The Schoolyard LTER Program
 
SLTER Homepage
 

 
 
Navigation
LTER Sites
Network Newsletter
People
For Educators
Collaboration
Data
Technology
Related Links

Satellite Images

Schoolyard LTER Slideshow


LTER Web Cams

Live views from LTER sites

Welcome to Schoolyard LTER Page
Education is integral to the LTER Mission, and LTER has begun a broad-scale, long-term effort to combine scientific research and science education.

The Mission of LTER Education is to use the uniqueness of the LTER Network to promote learning about long-term ecological processes and the earth's ecosystems.

Schoolyard Sites

Eastern Deciduous forest
Take a Vitual Tour of the Coweeta LTER research site and learn about the Eastern Deciduous Forest Stream Study and the Eastern Deciduous Forest Disturbance Study

 


Coastal Barrier Islands
Take a vitual tour of the Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER Site and Learn about Coastal Barrier Island plants and animals as well as the sites ongoing studies. Have a look around the site with 360 degree panorama images


 

Urban Residential
Take a vitual tour of the Central Arizona-Phoenix LTER Site. Watch a video about some of the research that is done at the site. Have a look around the site with panorama images


 


Bats
Can you recognize species of bats?
Browse data on bats in our Sevilleta Research Site.

NEW - Call for Proposals - Schoolyard Book Series Fund

The LTER Schoolyard Book Fund Committee is currently seeking proposals from LTER sites to develop and publish children's books based on ecosystem research and concepts associated with their LTER site. Funding for up to $15,000 is available for a children's book project. RFP, Attachment C, Attachment D

 

View the 2004 Schoolyard LTER Survey Results

LTER Education Handbook

This handbook provides an overview of LTER education efforts and shares some frameworks, materials, and best practices that have been developed and tested at LTER sites. Most of the chapters relate to LTER education efforts aimed at the K-12 community.

 

LTER Children's Books:

NEW - The Lost Seal
McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER

My Water Comes from the Mountains
Niwot Ridge LTER

 


A study of the Taiga biome
. Part of the Bonanza Creek SLTER program
 
SLTER Success Stories

 

Schoolyard Updates:

Baltimore Ecosystem Study

First Maryland Leaf Packers Community Collaborative Comparing Urban and Rural Streams

Florida Coastal Everglades

FCE Intern Wins Environmental Sciences Competition at Florida Science Fair

 

Home | LTER Home | Back
- Copyright 2003 Long Term Ecological Research Network -
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Cooperative Agreement #DEB-0236154. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in the material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
Please contact webtask@lternet.edu with questions, comments, or for technical assistance regarding this web site.