Exciting FREE opportunity for Middle School educators!

The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) is offering a scholarship (approximately $250 in value*) for ten teachers to attend the GLOBE Weather Short Course at the NSTA conference in St. Louis, MO, on Saturday, April 13th, 2019. Participants will walk away with a comprehensive middle school weather unit grounded in NGSS. Note that travel expenses will not be covered, so teachers who are not from the St. Louis area will need to plan accordingly.

Description of the course:
GLOBE Weather: A New NGSS-Based Middle School Unit
We will share a new, free unit about the science of weather that combines activities, data analysis, modeling, and weather measurements using GLOBE Program protocols. The curriculum helps students understand NGSS-based weather concepts such as the uneven heating of Earth, local and global atmospheric circulation, and air mass formation and collision as they investigate weather patterns and extreme weather events that we experience. Note: Bring clothing appropriate for being outdoors for about 30 minutes during this short course. For more information, visit scied.ucar.edu. Plan for a 30-minute break for lunch on own.

If interested in the scholarship, please apply by March 8, 2019, using the link below. If more than ten qualified applications are submitted, we will randomly draw ten names on March 11, 2019. You will receive notification whether or not you received the scholarship by March 12th.

Deadline to apply for the scholarship is March 8th, 2019.

Questions? Contact Emily Snode-Brenneman at emilysb@ucar.edu

*UCAR will pay the registration fees associated with the short course and Saturday’s attendance at NSTA.

Link to NSTA conference information: http://s6.goeshow.com/nsta/national/2019/index.cfm