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Sure. I would be happy to post the information. What a wonderful way to teach geology! The honors geology is a new course that I have developed with UCLA with the help of an NSF grant. My students get credit at UCLA (an attempt to compete with AP science courses). I am now in the process of giving teacher workshops at GSA, NSTA, etc. to promote the course. If you know any local high school teachers that would like to work with your university to initiate a similar course, give them my name. Wendy Van Norden Harvard-Westlake School 3700 Coldwater Canyon No. Hollywood, CA 91604 818 487-6665 ________________________________ From: GEOEDUCATION RESEARCH INTEREST GROUP [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Robert Thomas Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 9:55 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Geo-educators for Lab Link:EARTHTIME Wendy, It is great to hear that a high school has an honors geology class! I am in Montana, and geology (earth science) is relegated to a "bone-head" science course for freshmen. In any case, I was wondering if you might be willing to post some information on our program at Montana Western for your students to see. I have a very nice poster and some fliers. Montana Western is the first and only public university in the U.S. to offer classes one at a time (block scheduling). We use it to teach students in the field (almost 100%), and given our setting in southwest Montana, the students work in places like Yellowstone National Park. The campus boasts about 1200 students who are eager and hard working. In any case, it is good to hear about the honors geology program. Thanks.......Rob On Jan 8, 2008, at 10:33 AM, Van Norden, Wendy wrote: 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 ________________________________________________________ Robert C. Thomas, Ph.D. Professor of Geology Department of Environmental Sciences The University of Montana Western Dillon, MT 59725 Phone: (406) 683-7615 Cell: (406) 925-3946 FAX: (406) 683-7493 Website: http://www.umwestern.edu/envirosci -- "I'll know my song well before I start singing".....Dylan