for Science, Washington DC: ltelkins@dtm.ciw.edu.
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