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Achieving the Goals: Goal 4 Teacher Professional Development - August 1996

U.S. Department of Commerce

* - designates programs that have a particular usefulness at the school or school district level

National Sea Grant College Program, Global Change Education Program

Regional Global Change consists of "Training the Trainer" workshops for informal educators, NOAA employees, and local extension leaders. Workshop topics include natural variability, greenhouse/sea level rise, ozone depletion, resource consumption, and decision making under "scientific uncertainty."

Bob Norris, Outreach Program
R/ORI, 1335 East-West Highway
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: (301) 713-2431 ext. 142
Fax: (301) 713-0799
E_Mail: rnorris@rdc.noaa.gov

National Sea Grant College Program,
Operation Pathfinder Program*

The Operation Pathfinder Program consists of 2-week summer courses that present an introduction to oceanographic and coastal processes. Courses and teacher training designed to enhance skills in science teaching are available for K - grade 12 teachers in six regions.

Shirley Fiske, Outreach Program Director
R/OR1, 1335 East-West Highway
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: (301) 713-2431 ext. 148
Fax: (301) 713-0799

NOAA Public Affairs Office

The Public Affairs Office has a limited number of publications suitable for classroom instruction that teachers can request by mail. Some of these titles are also available on the Internet.

Louis Arguelles, Director
Correspondence Unit
NOAA Public Affairs Office
U.S. Department of Commerce, Rm. 6225
Washington, DC 20230
Phone: (202) 482-5647
Fax: (202) 219-8827
WEB Page:
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