This is a listing of science course opportunities via internet. Graduate credit is offered through the The University of Miami. K-12 teachers will receive a weather radio for use in their classrooms and other learning materials. It is a Web based course with real time data delivered via a Web page twice a week. Participants will complete the work, fax it to a mentor for feedback and attend 3 face to face meeting during the semester beginning early September.
Every lesson has a hands-on component.
I would especially like to encourage 6th grade teachers to take the course since the revised standards have a heavy emphasis on weather. In fact, most every grade level now has some type of weather, water,or ocean content. It is a year-round scientific expedition designed to excite and engage students in grades 4 through 8 in science and technology, and to motivate and provide professional development for teachers. The SC Aquarium Education Leadership Partners Program is the key link between the Aquarium and classroom teachers in South Carolina. Becoming a partner means that you are anofficial Aquarium representative to the classroom teachers of South Carolina.