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Professional Development at the Museum of Flight
Museum of Flight is committed to delivering rich educational experiences for all educators. See below for an exciting list of upcoming events and workshops. Classes are free for Museum members and $25 for non-members. K - 12 Educator Open House Dates: Saturday, October 11, 2008; Saturday, February 7, 2009 Time: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Audience: K - 12 educators, administrators, and their families Atoms And Elements: Discovering Where They Came From Dates: Saturday, December 6, 2008; Saturday, February 28, 2009 Time: 10:00 am - 1:00 pm Audience: Educators teaching students in grades 9-12 Google in the Classroom Dates: Saturday, October 11, 2008, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm; Wednesday, February 11, 2009, 5:00 - 8:00 pm Audience: Educators teaching students in grades 4-12 Our Solar System: Journey to The Planets Dates: Saturday, October 4, 2008; Saturday, February 7, 2009 Time: 10:00 am - 1:00 pm Audience: Educators teaching students in grades 6-8 FOSS and Beyond FOSS Science workshops Multiple FOSS kit topics and workshop dates; see website for calendar. Questions: clc@museumofflight.org or 206-768-7216 From: Museum of Flight
Facing the Future's New Online Course
Are you interested in continuing professional development? Unable to attend a Facing the Future workshop? Would you like to learn at your own pace?Facing the Future is offering an online course on teaching about global issues and sustainability. Facing the Future: Educating & Inspiring a Global Generation is an online, independent continuing education course available through The Heritage Institute. The course encourages educators to build upon their teaching expertise and to think creatively about how to integrate global issues, sustainability, and local solutions into their curricula. Appropriate for teachers of grades 5-12, participants may elect to receive 1 Quarter Credit from Antioch University Seattle, 10 Washington Clock Hours, 10 Oregon PDUs, or 1 CEU. The credit option requires completion of additional reading and written assignments. Educators can learn more about the course and register here. For questions about the course, please contact Dave Wilton .From: Facing the Future
Space Elevator Website
Have you heard of the space elevator? Conceptually, it is a 22,000 mile high cable that reaches into space to transport people and goods. How? Why? Weird!Find out more about the space elevator at this PBS NOVA website. You'll find lots of fascinating information about the space elevator, including videos and a teacher's guide.
Events at the NW Stream Center
The Adopt-A-Stream Foundation will host the following premier events at their center in Everett. ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATORS INSTITUTE: REDISCOVERY AS IF THE EARTH MATTERS This workshop offers educators a rare opportunity to fully immerse themselves in experiential learning skills, to develop keener insights into cross-cultural understanding and to discover new ways to bring environmental concepts and lessons into the classroom. Instructor Thom Henley will draw from his extensive travel experiences and 25 years of working with youth to provide an indoor/outdoor workshop that is both insightful and stimulating. He is considered by many to be one of the best in the world at training adults how to teach youth to appreciate nature and different cultures. WHEN: 8:30am-4:30pm Wednesday-Thursday, August 20-21, 2008 REGISTRATION: $150.00 (includes lunch). Advance registration (by August 12th) required. CREDITS: WWU (2 credits); WSTA (16 Teacher Clock Hours). SUSTAINING LIVING RIVERS: THE ROLE OF BIOLOGICAL MONITORING Interested in determining the biological effects of human development around streams? Here is a chance to learn how from one of the premier stream ecologists in the country and a terrific speaker -- Dr. James Karr University of Washington. He will provide you with a thorough introduction to the use of underwater insects as a biological monitoring tool. At the end of this event, you will understand how to gather field samples and evaluate the biological health of your stream -- a very valuable tool! WHEN: 8:30am-4:30pm Friday, August 15, 2008 TICKETS: $45 Members / $50 Non-Members. Includes Lunch. Advance registration required. CREDITS: WSTA (8 Teacher Clock Hours) WETLAND WIGGLERS Naturalists Tom Noland and Lori Powlas will introduce you to the connections between healthy watersheds, wetlands, wildlife, fish and aquatic insects. Aquatic insects are important indicators of wetland health and water quality, as well as vital parts of the wetland food chain. Come view some living critters from the resident pond, and learn about their cycles and habitats. Fun for the entire family! WHEN: Tuesday, August 19, 2008, 11-3pm TICKETS: $5 Members / $7 Non-Members. Includes Lunch. Advance registration required. CREDITS: WSTA (2 Teacher Clock Hours) BENEFICIAL INSECTS Come learn from Naturalist Tom Noland about the beneficial insects in your own backyard that perform valuable services like pollination and pest control. Did you know dragonflies eat large quantities of mosquitoes, and lady bugs eat aphids and mites? Also learn which companion plants function in attracting beneficial insects. Ages: 4th Grade to Adult WHEN: Tuesday, August 26, 2008, 1-2:30pm TICKETS: $5 Members / $7 Non-Members. Includes Lunch. Advance registration required. CREDITS: WSTA (1.5 Teacher Clock Hours) WONDERFUL WOODLANDS AND WETLANDS! Spend a week with Ecologist Sarah Wilkins exploring North Creek and the surrounding woods! Peer into a salmon pool, hunt for aquatic insects, learn about native plants, and uncover signs of wildlife. For students entering Grades 3-5. WHEN: Monday-Friday, August 25-29, 2008, 9am-12noon TICKETS: $120 Members / $125 Non-Members. Includes Snack. Advance registration required. Contact/Venue Info: Adopt-A-Stream Foundation's NW Stream Center, McCollumPark, 600 128th Street SE, Everett, WA 98208; www.streamkeeper.org.
