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| Information for educators from the Santa Clara Valley Water District | December 2006 |
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Upcoming events Friday, Jan. 19, 2007: FREE Wetlands curriculum workshop for high school teachers Wednesday, March 14-17, 2007 CABE (California Association for Bilingual Education) 32nd annual conference, Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach Friday, May 25, 2007
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Santa Clara Valley Water District’s We here at the water district would like to wish you and your students a bright, safe and happy holiday season. This is the electronic news update for December with links to events and opportunities coming up for you and/or your students. Please share this information with your colleagues. To learn how to be put on the distribution list, please read the instructions at the end of this email. Events Calendar Learn about current research in evolutionary biology, including behavior and defense, primate evolution, and coevolution and its impact on biodiversity, as well as current antievolution strategies, the intelligent design movement, and recent legal decisions concerning the teaching of evolution. This course is co-sponsored by the California Science Teachers Association, California Academy of Sciences, the Oakland Museum of California, and the National Center for Science Education. For further details and registration information, visit February 23, 2007: Project WET Teacher Workshop To sign up for this Project WET workshop, please contact: Flood Lessons on the web For primary (K-2): http://www.valleywater.org/media/pdf/floodlessonprimry_letter.pdf ), Middle grades (3-5): Middle school (6-8) GOOD TO KNOW Since 1953, Youth Science Institute (YSI) – a natural science museum with three centers serving Santa Clara County, California – has taught science using nature by focusing on the delicate interrelationship of people with the natural world. To learn about its sites, programs and events, visit www.ysi-ca.org City of San Jose’s Environmental Services provides resources including curriculum materials, teacher training, field trips and presentations, and grants and funding to teachers in the South Bay. To find out what they have to offer, click: http://www.sanjoseca.gov/esd/schools/ . The Bay Area Earth Science Institute (BAESI) offers a comprehensive, year-round program for training elementary, middle and high school teachers in earth science concepts and teaching strategies. BAESI promotes earth science, with its multi-disciplinary approach and relevance to everyday life, as a powerful tool for attracting more students, particularly under-represented students, to the sciences. BAESI's uniqueness and strength lie in its broad community resources to improve science literacy in the Bay Area. To find out more about what BAESI has to offer, visit www.baesi.org Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society’s mission has been to foster public awareness of native birds and their ecosystems and habitats in Santa Clara County. Through guided walks, public events, kids education and community awareness programs, the Audubon Society celebrates our feathered friends. To take a look at its calendar, get involved or check out its kids programs, visit www.scvas.org Would you like to help NASA inspire kids? Ames Exploration Encounter (AEE) would appreciate all the volunteers who are willing to work with NASA Education and our local school kids. For more information, visit http://encounter.arc.nasa.gov . California Coastal Commission’s Public Education Program works to increase public knowledge of coastal and marine resources and to engage the public in coastal protection and restoration activities. It offers a variety of conservation, education and community involvement programs. There is bound to be a program just right for you and your students, so get involved. Check out http://www.coastal.ca.gov/publiced/pendx.html Interested in water quality education? The California Water Boards proudly present "The Water Quality Service Learning Program and Water Quality Detectives After School Program." These student-centered investigations raises students' awareness of polluted runoff and how it impacts them, local waterways and the environment. To find out more about these programs, visit www.waterlessons.org . The NOAA Ocean Exploration program strives to engage broad audiences to enhance America’s environmental literacy through the excitement of ocean discovery. Increasing this literacy requires high-quality, effective collaborations between ocean explorers and America’s teachers. NOAA is forming such collaborations to reach out in new ways to the public to improve the literacy of learners with respect to ocean issues. To learn more about NOAA visit www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/edu/welcome.html .
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