[Scico-list] Fw: Last email for the summer? - teacher ed classes & workshops

[Peter J Modreski]

----- Forwarded by Peter J Modreski/DO/USGS/DOI on 05/23/2007 01:35 PM 
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Dear educators,

I wanted to send you one more email, mentioning some courses & other 
opportunities coming up this summer--before you all pack up and go home 
for the season.  I know that some school districts finish up this week 
already (some even, today), and some go for another week or two.

I hope you all have a great summer!

Sincerely, Pete

First I'll put in a plug for a couple of my own classes through CSM 
Teacher Enhancement:

Rocks and Minerals is a two-day, 1 credit hour class about the basics of 
rocks and minerals and how to teach about them, emphasizing a lot of 
hands-on activities, examining, and testing specimens.  It's CSM class 
CT-9666-07D, June 20-21, tuition fee $75.

Walking Tour of Building Stones in Denver precedes the above by one day; a 
one day, 1/2 credit hour class led by Jane Dianich and Pete Modreski, a 
stroll around downtown Denver examining what rocks were used as building 
stones, and including a field guide aimed at a tour for school classes. 
CSM class CT-04131-07D, June 19, tuition fee $60.  It's a fun and 
interesting trip.

Dinosaur Ridge Teachers' Workshop is a two-day, 1 credit hour class to 
see, learn about, and do some activities about the dinosaur bones and 
other fossils found at Dinosaur Ridge near Morrison; led by Norb Cygan & 
Pete Modreski.  CSM class CT-9206-07M, July 9-10, tuition fee $100.

It may or may not be getting too late to register for it, but I know that 
the Total Concept of the Mining Industry: All About Mining class still has 
openings.  CSM class CT-5700-07M, 6 credit hours, June 11-July 6, tuition 
fee $200.  A combination of lectures, field trips, lab and plant visits, 
and all in all this is a very interesting and stimulating class; quite an 
experience.  Go to its description on the CSM website,
http://www.mines.edu/Outreach/Cont_Ed/total.htm
where there's a link to the website giving a full description, photos, 
etc., about the unique class.

Descriptions of all the CSM Teacher Enhancement Classes can be viewed 
online at  http://www.mines.edu/Outreach/Cont_Ed/teacher.shtml
or call 303-273-3303.

** Not a for-credit class, but last summer we led a teacher workshop to 
visit the "Rock Room" at the USGS Drill Core Research Center for teachers 
to gather free rock & mineral samples to use in class, followed by a field 
trip to visit one or more interesting field sights where we can see, and 
collect more samples, of Colorado rocks and minerals.   I would like to do 
this one day again this summer, but have not yet set any specific date; 
probably, some time in mid-July.   I'll be sending out word about this in 
a future email.   If you are interested, and especially if you will not be 
reachable through your school district email address, please write or call 
me, and I will know to keep you informed about when we will do this.

The 20007 Colorado Ground Water Institute Program, a two-day class for 
teachers, held in 8 cities throughout the US, "is an innovative two-day 
training program to help educators increase their understanding of ground 
water science and water resource issues".   The Colorado session will be 
held at the USGS offices on the Denver Federal Center, July 10-11.  The 
attendance fee is only $25 (refunded upon completion of the class).  For 
more info, I am going to forward a second email with attachments giving a 
complete description of the class; or, you may contact for further 
details,

Garret W. Graaskamp, PG
Ground Water Specialist
American Ground Water Trust
16 Centre Street
Concord, NH 03301
Tel:    603-228-5444
Fax:    603-228-6557
Web:    www.agwt.org

Colorado River Watch "is a statewide volunteer water quality-monitoring 
program operated by the non profit 501(c)3 Colorado Watershed Network in 
cooperation with the Colorado Division of Wildlife. Our mission is to work 
with voluntary stewards to monitor water quality and other indicators of 
watershed health, and utilize this high quality data to educate citizens 
and inform decision makers about the condition of Colorado?s waters."  To 
have your school or organization participate, you can attend either of two 
training sessions to be held this summer or fall, Aug. 1-3 in Pueblo CO or 
Sep. 23-25 in Pingree Park, Larimer Co. CO.  The fee for new groups to 
become part of the River Watch program is a one time cost of $300.  With 
this fee, groups will obtain over $1200 worth of water quality equipment 
and covers one person?s attendance to a training of your choice.  River 
Watch will be holding two trainings this fall.  The first will be held in 
Pueblo*.  A second will be held at Pingree Park, a Colorado State 
University field station in the Poudre River Valley, 45 min north of Fort 
Collins.  Students are welcome to attend either training if accompanied by 
an adult.  Continuing education credits (up to 4) will be available from 
the Colorado School of Mines at an additional cost.
"If you are interested in attending these trainings or learning more about 
our program, please contact River Watch Program Coordinator Curtis 
Hartenstine at curtis.hartenstine at state.co.us    or at (303) 291-7412. "
* August 1-3 we will be in Pueblo.  The first 2 days will focus on water 
quality sampling and analysis and the nuts and bolts of River Watch.  The 
third day of the training and covers macroinvertebrate sampling and 
physical habitat analysis.  There will be a cost of $60per person to 
attend.  Lodging and evening meals will be the responsibility of the 
participant.  The deadline to register for this event is July 8th.

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Peter J. Modreski
U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado
Central Region Office of Communications
Public Relations and Educational Outreach
tel. 303-202-4766, fax 303-202-4767
email pmodreski at usgs.gov
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