LTER Education
1998 Schoolyard LTER Programs
The LTER Network is developing a program to establish opportunities for students to conduct long-term data collection at or near their elementary or secondary schools.The subject and the technique of the data collection will simulate ecology research projects conducted at nearby LTER sites.
Collaboration between LTER scientists and teachers at the school will help the students understand the importance and implications of the data they are collecting.
Eventually the LTER Network will maintain an accessible database for information collected by the students. Interactions between LTER scientists, students and teachers will promote experiential learning in our schools.
These are the preliminary plans submitted to the National Science
Foundation by each site for setting up Schoolard LTER Programs:
Andrews
Experimental Forest - Oregon
Baltimore
Ecosytem Study - Maryland
Bonanza
Creek - Alaska
Cedar
Creek Natural Area - Minnesota
Central
Arizona - Phoenix - Arizona
Coweeta
Hydrologic Lab - GA/NC
Harvard
Forest - Massachusetts
Hubbard
Brook - New Hampshire
Jornada
Experimental Range - New Mexico
Kellogg
Biological Station - Michigan
Konza
Prairie Research Natural Area - Kansas
McMurdo
Dry Valleys - Antartica
Niwot
Ridge - Colorado
North
Temperate Lakes - Wisconsin
Palmer
Station - Antarctica
Plum
Island Sound - Massachusetts
Sevilleta
National Wildlife Refuge - New Mexico
Shortgrass
Steppe - Colorado
Virginia
Coast Reserve - Virginia