LTER

Education and LTER

     LTER has begun a broad-scale, long-term effort to combine scientific research and science education, supported by the individual LTER sites, and the Divisions of Environmental Biology and Education and Human Resources at the National Science Foundation. 
     Projects include: 
Utilizing LTER resources to enhance hands-on science learning for students 
Developing long-term research sites on or near school yards 
Structuring communication between LTER scientists, formal and informal science educators, and school teachers. An upcoming  involving LTER Sites, Teachers, and Teacher Educators will determine the direction of the project 

Current Activities 
 Schoolyard LTER Projects 
 The First LTER Education Workshop 
  Current list of participants at LTER sites/biographies 
  Workshop Agenda 
  Preliminary Education Action Plans at LTER Sites 
 Report -- Recommendations for Future Activities 

Links for science education 
 ESA Education Section 
 Resources for Teachers and Students 
 Using the World Wide Web to teach ecology 
 TERC (formerly Technical Education Research Centers, Inc.) 
 Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment