MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!!! RESERVE YOUR SPOT NOW!!! 2008 info on website Dec 15.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES
*THINK BRAZIL – July 13-26, 2008. One week in Sao Paulo, the largest city in South America, and one week in Pantanal, the world's largest wetland with over 635 bird species and unique animals. Travel with Brazilian teachers. JOIN US!!!

*THINK MOUNTAINS – June 23-28, 2008. Learn about a special North Carolina area! Join international teachers, graduate students from TN, and others for a unique and different program this summer. Sprawl, air, water, biodiversity – topics for 2008. Native botanicals, water conservation techniques, group project focusing on the culture of mountain residents and more.

*GIS, June 28-30,2008 – Continuation of G. Mt. workshop for 10 participants. Let us know!

*PHOTOS OF BRAZIL TRIP 07, in Sao Paulo and Campinas (not in Pantanal – those come later!)
http://www.sangari.com/Hotel_Masp_15_07_07.zip
http://www.sangari.com/Instituto_Butantan_17_07_07.zip
http://www.sangari.com/Unicamp_19_07_07.zip

*Anna Smith, 2007 Brazil Participant reported in November that she had spent a few hours on Google Earth and was actually able to locate the satellite image of one of our pousadas. She made a copy of the picture so that she could use it in her teaching, presentations or future writing. She found a cattle drive in the Pantanal, similar to one we had to drive through, watching the 'cowboys' or 'pantaneiros' lash out and cracki their metal whips. Anna will begin a new elective class spring semester at her middle school, focusing on the environmental problems noted both locally and in Brazil, and include the biodiversity of flora and fauna in the Pantanal. She will incorporate many of her digital photographs and video clips taken on the trip.

*Nan Kirlin, Gaston County, and Grandfather Mountain leader, won the Teacher of the Year Award at her High School!

ONLINE COURSES
*NEW GRADUATE/UNDERGRADUATE COURSE FOR SPRING 2008 at NCSU!!
Fundamentals of Environmental Education     EMS 594A 601   EMS 496A 601

Online course (11 wks) for classroom teachers, non-formal educators and others in education, environmental sciences, natural resources.

Provides knowledge, skills and instructional methods. History, goals of environmental education, understanding professional roles. Interaction with other educators. Extensive reading, electronic interactions with others. Requires weekly computer/ internet access.

Course based on "Guidelines for Initial Preparation of Environmental Educators", by North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE), developed by University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, US EPA, and Environmental Education Training Partnership in collaboration with national EE experts. Register at NCSU TRACS:
http://www2.acs.ncsu.edu/reg_records/tracs_bk/sprg/courses/EMS.html

*AAAS Center – GLOBAL WEB SITE ON SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE
www.sustainabilityscience.org "Forum brings together leading scientists from developed and developing countries to begin grappling with some of the most fundamental science questions at the nexus of environment and development." notes Vaughan Turekian, AAAS chief international officer and Director of the Center.

*INTERACTIVE DVD ON BLACK BEARS. Available to educators for free from NC Wildlife Resources Commission.     www.ncwildliferesources.org
For those of you who have been to Grandfather Mountain and may be interested!

*Ann Howe suggested a journal each of you can obtain for free. TEACHING TOLERANCE (2007 Periodical of the Year, by the Association of Educational Publishers). www.teachingtolerance.org

*Teachers, students and researchers: Check status of sea turtles in SC, nests, strandings and rehab summaries. SCDNR MARINE TURTLE CONSERVATION PROGRAM publishes “Loggerheadlines" a newsletter all about sea turtles. Sea Turtle info and current and past issues are located on the web: www.dnr.sc.gov/seaturtle     Get print subscription, contact SCDNR Marine Turtle Conservation Program PO Box 12559, Charleston, SC 29422 or email coastbio@dnr.sc.gov.

*PLANT INFORMATION ONLINE, one of the world's largest resources for botanical and horticultural information. Log on to plantinfo.umn.edu, you'll find two search engines that will help you get: Current plant and seed sources, with more than 100,000 plants - largest listing of cultivated plants in North America--from 918 North American firms to ship plants.

Bibliographic details for more than 300,000 images of wild and cultivated plants from around the world in botanical and horticultural books and magazines from 1982 to the present. Links to expert-selected Web sites on growing plants in all regions of the United States and Canada. Updated daily, allows search of plant by common or scientific name.

*JEAN BEASLEY, director of the TOPSAIL SEA TURTLE REHABILITATION CENTER, has been named ANIMAL PLANET'S 2007 HERO OF THE YEAR! Marsha Ostendorff writes, "Jean's dedication, caring and tireless hours inspires all of her volunteers. It's not uncommon to see Jean at the turtle hospital all hours of the night or day nursing a sick or injured turtle." To learn more about the hospital, visit the website: www.seaturtlehospital.org The Animal Planet will be posting more video clips of The Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue & Rehabilitation Center. http://animal.discovery.com

*Hugh Morton’s Photographic Archive at UNC. Note what is being done with his many photographs: http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/morton

*The Department of Environment and Natural Resources Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance has compiled an excellent Web page that has water conservation tips, and many other useful resources for citizens, government agencies and industrial and commercial users. It also includes printable posters, PSAs, and conservation success stories. http://p2pays.org/water

*ELEMENTARY GLOBE – 5 science-based storybooks, 15 classroom learning activities K-4. Check it out at www.globe.gov/elementaryglobe

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