[sac-forum] Attention All Science Teachers

Following is a message from Stephanie Shipp, NASA Broker-Facilitator:

The Lunar and Planetary Institute invites you to participate in Earth's 
Extremophiles: Implications for Life in the Solar System

This NASA-sponsored field-based workshop, 22 - 29 July 2007, is intended 
primarily for middle school science teachers (other 
educators are welcome).

At what extremes do we find life on Earth?

What other planets or moons have, or had, conditions that could support life?

How can we detect life (or its environments) at a distance?

What are NASA's exploration plans for searching for life in our solar system?

Participants will spend a week with planetary scientists and astrobiologists in 
Yellowstone National Park, investigating the 
geologic processes that result in extreme environmental conditions and the 
environments themselves. We will explore the different types of organisms that 
live in these conditions, the adaptations that allow them to survive and 
thrive, and how we might detect the organisms and their environments from Earth 
or from spacecraft. We will build an understanding of how life has evolved on 
Earth, the possibility of past or present similar environmental conditions on 
other planets, and what this implies for finding life in our Solar System.  The 
experience will be divided between the field and lab, where attendees will work 
with classroom-tested, hands-on inquiry based activities and resources that can 
be used to enhance Earth, life, and space science teaching in the classroom.  
Participants receive lesson plans, supporting resources, and presentations.  A 
limited number of grants are available to cover registration.

Join us!  Explore extreme environments on Earth and across the solar system 
with planetary scientists!   Bring the excitement of Earth and planetary 
science into your classroom!

For more information, and to apply for the experience, please visit:  
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/fieldtrips/2007/

Applications are due 4 April 2007
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Peter

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