NAAEE is pleased to announce the availability of the following scholarship opportunities for the 2008 conference:

Want to take a tram ride into the middle of a 200-head buffalo herd in a mid-grass prairie? Do so at Maxwell Wildlife Refuge near Canton. Just one hour north of Wichita!

Call 620.628.4455.

The Hyatt Regency of Wichita's Food and Beverage Team is continuing to move forward with the NAAEE conference in October. Executive Chef David Wirebaugh and Convention Services Manager Nicole Johnson are learning about the local farms of Kansas on a daily basis. As the date approaches, the excitement and anticipation is building. This truly is a learning experience for the HRW as well as the local Kansas farmers.

Deadline May 15, 2008
Brower Youth Awards seeks outstanding youth leaders, ages 13-22, with the power and bold vision to create environmental change. Each year, the BYA recognizes six young leaders with a $3,000 cash prize and a trip to California for an awards ceremony. Selections are based on outstanding environmental and environmental justice achievements.

April 23 - May 23, 2008
Do you have a positive story of how you and your organization are bringing environmental education to students? EE Week would like to hear about it! Simply upload your own photos and stories on the new EE Week Photo Blog. Your story can be about activities either inside or outside the classroom, before, during, or after EE Week.

Deadline: May 15th, 2008
Urban Re:Vision is holding a national poster competition intended to engage students in the national dialogue surrounding environmental issues. “Envision2050: Is the Future Nature?” asks students grades 6-12 to imagine their world in the year 2050 and present their ideas in the form of a poster. A variety of prizes will be awarded including four, 30-day scholarships to The National Outdoor Leadership School in Wyoming and public showings at the Sony Wonder Technology Lab.

See Web site for submission deadlines.
CAREER: The Faculty Early Career Development Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation's most prestigious awards in support of junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, excellent education, and the integration of education and research within the context of the mission of their organizations. Such activities should build a firm foundation for a lifetime of leadership in integrating education and research.

Letter of Intent Due: May 16, 2008
Full Proposal Deadline: July 3, 2008
This program provides funding for graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines to acquire additional skills that will broadly prepare them for professional and scientific careers in the 21st century. Expected outcomes include improved communication, teaching, collaboration, and team building skills for the fellows; professional development opportunities for K-12 teachers; enriched learning for K-12 students; and strengthened and sustained partnerships in STEM between institutions of higher education and local school districts.

Deadline: May 30, 2008
NOAA's partner, Coastal America through their Coastal Ecosystem Learning Center (CELC) members are sponsoring an ocean art contest open to students in grades K-12 and college and university students. The purpose of the contest is to enhance public awareness of the importance of the ocean through visual expression and incorporating one of the principles of ocean literacy. The winning artwork will be displayed at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History in time for the opening of The Ocean Hall.

Submissions accepted through May 20, 2008
What changes would you like to see in the United States and how should we get it done? Submit videos of your ideas in song, speech, comedy, poetry, or any type of visual expression. Cash prizes offered in various categories.

Submissions accepted from June 1 - October 25, 2008
The International Wolf Center is holding a classroom essay contest (for ages 10-14 & 15-18) to celebrate the addition of two new wolf pups to their Exhibit Pack this spring. Observe the pups via Web cam and enter beginning June 1st with final submissions due at the end of Wolf Awareness Week on October 25th. Win some great prizes!

Watch for details on the Web site or email Sharon Reed at sreed@wolf.org

Deadline: May 31, 2008
Earth Island Institute, along with Youth Venture, and Dr. Seuss Enterprises are offering this challenge to dedicated youth, ages 12-20. Support in amounts up to $1,000 will be awarded to launch projects to groups starting new environmental organizations or projects to help save the planet.

Deadline: August 15, 2008
The Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics is an educational, nonprofit organization dedicated to the responsible enjoyment and active stewardship of the outdoors by all people, worldwide. Connect Grants provide direct support and training grants for organizations and people that serve culturally diverse communities. Grant awards range between $500 and $2500 and can be used for Leave No Trace educational materials and/or to cover the tuition of a Master Educator Course(s).

May 10-14, 2009 ~ Montreal, Canada
The 5th World Environmental Education Congress (WEEC) theme, "Live Together on Earth," invites participants to contribute to this most important project. The search of "better living together" implies tackling the questions of identity, solidarity, and socioecologic action. Explore the links between ecology, economy, and ecosophism, and consider how environmental education can help connect these three dimensions of our relationship with the world. WEEC is being presented by the Canadian Network for Environmental Education and Communication (EECOM), Lucie Sauvé and the University of Québec in Montréal, Bob Jickling of Lakehead University in Ontario, and the Quebec Association for the Promotion of the Environmental Education (AQPERE).

