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BVSD Earth Science Workshop - 19 Oct. 2009

Our staff presented a workshop to teachers from Boulder Valley School District (BVSD) and St. Vrain Valley School District on October 19, 2009. The topic of the workshop was working together to support BVSD's new high school Earth science course. Some of the resources presented at the workshop are listed (and linked to) below:

• Windows to the Universe web site
• "The Case for Earth System Science" PowerPoint slideshow by Roberta Johnson (Director, UCAR's Office of Education and Outreach). Members download Powerpoint presentation here
• "Resources for Teaching about Biogeochemical Cycles" - links to resources mentioned by Lisa Gardiner
• Resources presented by Randy Russell on Sea Ice Graphing, Virtual Ballooning, atmospheric layers and chemistry, magnetism & geomagnetism & space weather, carbon dioxide, etc.
• Visualization Lab

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