South Carolina Geography Institutes Summer 2011
The South Carolina Geographic Alliance accepts participants from other states for its two summer institutes. Please consider sending your teachers to us. Two opportunities: June 12-24: Alliance Summer Geography Institute. This is a traditional TC development institute. Lots of content, lots of field trips, 3 graduate credits. Application materials here: http://www.cas.sc.edu/cege/events/asgi_events.html June 12-17: Geotechnology Institute. One week of GIS, GPS, virtual globes – all tailored...
Read MoreWe Help Teachers Explore the World!
Would you like to earn professional development/graduate school credit while seeing the world? Would your students benefit by learning from a teacher with first hand experience in other countries? Would you like to travel abroad on inexpensive trips designed specifically for educators? If this interests you please visit www.geeo.org. For the summer of 2011, GEEO is offering travel programs to India, China, Vietnam, Turkey / Syria / Jordan / Egypt, Ethiopia, South Africa / Mozambique / Zimbabwe...
Read MoreTeaching Opportunity at Nashua Community College
I am currently seeking an adjunct instructor to teach introduction to geography (GEON 101) for the spring semester. The meeting time is Monday from 8:00-9:50 am and Wednesday from 8:00-8:50 am. Classes begin the week of January 19th and the final will be given the week of April 26th. A course description is available in the online catalog found on our website at www.nashuacc.edu. The successful candidate will have at least a master’s degree in geography or a related discipline. If anyone...
Read MoreJourney North: A Global Study of Wildlife Migration and Seasonal Change.
Journey North engages students in a global study of wildlife migration and seasonal change. K-12 students share their own field observations with classmates across North America. They track the coming of spring through the migration patterns of monarch butterflies, robins, hummingbirds, whooping cranes, gray whales, bald eagles— and other birds and mammals; the budding of plants; changing sunlight; and other natural events. Find migration maps, pictures, standards-based lesson plans,...
Read MoreHost teachers needed.
Middle-High School Geography Teachers Needed to Host Visiting Teachers from Germany Folks, First, thanks for helping me in placing the German Fulbright teachers in schools around the country during the week of April 12. Let me explain what is needed and why. The teachers are sponsored by a Fulbright grant and have been selected by the German Fulbright Commission. This program has been in effect for a number of years in a variety of forms. Having worked with prior groups of German teacher, I...
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“The programs offered by the New Hampshire Geographic Alliance are possible due to the support of the National Geographic Education Foundation and Keene State College.”
