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Earth Systems

Who: Science and Technology Teachers 2 - 6
When: Tuesday, April 22 at the Environmental Outpost
Time: 4:30 P.M. – 7:40 P.M.
Where: Environmental Outpost on Big Oak Road in Smyrna, Delaware
Hours: 3 clock hours
www.dasef.org 
(302) 454-2432
Instructor:
Stephanie Wright
Light supper included

Rationale: At a time when our nation is focused on the delicate balance between the earth's ecosystems and the impact that humans and technology have on those systems, classroom teachers are in need of current instruction which focuses on Earth and its interactions with humankind. It is anticipated that this workshop will allow teachers to introduce earth systems and remote sensing through the investigations and resources provided. The workshop training will include the use of Earth Walk™, a 16' X 20' floor map of the continental United States which features a high resolution satellite image with true life earth colors.

It is anticipated that the Earth System workshop will:

1. Define the parts of the Earth's Systems - Land, Air, Water and Life

2. Demonstrate how the parts of the Earth's Systems work together to make the Earth function as a whole.

3. Illustrate how the Earth itself is part of larger systems.

4. Introduce ECHO the Bat Book (grades K-4)  

5. Integrate the use of satellite imagery to examine surface features: Focus on Earth Walk

State Standards:

Science as Inquiry

Science and Technology

Science Process Skills: Observing, measuring, communicating, collecting data, inferring, predicting, making graphs, hypothesizing, interpreting data, controlling variables, investigating

Mathematics: Problem solving, communication, reasoning, connections, number relationships, computation and estimation, statistics and measurement

Product

Educators will be expected to discuss how earth systems and remote sensing knowledge will assist them in their standards based curriculum and in teaching science process skills.

Directions:

From North
Take Route 1 south to Exit 114. (Second Smyrna exit). You will exit to a light at Route 13. Turn left onto Rt. 13 heading south. (Pass Food Lion, Mike’s Harley) At the next light (Ocean Pro on your left), turn left onto Big Oak Road. Go under Route 1 Turn left into Big Oak Park - Henhar Drive. Turn right onto Wright Way; follow to Dino Drive through gate and to the Environmental Outpost and Mountjoy Observatory.

From South
Take Route 1 north to Exit 114. (Second Smyrna exit). You will exit to a light at Route 13. Turn left onto Rt. 13 heading south. (Pass Food Lion, Mike’s Harley) At the next light (Ocean Pro on your left), turn left onto Big Oak Road. Go under Route 1 Turn left into Big Oak Park - Henhar Drive. Turn right onto Wright Way; follow to Dino Drive through gate and to the Environmental Outpost and Mountjoy Observatory. If you are coming up Route 13, follow 13 from Dover until you get to the Willis Dealership on your right. At the next light, turn right onto Big Oak Road and then follow the same directions.
 

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