COLUMBIAkids Launch Party!
The Washington State Historical Society is proud to announce a new, free online children's magazine called COLUMBIAkids, due to launch in August 2008. Thanks to a grant from the Verizon Foundation, this new e-publication will bring a whole new twist to exploring Pacific Northwest history.Written especially for kids up to age 14, COLUMBIAkids will feature amazing people, places, and objects from the Pacific Northwest's past. With exciting stories and special departments such as "One Day in History," "Homework Helper," and "Northwest Hotspot," COLUMBIAkids will not only be a great read for children, it will be a fabulous resource for teachers who want to integrate reading, writing, and Pacific Northwest history. Also included in COLUMBIAkidsis a special kid-written section called "Northwest Book Swap." We invite all young writers to review a book by a Pacific Northwest author and submit that review to us at COLUMBIAkids. Reviews that get accepted for publication will be accompanied by an author response.
COLUMBIAkids Launch PartyThursday, August 14, 2008 from 3-8 pm at the Washington State History Museum
Help us celebrate the launch of the Washington State Historical Society's new online magazine for kids, COLUMBIAkids. Meet the writers, illustrators, and people who inspired the premiere issue's feature stories. Enjoy author readings, special "back story" presentations, and a book signing reception for Northwest Book Swap authors. It's a great event for the whole family.
Don't miss an amazing line-up of readings by our NW Book Swap authors starting at 3pm followed by a book-signing and reception. The evening program, complete with a sneak peek of COLUMBIAkids and special "back-story" presentations, begins at 6pm.
Northwest Book Swap authors and exciting "Back Story" presenters includes:
Anjali Banerjee, Bonny Becker, Carmen "T" Bernier Grand, Dia Calhoun, Lois Harry, Susan Marlow, Suzanne Williams, Richard Jesse Watson, Kirby Larson, and Sherman Alexie.This program is free and open to the public. Visit here for more information.
From: Washington State Historical Society
Astronauts and Cosmonauts at the UW
The Association of Space Explorers is holding its annual Planetary Congress in Seattle, September 15 to September 20, 2008, titled Exploring Space - Inspiring Planetary Stewardship. The University of Washington is pleased to participate in the Planetary Congress by hosting panel discussions on Tuesday, September 16, 2008, in Meany Hall. Please mark your calendars for these exciting events:-- Astronauts and cosmonauts from Europe, Russia, Canada, and the United States will discuss their countries' space programs during the Space Program Review panel from 9 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.-- Panelists will discuss the effects of space and air travel on human health during the Human Health for Long Duration Exploration seminar from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. The presentations are free and open to the public. They are sponsored by the School of Medicine, College of Engineering, and Office of the President. This is only the third time since 1985 that the Planetary Congress has been held in the United States. Please contact Gail Gautestad at 206-616-9733 with questions about the panel presentations at the University of Washington.From: Dean Paul Ramsey, School of Medicine and Dean Matt O'Donnell, College of Engineering
Spring/Summer/Fall/Winter in the Mountains
   A hike last weekend reminded me how the seasons all collide together in the mountains. This time of the year, it is spring! You can tell because the skunk cabbage and trillium are just starting to bloom, the lady fern is unfurling its fronds, and the creeks and waterfalls are swollen with snowmelt. No, wait, it is summer. The sure sign is the alpine fields covered in wildflowers and that honeyed-sweet smell that the air gets as you cross a high elevation meadow.
Just kidding! It's fall. A crisp breeze blows down the valley forcing you to shrug on a sweater.
Wait, it's winter. Snow fields dot the landscape starting at surprisingly low elevations and then, completely consume the trail so that the only choice is to turn back toward home. It is my favorite season in the mountains: Spring/Summer/Winter.
Finding Nature in NYC
    There's nothing quite as satisifying, and at the same time strange, as fulfilling my nature-lust in New York City. In early June, I got to put a great big checkmark on one of the items on my life list: a trip to the American Museum of Natural History. For five hours, I prowled the halls and exhibits of the museum, drunk from the detailed dioramas, articulated skeletons, fossils, gemstones, replicas, and so much more. It was spectacular. A few days later, a NYC friend and I made our way to Evolution Nature Store in SoHo where I had a very unusal shopping list: muskrat skull, native silver nugget, dried starfish, fossilized sand dollar, butterfly wing, and a slab of slate filled with ammonite fossils. Ah, heaven!
Plants in Space Design Challenge
PLANTS IN SPACE (K-12)Plant growth will be an important part of space exploration in the future. NASA scientists anticipate that astronauts may be able to grow plants on the moon, and the plants could be used to supplement meals. Through the NASA Engineering Design Challenge, K-12 students will design, build, and evaluate lunar plant growth chambers. They will also receive cinnamon basil seeds flown last year on the space shuttle Endeavour and test lunar growth chambers by growing and comparing both space-flown and Earth-based control seeds. To register and receive more information, click here. From: NASA
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