Workshop opportunities

Applications are being accepted for the National Youth Science Camp, an all-expenses-paid intense residential science education program for young scientists the summer after they graduate from high school. This educational and recreational forum offers lecture programs, outdoor trips, and special events to provide new challenges and opportunities to future scientists, engineers, mathematicians, and health care professionals... Full description

Earth2Class "Saturday Workshops for Educators" 2008 - 2009 series present cutting edge research that can be used to develop learning activities directly linked to "real-world problems." Themes include impact crates, Antarctic investigations, plate tectonics, GIS in the classroom, global climate models and discoveries from the ocean floor... Full description

K-12 Educators in the District of Columbia Metropolitan Region are eligible to participate in a free, stipend-based workshop which emphasize aquatic and marine sciences. The workshops include 10 hours of instruction over two consecutive Saturdays. Each participant will receive a $100 stipend and approximately $100 worth of resources for their classroom... Full description

K-12 science teachers, curriculum specialists, and other educators can learn the use and application of conceptual strand maps in Atlas 1 and Atlas 2, along with other Project 2061 resources, to enhance their own understanding of science literacy and help students achieve literacy in science, mathematics, and technology... Full description

The Unidata Program Center is presenting its 2006 series of Software Training Workshops. These workshops feature old favorites such as McIDAS, GEMPAK, and LDM; Unidata's newest visualization package, the IDV; and three sessions newly developed for this year's workshop: netCDF for Developers, netCDF Java, and THREDDS Data Server Administration... Full description