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SITE/ INFO |
BNZ |
CAP |
CWT |
GCE |
HBR |
HFR |
JRN | KBS | KNZ | MCM |
NTL |
NWT |
PAL |
SGS |
VCR |
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Run by |
Elena Sparrow, |
Monica Elser, Charlene Saltz |
Brian Kloeppel |
Steven Pennings |
Marianne Krasny |
John O’Keefe, Edythe Ellin |
Stephanie BestlemeyerExecutive Director: Chihuahuan Desert Nature Park |
Phil Robertson (PI) |
Valerie
Wright Environmental Educator |
W.
Berry Lyons MCM- LTER PI |
Robert Bohanan |
Diane McKnight |
Karen Baker |
John Moore |
Randy Carlson and Bruce Hayden |
|
Complementary |
GLOBE funding for shared SLTER/GLOBE projects |
15K(98-01), CAPLTER ann support (97-01), AZ Community Foundation (00), Motorola (98-01) |
15K (current), USDA
Forest Service |
new LTER applying for supplemental SLTER funding |
15K (current) NSF Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 (GK-12) |
15K (98-01) |
Through a partnership between the Jornada Basin LTER, the Jornada Experimental Range, and the nonprofit Chihuahuan Desert Nature Park, we leverage the resources of all three groups for our Schoolyard LTER program. Matching, in-kind, and other support comes from participating scientists and Nature Park member contributions. | Eisenhower Professional Development Grant |
15k Supplement year: Current |
15k Supplement year: Current |
15k supplement + collaboration with Teachers Experiencing Antarctica program (NSF) |
15k supplement + Funding has come from the following additional sources: 1) UNC Graduate School 1996-1998 2) NSF TE Grant 1997-1999 3) NSF GK-12 Grant 2000-2005 |
15k SLTER Supplement |
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# PI’s |
5 |
8 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
4 |
|
99-00 |
5 |
7 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
4 |
|
00-01 |
5 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
5 | 4 | 10 | 1 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
7 |
|
# other personnel
|
2 |
5 |
7 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
|
99-00 |
2 |
7 |
7 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
00-01 |
2 |
2 |
7 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
0 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
# grad + undergrad 98-99 |
2 |
13 |
21 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
3 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
99-00 |
2 |
9 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
4 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
|
|
00-01 |
3 |
6? |
29? |
0 |
2 |
3 |
4 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
|
|
#K-12 students |
50 |
767 |
22 |
0 |
30 |
0 |
1922 | 0 | 483 | 150 |
100 |
120 |
300 |
15 |
0 |
|
99-00 |
100 |
1494 |
23 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
2023 | 0 | 569 | 190 |
150 |
150 |
450 |
100 |
27 |
|
00-01 |
100 |
1720 |
26 |
0 |
0 |
130 |
3036 | 0 | 570 | 194 |
150 |
150 |
450 |
100 |
100+ |
|
#K-12 teachers |
4 |
22 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
37 | 24 | 14 | 2 |
7 |
2 |
8 |
5 |
3 |
|
99-00 |
6 |
45 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
80 | 24 | 16 | 2 |
7 |
10 |
10 |
6 |
4 |
|
00-01 |
6 |
44 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
122 | 24 | 20 | 3 |
8 |
12 |
10 |
7 |
5 |
|
# parents |
5 |
>10 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
>10 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
99-00 |
8 |
>10 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
>20 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
00-01 |
8 |
>10 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
20 |
>20 | 0 | 12 | 2 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
type & # others involved |
? |
Post-docs 4 (98-99) Post-docs 4 (99-00) Post-docs 2 (00-01) |
college instructor 1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Postdocs: 99-00 - 1 00-01 - 1 / Technicians: 99-00 - 1 | District curriculum directors - 4 (1 for each district in our partnership) | Docents - about 50-60 /year |
1 post-doc 3 technicians |
0 | ||||
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Grade levels involved |
all (?) |
K-12 |
4-12 Community college group |
k-12 |
10-12 |
k-12 |
k-12 (?) | 4-9 | k-12 | 4-12 |
k-9 |
10-12 |
10-12 |
4-12 |
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Main components |
Web-based protocols and curriculum access to CAP-LTER data teacher training in-class visits |
to Patty via e-mail |
not funded yet |
development of curriculum activities focusing on LTER network, web-based curriculum materials and web-site development this spring |
will forward 1st week of Feb |
See Annual Report | SEE SUPPLEMENT REQUEST LETTER |
http://limnosun.limnology (this is where the
supplement |
our program is intergrated with the summer course program of the Mountain Research Station and we maintain contact with the insrevice and preservice teachers that take the course. The extent to which they use the resources provided through the course depends greatly on the class they end up teaching in following years. |
Palmer SLTER program involves: a) an education forum and reports; b) ad hoc pi collaboration w/existing education programs; c) ongoing collaboration with NSF Teacher Experiencing Antarctica program; d) collaboration with HS teachers and their classrooms; e) development of education products such as an education outreach trunk and an electronic archive of multimedia products;f) support of cross-site education activities; g)support of technology for education including metadata. |
See program description: |
Global Positioning System Applications (GPS) Geographical Information Systems Applications (GIS) Water Quality Sampling and Analysis Plant Taxonomy and a Herbarium Field trips to research sites and VCR/LTER Laboratory Classroom activities in GPS/GIS, Plant Taxonomy, Water hemistry SLTER Student Summer Program |
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Web-based Data available (Y/N) |
Y |
N |
N |
N |
N |
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web-site |
caplter.asu.edu/explorers |
http://coweeta.ecology.uga.edu/ |
N/A |
N/A |
http://lternet.edu/hfr |
www.ksu.edu/konza/keep | http://huey.colorado.edu/LTER/ |
http://www.icess.ucsb.edu/lter/education |
http://sgs.cnr.colostate.edu/EdWeb/EdWebHomepage.htm |
http://www.vcrlter.virginia.edu/slter |
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Comments |
will work with other LTER’s to provide network-wide data for student use |
not funded yet |