NCGE/AAG EXCELLENCE OF SCHOLARSHIP AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED!

NCGE/AAG EXCELLENCE OF SCHOLARSHIP AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED!

The NCGE/AAG Excellence of Scholarship Award recognizes graduating seniors majoring in geography for outstanding academic achievement. Award winners are chosen by individual geography departments. See the 2015 Excellence of Scholarship Award winners here!

Congratulations to Katelyn Mericle of University of Northern Colorado for her achievement as an NCGE 2015 Excellence of Scholarship Winner!

Teaching Controversial Science Topics: A Teaching Workshop

Teaching Controversial Science Topics: A Teaching WorkshopWhen: 8am- 5pm, Saturday, August 29th, 2015Where: University of Colorado Boulder CampusWho: High School Teachers, but anyone who is interested in these topics is welcome!How much? FREE, unless you would like Colorado School of Mines Continuing Education credit for $35.Please RSVP and to register for credit: Email  CU.EEB.EOC@GMAIL.COM

Interested in current research in evolutionary biology and climate change?  Want to enrich how you teach these topics in the classroom? Need to earn graduate-level course credits? Then join us at the University of Colorado for a day long workshop where we will delve into the pedagogy of evolution and climate change through a new series of lectures, discussions, panels, lesson plans, and activities. Graduate students and faculty members from diverse departments, as well as educators from local schools, will present information from different fields in evolutionary and climate change biology, walk through incorporating current research into the classroom, and examine the roles of science, evolution, and climate change in education and society.

This day long workshop, held at the University of Colorado at Boulder, is worth 0.5 credit hours through the Colorado School of Mines Teacher Enhancement Program for $35.00. Attendance at the workshop is free for those who do not wish to receive credit.  Did you attend last year?  Don’t worry, all of the material will be new and you can still get credit!  Free lunch and snacks will be provided throughout the day.  

This year's event will be held on AUGUST 29th, 2015  at the University of Colorado at Boulder campus. Please RSVP soon!

RSVP and Questions to: CU.EEB.EOC@GMAIL.COM

Monitoring Climate from Space

Monitoring Climate from Space

Explore our planet from space and learn how Earth observation is used to monitor climate change, with this free online course.

Seeing the Earth from space allows us to gain this global perspective. By using Earth observation techniques, we can now monitor global environmental change on a scale that has never before been possible.

Earth observation has not only revolutionised the way we perceive our home, but changed the way we understand our profound impact on the environment. This technology has brought on a transformation in the way we observe, monitor and study our planet.

Starts June 8th for 5 weeks

Click here for more information.

Job Opportunity at the Denver Zoo!

Outreach Specialist: Service Programs - Learning

and Guest Engagement Department

At Denver Zoo, our mission is to secure a better world for animals through human understanding. We are a respected leader in animal care and exhibition, conservation programs, scientific study, environmental education and public service.

This position advances the mission of Denver Zoo by supporting off-site outreach programs that present live animals and biofacts (animal specimens) to a wide range of audiences.  Program focus is on Outreach service learning programs, which is Denver Zoo programming that facilitates student-driven community service projects in conjunction with classroom teachers and external supporting partners.

This is a regular full-time position with excellent benefits including complete medical/dental/vision coverage, 403(b) retirement plan and a generous vacation package. 

Find out more about qualifications, funtions, and additional responsibilities here!

Please apply through our website at www.denverzoo.org

Internal candidates:  please submit your resume and cover letter to zoointernalapps@denverzoo.org

 and indicate the job for which you are applying in the subject box

Denver Zoo is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Closing Date: May 18, 2015

Earth Systems Science Teacher Professional Development/Mountain Research Experience

Earth Systems Science Teacher Professional Development/Mountain Research Experience

Earth Systems Science: Exploring Change in the Critical Zone Teacher Professional Development Field Course for Middle and High School Practitioners

August 7th-9th, 2015

Join experts from the University of Colorado Boulder and other national-level organizations for three days of experiential learning, field-science research, hands-on activities and classroom resources focused on Earth Systems Science and the Boulder Creek Critical Zone Observatory Program. Based from the inspiring CU Mountain Research Station on Niwot Ridge, with field explorations of local steams, ponds, snowfields, research sites and areas impacted by recent forest fires, this will be a fun, enriching and educational experience for all participants. 

Activities and content include:

    Standards-Based Earth Systems Science in the Field and Classroom

    Geologic History, Erosion and Deposition in the Colorado Front Range

    Forest Ecology, Forest Measurement and Fire Ecology

    Hydrology, Water Quality Measurement and Watershed Science

    Weather, Climate, Snow and the Future of Water in the Colorado Front Range

Program Information:

    Stipend: $250 for the full three-day workshop

    Certificate for 24 hours of Professional Development

    Graduate Credit: Available from CU-Boulder Continuing Education for a cost of $120/credit. Workshop participants can receive 1.5 credits for the field course and an additional 0.5 credit for work completed during the 2014-2015 school year

    Housing and Meals at the CU Mountain Research Station Provided

    Classroom Activity Guide and Resources Provided

Applications still being accepted!  Workshop Website:

  http://sciencediscovery.colorado.edu/class/teacher-mountain-research-experience/

National Geographic Engineering Exploration Challenge

National Geographic Engineering Exploration Challenge

The Engineering Exploration Challenge is back! National Geographic wants you to solve up to three big challenges that explorers often face when they are out in the field by using your own robot-like design. Your solution must collect information about its immediate environment and use that information to decide an action to take, the way a robot might. The resulting action can be as big or as small as you can imagine!

The three challenges are:
Animal Migrations - How do you study an animal that can't sit still?
Telling the Story - How do you prove that a place is special?

Extreme Environments - How do you explore a place that you cannot or should not go?

Click here to learn more about challenges you can participate in!

Pictorial Maps: A History and Overview

 “Pictorial Maps: A History and Overview” 

Presented by: Curtis Bird 

May 18th, 2015 at 6:30 p.m.

University of Denver, Anderson Academic Commons, Special Events Room

The beginning of the 20th century marks amazing developments in our precise understanding of the Earth and its complex geographical structures. And at this same time, the genre of «pictorial» maps charted a different vantage of geography: looking at life, culture and the perspectives that define us. While pictorial cartography can be colorful and whimsical and full of illustrations, it can also pull back the veil on culture and perception at the time. Curtis Bird will look at several different streams of pictorial map making that can define the genre.