<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><br><i style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">"[They were] challenged to think independently and creatively, and engaged in studying an authentic contemporary scientific problem. [It] sharpened their analytic and laboratory experiment–management skills, and enabled them to better understand and communicate science concepts and practices."*</i><br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small"><div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><i><font size="1"><br></font></i></span></div><div>YES! We want this! But how do we get there? </div><div>The quote is actually regarding what TEACHERS gained from participating in summer RET's which later showed a significant increase in their students' knowledge and abilities.*<span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><i><font size="1"><br></font></i></span></div><div><br></div><div>On <font color="#0000ff" size="4"><b>Wednesday, Oct 2, 3:30-4:30</b></font> we will present the first outreach webinar of the fall, sharing and discussing what can be gained from doing "science alongside scientists".</div><div><br></div><div>Fairhaven HS veteran science teacher, David Welty PhD, will share about his RET (research experience for teachers) at sea with <a href="http://nes-lter.whoi.edu/" target="_blank">NES-LTER</a> scientists on the summer transect cruise in August. We will follow up with a discussion about other opportunities available to teachers and students which can bring them closer to "real science".</div><div><br></div><div>The webinar is free to all participants and will be recorded and shared with all who indicated their interest by registering using the button below. </div><div><font color="#e06666">(Your registration information will only be used to notify you of further NES-LTER opportunities.)</font></div><div><div align="center"><table class="m_-8716677817708632472gmail-m_5261271463869208894gmail-m_6824157225846571202MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="600" style="width:6.25in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0in 37.5pt"><table class="m_-8716677817708632472gmail-m_5261271463869208894gmail-m_6824157225846571202MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellpadding="0">
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<td style="padding:0in;height:0.75in"></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small"><div><div><div align="center"><table class="m_-8716677817708632472gmail-m_5261271463869208894gmail-m_6824157225846571202MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="600" style="width:6.25in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><tbody><tr style="height:0.75in"></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div><span style="color:rgb(7,55,99);font-family:georgia,serif">Annette Laursen Brickley (she, her, hers)</span><br></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="m_-8716677817708632472gmail-m_5261271463869208894gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><font face="georgia, serif" color="#073763"><br></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" color="#073763">NES-LTER Education & Outreach Coord.</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" color="#073763">S<div style="display:inline">TEMming the Gaps Consulting</div></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" color="#073763"><div style="display:inline"></div><div style="display:inline">Mattapoisett</div>, MA<br>207-951-6273 (mobile)</font></div><div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:x-small"><br class="m_-8716677817708632472gmail-m_5261271463869208894gmail-Apple-interchange-newline">*</span><span style="font-size:x-small">Samuel C. Silverstein, Jay Dubner, Jon Miller, Sherry Glied, John D. Loike</span><span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:x-small">. </span><span style="font-size:x-small">Teachers’ Participation in Research Programs Improves Their Students’ Achievement in Science</span><span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:x-small">, </span><span style="font-size:x-small">Science</span><span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:x-small">, </span><span style="font-size:x-small">16 Oct 2009:</span><span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:x-small"> </span><span style="font-size:x-small">Vol. 326, Issue 5951, pp. 440-442</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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