The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science is offering a FREE online workshop to help middle and high school educators in the Chesapeake Bay watershed within WV, MD, VA, PA, and DC guide students through a local field-based watershed investigation using FieldScope, a classroom-friendly mapping program developed by National Geographic. Participants will learn to use the Mapping Our Streams curricular unit, in which students analyze human impacts on a local stream site that YOU select. We will help you adapt this unit for your classroom. Before the workshop, participants must do about 2 hours of work on their own reviewing FieldScope and identifying possible local stream sites for the curricular unit. To participate in any one of the following 90-minute workshop sessions, all you need is a phone and internet connectio. 2011 Mapping Our Streams with FieldScope
Educator Online Workshop
Registration due June 17 2011
This online workshop will help you guide students through a local field-based watershed investigation using a classroom-friendly mapping program developed by National Geographic (FieldScope). You will learn to use the Mapping Our Streams curricular unit, in which students analyze human impacts on a local stream site that you select. We will help you adapt this unit for your classroom. This online workshop is part of the Chesapeake FieldScope User Group project, which is a collaboration between National Geographic and the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science and is
funded by NOAA B-WET.
WHAT WILL YOU RECEIVE?
• Mapping Our Streams curricular unit aligned with state middle and high school science standards in Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia and D.C.
• Training and support on the online FieldScope mapping program
WHERE AND WHEN?
The Where is any location of your choosing where you have a phone and Internet connection. The When is one of the three dates listed below. Before the 90-minute online workshop, you will do about two hours of work on your own (reviewing
FieldScope and identifying possible local stream sites for the curricular unit).
Online workshop session options
July 7 2011 10:00am-11:30am
July 20 2011 10:00am-11:30am
August 2 2011 10am-11:30am
WHO SHOULD APPLY ?
PA, WV, MD, VA and D.C. science teachers in the Chesapeake Bay watershed interested in local field-based watershed investigations using an online mapping tool. This workshop is recommended for those working with middle and high school
students. Workshop participants must have access to a phone and computer with Internet connection for the 90-minute workshop. APPLICATIONS DUE JUNE 17 2011
Go to the below website to register for this free workshop. Contact Cassie Doty at
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or 301.689.7134 http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MOSonlineworkshop Apply for the workshop by June 17 by completing the online survey at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MOSonlineworkshop. Contact Cassie Doty at
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