Pisgah Forest Institute’s Earth and Environmental Science Online Workshop

The Pisgah Forest Institute at Brevard College in Brevard, North Carolina is offering Distance Learning: Earth/Environmental Science for Middle and High School Teachers from February 16-April 14, 2008.

This free on-line distance learning workshop will run for 8 weeks and is designed for traditional and non-traditional educators of grades 6-12. The workshop will focus on four general sections of earth and environmental science curriculum: geology, ecology, hydrology, and atmospheric conditions. Participants will be provided with background information, classroom presentations, lessons, and activities in these areas. This workshop will start with an orientation at Brevard College with the PFI staff. This course is geared to participants that are unable to travel to their week-long summer workshops. The workshop includes: online instruction, resource notebook, and many classroom takeaways!

Workshop participants are eligible to receive up to 4 Continuing Education Unit (CEU) credits based on 40 contact hours, as well as Criteria III credit in the North Carolina Environmental Educator’s (NCEE) Certification Program. Three semester hours of undergraduate college credit is available through Brevard College. (This is a great way for lateral entry teachers to receive science credits!)

For more information and to pre-register, go to their website at http://www.pisgahforestinstitute.org and send e-mail to pfi@brevard.edu or call (828) 884-8229 with your questions.