Environmental
Science Learning Lab:
Bringing
the Outdoors In and
The
Indoors Out
July
29-August 2 and August 5-August 9, 2002
8:00 am –
12:00pm, 1:00pm-4:30 pm daily
Sponsored by: Dwight D. Eisenhower Professional
Development Program
through
SHEPHERD
COLLEGE (undergraduate
credit) or
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY (graduate credit)
Where: Shepherd College (Shepherdstown, WV) and selected field and schoolyard sites.
Who can attend: 9 (nine) in-service teachers and 9 (nine) pre-service teachers, selected by application.
How to apply: Application is attached as a separate sheet. Click here to download.
Deadline: All applications must be received by May 31, 2002, to be considered.
Stipend: $400.00 awarded upon completion of the two week course. $120.00 awarded upon completion of two Saturday followup meetings in Fall 2002.
Credit: 3 undergraduate (Shepherd) or graduate (WVU) credits awarded upon completion of the two week course and two Saturday followup meetings in Fall 2002. Tuition will be waived for the undergraduate or graduate credit.
About the Course: Field-oriented format with practical applications of the biological and earth sciences to schools and outdoor/schoolyard classrooms. The major course components:
Lecture: Instructors will employ scientific inquiry as a central theme to enhance skills in earth, environmental, and space sciences.
Lab: Through hands-on activities, the lecture component will be linked to laboratory techniques and tools. Instructional materials will be provided.
Field Study: Earth, environmental, and space sciences all originate in the field. The field experience will connect lecture and lab components to the real world, including one required overnight field excursion to Green Bank, Dolly Sods, and Seneca Rocks.
Schoolyards: The lecture, lab, and field components will be synthesized into the development of lesson plans, providing useful applications to classrooms and schoolyards.
Instructors:
- Dr. Edward Snyder, Professor of Environmental Studies, Shepherd College
- Dr. Jason Best, Assistant Professor of Astrophysics, Shepherd College
- Georgia Jeppesen, Education Specialist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife National Conservation Training Center
- Kristin Alexander, Director of the Yankauer Preserve, Potomac Valley Audubon Society
- Dr. Doug Kennard, Director of Teacher Education, Shepherd College
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
DR. EDWARD SNYDER
PHONE: 304-876-5428 or 304-876-5227
E-MAIL: ESNYDER@SHEPHERD.EDU OR