Workshops
Advanced Project WILD Workshops
These weekend programs provide in-depth information on specific
wildlife topics. The workshops are designed to complement and
reinforce the Department of Education Science Curriculum Standards
and involve participants in inquiry based hands-on science. All
workshops begin on Friday evenings and end Sunday at noon. The
registration fee is $45.00 which includes meals, lodging for 2
nights, and take home educational materials and supplies.
Endangered Species: February 4-6, 2000, SCDNR Center
Garnet, SC
Wild and Crafty Weekend: March 3-5, 2000, Harbison Forest
Environmental Center
Getting Hooked on Trout: March 10-12, 2000, Walhalla Fish
Hatchery
Loggerhead Legacy: July 14-16, 2000, USC Beaufort,
Pritchards Isl.
To Register: Contact Project Wild 803-734-3814
Encountering the Invisible
Radiation Energy Workshop for High School
Teachers
Volunteer Instructors: Dr. Ken Crase, Kevin Collins, Dennis
Hadlock, Bob Kellner, Fred Ogden, Charles Lewis, John Moxley, Ron
Smith, Jim Stafford, Mike Matheny
Date: Saturday, February 12, 2000
Times: 9:00 AM-3:00 PM
Course Fee: Free
Location: Ruth Patrick Science Ed Center Room 218
Course Description: The workshop will include hands-on activities
with radiation survey instruments. Participants will receive a survey
instrument to use in their class. Additional instruments will be
available through the Traveling Science and Mathematics Program at
the Ruth Patrick Science Education Center. There will be 4 hours of
class instruction and 2 hours of experimentation with the
instruments. Participants will receive a radiation counter for their
classroom, $50 stipend, all printed materials, and lunch.
To Register: Call the RPSEC at 641-3313
or (from Augusta) 278-1967, ext. 3313.
Water Quality Analysis of an Urban
Wetland
Credit: Six hours of recertification credit
Instructors: Dr. Monty Fetterolf
Dates: Mondays & Wednesdays, January 10-April 24,
2000
Times: 4:00-5:50 PM
Course Fee: $25 application Fee
Location: USCA Science Building Room 301
Course Description: Course will include experience in
Calculator-Based Lab technology, free lab manual for in-service
teachers, field work at Hopeland Gardens in Aiken, introduction to
the EPA's Water Quality Index system, and experiments designed around
one water quality test using real surface water samples and
straightforward CBL equipment. Students must have an interest in
learning more about applied technology and water quality and
returning what has been learned to the classroom.
Contact Monty Fetterolf at 641-3378 (leave a message) or use
e-mail at montyf@aiken.sc.edu for more details and information.
Teaching Teachers Sustainable
Forestry
The SC Forestry Commission is now accepting applications for their
SC Teachers' Tour to be held June 13th through 16th, 2000 in the
Midlands region. Teacher participants will spend four days touring
the forests of South Carolina and examining forestry practices and
the forest industry. Topics covered will be: forest management;
emphasizing sustainable forestry, ecosystem management and
bio-diversity; forest product production, including harvesting and
processing into products; and wildlife conservation including
endangered species protection. Participants will also receive
resource materials to use in the classrooms along with training in
Project Learning Tree, an activity-based multi-disciplinary
environmental education curriculum designed to teach critical and
creative thinking. Preference will be given to full-time certified
school teachers for grades 3 - 8, specializing in environmental
studies and Secondary teachers specializing in environmental studies,
life sciences, biology, Tech Prep or natural resource education. All
meals, lodging, materials, and transportation during the tour will be
provided FREE by the sponsors of the Teachers' Tour. Teachers wishing
to earn graduate credit for re-certification offered by the
University of Charleston will be required to pay a small fee ($20 per
credit hour) upon acceptance into the tour. (Additional attendance
and work is required for graduate credit.)
To learn more about the course call Jerry Shrum at (803) 896-8892
or e-mail: jshrum.scfc@juno.com. Information and applications are
also available on-line at the SC Forestry Commission's web site at
www.state.sc.us/forest .
December
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(December, 1999)
Ruth Patrick Science Education
Center
Center of Excellence in Educational
Technology
University of South Carolina
Aiken
471 University Parkway
Aiken, SC 29801
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