Schoolyard LTER news

A special issue of Acta Cientifica, the journal of the association of science teachers in Puerto Rico, features products of research conducted by students supp

PILOTS-IN-COMMAND

GCE-LTER Pilots Its First Schoolyard Program

This past July, ten educators, two facilitators and several LTER scientists worked together to pilot a model for the

Recently, LTER sites had the opportunity to submit proposals to enhance Internet connectivity to their Schoolyard LTER sites.

In 1998 NSF granted small supplements to sites that expressed interest in developing Schoolyard LTER programs.

As of this spring, Christy Tyler and Greg Hoch are the new co-chairs of the graduate student committee.

Ned Gardiner, Coweeta LTER GIS Coordinator University of Georgia

"Teachers need first hand experience in order to know what field research is about and understand how research questions are formed," says Barb Schulz, biology teacher at Lakeside High school in Wa

With great interest from a wide spectrum of individuals and institutions, LTER has formed a new Education Committee to lead K-12 educational involvement in LTER.

Fall 1995 Travel Awards

In response to a 1994 request by the LTER Graduate Student Committee, the LTER Executive Committee approved the use 0fLTER Network Office funds to support student tr

Two Awards Announced for Intersite Comparisons