Teachers' Workshops and Professional Presentations
Live from Earth and Mars Education Team

National, Regional, or State Professional Conferences

Northwest Mathematics Conference, Spokane, WA, 9 October 1998. To present a session entitled Empowered mathematical explorations using student generated and Internet-based data. Rich Edgerton and Janice DeCosmo.

National Science Teachers Association Convention, Las Vegas, NV, 16 April 1998. Presented the workshop World Wide Web-based science curricula--Live from Earth and Mars. Janice DeCosmo and Rich Edgerton.

Washington Science Teachers' Association Conference, Bellevue, WA, 25 October 1997. Presented a workshop on using the Internet to teach science: World Wide Web and Science Teaching. Janice DeCosmo and Rich Edgerton.

Thirty-sixth Northwest Mathematics Conference: Mathematics on the Rim, Richmond B. C., 24 October 1997. Presented a session on curricula and data represented on the site Live from Earth and Mars: World Wide Web as a Teaching Tool. Rich Edgerton and Janice DeCosmo.

National Educational Computer Conference, Seattle, WA 1 July 1997. Hosted an "interactive poster" featuring Web-based curricula. Janice DeCosmo and Rich Edgerton.

Seventy-fifth Annual Meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Minneapolis-Saint Paul, MN, 18 April 1997. Presented a session on the instructional implications of teaching with the World Wide Web: Interactive teaching with the World Wide Web featuring Live from Earth and Mars. Rich Edgerton and Janice DeCosmo.

National Science Teachers Association Annual Convention, New Orleans, LA, 5 April 1997. To present a session on teaching and learning via the World Wide Web: LEM: Live from Earth and Mars. Janice DeCosmo and Rich Edgerton.

Seventeenth Annual Instructional Technology Conference: Tool-Time--Putting Technology to Use, Vancouver, WA, 7-9 November 1996. Presented a session on an interactive World Wide Web-based curricula for ESD 112: Live from Earth and Mars--A Web-Based Curriculum Project. Rich Edgerton and Janice DeCosmo.

Washington Science Teachers Association Fall Conference, Port Angeles, WA 1-2 November 1996. Presented a computer-based interactive workshop: Live from Earth and Mars--A Web-based Curriculum Project. Rich Edgerton and Janice DeCosmo.

Education for the 21st Century: Instructional Technology and Service Learning, Seattle, WA, 11 October 1996. Gave a workshop on connecting to and navigating the Internet and its use as an instructional tool: Navigating Netscape and NASA--Science Curricula Utilizing Data and Resources on the World Wide Web. Rich Edgerton and Janice DeCosmo.

The Internet: A Window to the World, Vancouver, WA, 2 March 1996. Gave a workshop on using the Internet in the K-12 classroom for ESD 112: Connecting and Navigating the World Wide Web. Rich Edgerton and Janice DeCosmo.

Seventy-seventh Annual Meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, San Francisco, CA, April 22-24, 1999. To present a workshop on Earth-based World Wide Web weather and climate data: Night and Day---daily temperature cycles.Rich Edgerton

National Science Teachers Association Northwest Regional Convention, Seattle, WA, October 30, 1998. To present a workshop on downloading and analyzing data from the World Wide Web: Night and Day---daily cycle of temperature on Earth and Mars.Rich Edgerton

Educational Workshops

University of Washington Math Day. 23 March 1998. Presented three workshops featuring data downloaded from the Internet and analyzed for significance on desktop computers. Lead: Janice DeCosmo and Rich Edgerton.

UW Academy For Middle School: Earth and Space Science. 14-25 July 1997 (repeated 11-22 August 1997). Offered a class for middle school students to answer the call for engaging science programs, field-test curricula, and research student learning.

SCIence Live Returning Teachers' Workshop; Seattle, WA 7-25 July 1997. Provided an extension of the original SCIence Live Teachers' Institute from Summer 1996. Participants explored Earth and space-science concepts, reviewed current science standards, and wrote new curricula. Lead: Janice DeCosmo and Rich Edgerton.

SCIence Live II Teachers' Workshop; Seattle, WA, 9-10 July 1997 (repeated 10 October 1997). Hosted an intensive teachers' workshop featuring data from the Mars Pathfinder mission and Northwest Climatology. Participants downloaded "fresh" data from the World Wide Web, formatted it in Microsoft Excel, graphed it, and attempted to construct concepts related to the data. Lead: Janice DeCosmo and Rich Edgerton.

University of Washington Math Day. 25 March 1997. Presented two workshops on interactive integrated World Wide Web-based activities. Janice DeCosmo and Rich Edgerton.

SCIence Live Teachers' Follow-Up Workshops; Seattle, WA 11 November 1996, 20 January 1997, and 26 April 1997. Hosted follow-up sessions for teachers participating in the SCIence Live Teachers' Workshop from Summer 1996. Lead: Janice DeCosmo and Rich Edgerton.

SCIence Live Teachers' Workshop; Seattle, WA, 8-26 July 1996. Hosted an intensive program that put teachers in the dual role of student and curriculum writer. Participants explored concepts in Earth and Space science, using data in teaching, issues in curriculum writing, and employing the World Wide Web as an instructional tool. Lead: Janice DeCosmo and Rich Edgerton.

Astronomy Week, Pacific Science Center, Seattle, WA, 15-22 April 1996. Presented daily workshops on how to use the Internet as a teaching tool (Using the Internet as a Teaching Resource), displayed space science devices, engaged participants in space engineering activities, and managed a computer lab for World Wide Web browsing of space science sites. Lead: Janice DeCosmo and Rich Edgerton.