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GCE donates children’s book to Georgia public libraries

tmcowiti — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 22:01:40 +0000

Diversity Committee pilots initiative to increase student access to research across LTER

tmcowiti — Mon, 06 Apr 2015 04:08:37 +0000

In 2013, the Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network’s Diversity Committee recommended a novel way to increase student access to research opportunities within the LTER Network.

Luquillo holds weekend-long Schoolyard LTER Internship Program

tmcowiti — Wed, 31 Dec 2014 23:21:54 +0000

This November the Luquillo (LUQ) Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Schoolyard Program hosted the seventh annual internship for teachers and students from three high schools to learn data collect

LTER Education and Outreach looking ahead to 2015

tmcowiti — Wed, 31 Dec 2014 23:08:29 +0000

It all started with a simple question from Alan Berkowitz: “How do representatives throughout the network encourage K-12 teachers to use datasets developed from student-collected data?” The f

Student researchers get down to work at Andrews LTER

tmcowiti — Wed, 31 Dec 2014 05:45:21 +0000

Undergraduate students are a valued part of the research program at the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest (AND) Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) site.

Persistence pays off for an REU student researching change in the alpine

tmcowiti — Wed, 08 Oct 2014 19:20:24 +0000

Have you ever wondered what a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) with the Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network can do for a student? Well, Adam Formica can tell you.

LTER Education and Outreach Committee hits a trifecta

tmcowiti — Fri, 11 Jul 2014 19:41:21 +0000

The LTER Education and Outreach Committee’s holds monthly “First Wednesday” conference calls to maintain connections between site coordinators and stimulate discussions and ideas for site-specific

Ecology Explorers: Bringing environmental education to low-income communities

tmcowiti — Fri, 11 Jul 2014 19:21:19 +0000

It's 4 o’clock in the afternoon, and about 10 three to eight year-olds are seated around a table listening to Ecology Explorers intern Alexis Roeckner present a lesson about sustainability.

Undergraduate researchers bring cute, fuzzy, NWT science into remote schools

tmcowiti — Tue, 01 Apr 2014 19:21:47 +0000

On a visit to a tiny school in a small mountain community in Colorado, a kindergartner is eager to let us know he got the message about the small mammals we study.

Education Committee invites you to its monthly conference calls

tmcowiti — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 19:18:31 +0000

BEMP, MeliBee Project, LEDL. What do all these acronyms mean?