Caltech to Host Earth Sciences Weekend for Teachers
This is a feature from the NASA/JPL Education Office.
02.03.11 -- Caltech's Tectonics Observatory is hosting the Spring 2011 Meeting of the Far-Western Section of the National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT). The meeting is aimed at geoscience teachers at community colleges, four-year colleges and high school. All are welcome -- participants need not be a member of NAGT.
The event will be held Friday through Sunday, March 25 - 27, 2011, at the Arms Building on Caltech's campus in Pasadena, CA.
The agenda includes field trips, workshops, tours and speakers that will cover a wide range of Earth Sciences. Participants will be introduced to recent developments in tectonics, geochemistry, seismology, petrology and geomorphology.
Attendees can earn 1.5 continuing education units through the University of Southern California's Rossier School of Education.
For detailed information and a registration packet, go to http://www.tectonics.caltech.edu/meetings/nagt/ .
