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10. Professional Associations and U.S. Government Organizations
10. Professional Associations and U.S. Government Organizations
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Several sources of assistance, such as field centers, regional resource centers, 222 and networks of affiliated organizations, may be represented within one annotation. For example, the entry for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Education Division, refers to the nine NASA Teacher Resource Centers located at NASA Field Centers serving multistate areas.
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Programs/services: Cosponsored with the Western Regional Environmental Education Council: Project Learning Tree (PLT) - a comprehensive environmental education program for students (PreK through 12)
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; PEP Educational Outreach from local sections of the society, providing scientist collaborations, speaker resources, and information hotlines. Publications/materials: Instructional materials for teachers; newsletter.
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Prograrn~/ services: Sessions and workshops at annual National School Health Con 226 ference. Publicat~ons/materials: Curriculum guidelines and units with hands-on materials; instructional materials in Journal of School Health.
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Programs/services: Work shops with instructional materials; scientist-teacher collaborations; lab Visits and research opportunities for school students; speakers for classrooms. Publicatior~materials: Curriculum units with hands-on materials; teacher's guides; audiovisual and computer-based materials; posters.
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529-4581 International organization of more than 5,000 conservationists, scientists, government officials, and salmon fishermen; promotes conservation and wise management of Atlant~c salmon and its environment. Prograrn~/services: Fish Fnends, a program for educating elementary school children about fish ecology, growth, and survival, that includes the following: in-class presentations, an egg-incubation aquarium for each classroom, field trips to release salmon reared in the classroom to local waterways, and in-service workshops for participating teachers Publications/materials: Curriculum guide; curriculum supplements; audiovisual materials; magazine for students; posters.
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Prograrns/publicat~ons: Insights, a comprehensive K-6 science curriculum. Services: Workshops at meetings of National Science Teachers Association and other organizations; technical assistance to Statewide Systemic Initiatives (see 10.82)
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Department of Education. Services/programs: Collects, catalogs, and provides access to educational materials; offers reference and referral services; produces bibliographic information; maintains extensive database of reports, curricular and instructional materials, evaluations, and information on programs, practices, and policies in science, mathematics, and environmental education; accessible and searchable on CD-ROM or over Internet: e-mail (ericse@osu.edu)
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, supported by a teacher manual of 37 activities, developed by teachers recruited nationwide; workshops at National Science Teachers Association meetings. Publicatiorm/materials: Harvard-Smithsonian Case Studies in Science Education (videos, with accompanying guide materials, giving visual models of science education reform, for in-service and pre-service teacher education programs)
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are delivered via 9 NASA Field Centers that serve multistate areas. These Field Centers are located at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Ala.; NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.; Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.; NASA Kennedy Space Center, Kennedy Space Center, Fla.; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Green belt, Md.; NASA Stennis Space Center, Stennis Space Center, Miss.; NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio; NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Tex.; and NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va.
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Programs/services: Development, management, and dissemination of Growing Healthy, a comprehensive school health program (grades K-64; teacher-training workshops for Growing Healthy. Publica~or~/mat~als: Guide to the adoption of Growing Healthy program; curriculum units with hands-on materials; curriculum guidelines; supplemental activities; audiovisual materials.
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Publicatior~/mater~als: Environmental education toolbox for in service providers. 10.71 National Earth Science Teachers Association, 2000 Florida Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20009 (202)
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For a description of all of DOE's science education programs, request the Education Programs Catalog from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Scientific and Technical Information at the address above.
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306-1620] The Local Systemic Change through Teacher Enhancement Program supports comprehensive, systemic efforts at fundamental reform of science, mathematics, and technology education in grades K-12 in whole schools, targeting at least 200 teachers in each program and emphasizing teacher enhancement and instructional materials.
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Programs/services: Workshops at National Science Teachers Association and other meetings; two annual Leadership Institutes to train teams from school districts across the country on science education reform issues and methods; annual Scientists and Engineers Working Conferences to increase involvement of participants in science education; technical support for school districts involved in science education reform; support of other organizations in reform efforts. Publication/ materials: Science and Technology for Children, a series of 24 core curriculum units (grades 1-6)
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, developed jointly by the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies and the Western Regional Environmental Education Council; available in 50 states, the District of Columbia, 10 Canadian provinces, and several foreign countries. Programs/ services: Two-day workshops for educators, usually available statewide and sponsored jointly by a state's wildlife agency and department of education.
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Publications/ materials: Curriculum units with hands-on materials; supplementary activities; audiovisual materials; posters.
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363-4309 Environmental education program in more than 1,100 schools in 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, and several foreign countries; creates and coordinates science research projects on environmental topics for students (grades K-12) , and promotes collaborations over the Internet [e-mail: kanawha@aol.com]
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219-2116] Ten Eisenhower Regional Mathematics and Science Education Consortia, which provide information, technical assistance, and training to states, schools, and teachers to help improve mathematics and science programs and adapt and use exemplary instructional materials, teaching methods, curricula, and assessment tools.
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242 10.114 U.S. Department of the Intenor, Bureau of Reclamation Environmental Education Program, P.O.
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260-8619; Mail Code 1707] Environmental Education Grants Program, operated by EPA's Environmental Education Division (at address above)
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