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When is this happening? My high school honors geology class is studying geologic time right now. -----Original Message----- From: GEOEDUCATION RESEARCH INTEREST GROUP [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Britta Bookhagen Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 8:32 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Geo-educators for Lab Link:EARTHTIME I am writing to inform interested teachers about the Lab Link: EARTHTIME Project. Please pass this email on to teachers and colleagues you think might be interested. Lab Link: EARTHTIME is a major initiative funded by the NSF to push the science of geochronology forward and the PI is Sam Bowring of MIT. There is also an educational outreach component of the program that is being largely run by the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. We at the MIT museum in conjunction with Bowring and his colleagues at the Denver Musuem of Nature and science (DMNS) plan to expand these outreach activities, especially in the northeast. Our component will be to connect high school students from the Boston area (and nationally) with researchers in the Bowring Lab via the MIT Museum's MIT360 space for live audience video programs about the topic earth time/age of rocks. Ultimately this will be expanded to other labs as well. A selected audience of local high school earth science students will attend a live conversation among researchers at the MIT Museum while an online audience of schools from across the US will watch a live webcast and contribute questions through teleconferencing. A live video setup at the Bowring Lab will provide students with an immediate and interactive glimpse of a working laboratory for geochronology, and allow for moderated conversation among all parties: students watching the webcast, students in the live audience, researchers at the MIT Museum, and researchers in the Bowring Lab. Student engagement will continue after the event via online archived video and follow-up lesson plans developed by the MIT Museum and the Bowring Lab. Evaluation will be conducted through feedback collected from teachers in participating schools. Further information about the EARTHTIME project can be found on the webpage http://www.earth-time.org/ If you are interested in joining us (no matter if attending live or not) or if you have any questions, please contact me at [log in to unmask] sincerely Britta Bookhagen