UConn ECE Environmental Science Workshop
Date and time
Location
University of Connecticut
Student Union Building Room 304C Storrs, CT 06269Description
On Wednesday, March 23rd UConn Early College Experience and the UConn Environmental Science department invite all certified UCon ECE NRE instructors to attend the annual professional development workshop.
Please park in the North or South parking garages and bring your ticket from the garage for a validation stamp. The workshop will begin at 8:30am in the Student Union Building--room 304C. For a map please see: http://maps.uconn.edu/map/locations/155.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE – EARLY COLLEGE EXPERIENCE – 2016 Workshop
UConn, Storrs Campus – March 23, 2016
The objectives for this workshop are:
• To provide teachers with information on some current research topics being conducted by
scientists at the Storrs campus.
• To stimulate discussion on how some of these topics can be demonstrated in the classroom
• Discussion on the syllabus
• Discuss how we can further support teacher and student activities
Schedule
8:30 – 9:00 Coffee, program introduction, some ECE business
9:00 – 10:00 Megan Linske: Trophic cascade in Connecticut – from wolves to ticks!
10:00 – 10:15 Break
10:15 – 12:00 Gary Robbins: Overview of domestic well water supply. There will be an outing to a well field within the UConn campus to do a series of activities related to water wells, so be prepared for being in the outdoors for about an hour or so.
12:00 – 12:45 Lunch and syllabus discussion
12:45 – 1:45 Marina Astitha: Prediction of extreme weather events for NE U.S.
1:45 – 2:45 Janine Caira: The wonderful world of shark and stingray tapeworms
2:45 – 3:30 Open to teachers that would like to talk about other issues in their
classroom. End of the workshop.
Organized by
UConn Early College Experience (ECE) is a concurrent enrollment program that allows motivated high school students to take UConn courses at their high schools for both high school and college credit. Every course taken through UConn ECE is equivalent to the same course at the University of Connecticut. Students benefit by taking college courses in a setting that is both familiar and conducive to learning.
High school instructors who have been certified through the University of Connecticut teach UConn ECE courses.
Established in 1955, UConn Early College Experience is the nation's longest running concurrent enrollment program and is nationally accredited by The National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships (NACEP).