August 4-6, 2008 ~ Westchester County, New York
Would you like to know what the coming Age of Biology will look like? Biomimicry is a new science which borrows nature's best ideas to derive more sustainable designs for human existence. This workshop will (1) introduce biology teachers and environmental educators to how biomimicry creates fresh interest in biology for 5th–9th grade students, (2) expose educators to existing biomimicry educational practices, and (3) help guide educators in incorporating biomimicry into their own curricula to revitalize and bring the most up-to-date science to their curriculum. Target Audience: middle school science teachers.

May 16, 2008
The third annual national Endangered Species Day focus is on protecting imperiled species like polar bears, penguins, coral, migratory birds, salmon, and frogs from global warming. Visit the Web site for activity ideas for in and out of the classroom, including discussions about threatened and endangered species, guest speakers, essay and art lessons, and field trips. Resource materials, including sample curricula, are also available.

October 12-18, 2008
American Geological Institute is pleased to announce the theme of Earth Science Week 2008: “No Child Left Inside.” Earth Science Week 2008 will encourage young people to learn about the geosciences by getting away from the television, off the computer, and out of doors. Learn more about how to get involved in Earth Science Week 2008 by visiting the Web site.

May 27 - July 6, 2008 ~ Online
The Environmental Science Education: Summer Ecological Field Studies (EDCI 580-02) course is designed for educators of children in grades 6-12 to learn and practice basic ecological field techniques and integrate them into their instruction. This course focuses on summer field ecological studies including stream, forest, plant, and bird studies. All studies will be completed outdoors in your local environment. A wide variety of field study techniques will be presented and the participants will share the results of the studies. Basic ecological concepts will be presented in the context of the field studies. Participants will have many opportunities to share their views on a variety of topics related to the environment and education. This course is a great opportunity to meet and interact with educators whose work focuses on ecology and young people. Three graduate credits available.

July 6-13, 2008 ~ Abiquiu, New Mexico
This intensive, educational, and energizing week-long residential program for high school and college students is designed to provide participants with grassroots advocacy and organizing training. Students will also take part in challenging and rewarding outdoor activities and hear from environmental leaders from across New Mexico. If selected, the student will receive a full scholarship from the Sierra Club’s Building Bridges to the Outdoors program that will cover all costs to attend the week-long program, including tuition, room and board, and all the benefits of membership in the Sierra Club (excludes travel expenses to and from the trainings).

May 31 - June 1, 2008 ~ St. Louis, Missouri
Prepare for the 2009 International Year of Astronomy (IYA) by attending a weekend of workshops on presenting astronomy to the public. The program will be held before the meeting of the American Astronomical Society, which this year includes an IYA symposium from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. A limited number of scholarships are available to cover travel costs thanks NASA's Spitzer Science Center.

August 31 - November 1, 2008 ~ Flagstaff, Arizona
The Traditional Skills Semester is an intensive immersion into traditional wilderness skills, natural history, and Native American cultures of the Southwest. Held at the basecamp north of Flagstaff, students will have the chance to explore the mountains, high desert, and canyonlands while learning from archeologists, trackers, and Native American elders while living in the wilds for nine weeks.

July 11-13, 2008 ~ Chattanooga, Tennessee
Registration Deadline: May 14, 2008
Conservation International will be teaching this short course at the Society for Conservation Biology’s annual meeting. CI’s Targeting Behavior methodology is a systematic approach to research and participatory planning that empowers people to identify targeted learning needs and develop practical and integrated solutions. The course will build core concepts and skills in the design of integrated behavior change initiatives, focusing on assessment and program design.

June 11-12, 2008 ~ Bismarck, North Dakota
Wild About Art is an education workshop for teachers, environmental educators, or anyone that works with youth. Teachers completing this course will have a basis for teaching ecological concepts and environmental stewardship to their students through the visual arts using Project WILD materials.
Contact: Sherry Niesar at 701-223-5986 or email baga@midconetwork.com

Seeking input by June 30, 2008
Global Water is a humanitarian nonprofit organization focused on building safe water, sanitation, and hygiene-related facilities for rural villages and schools in developing countries. Global Water staff created a children's story about water that includes hydrological and biological concepts, as well as the important humanitarian concept currently being debated today throughout the developing world known as the "human right to water."

Global Water is seeking environmental educators to review this new manuscript to help craft the science descriptions appropriate for the 3rd/4th/5th grade level and confirm that these school grades are the most appropriate for the storyline.

Contact: Ted Kuepper, Executive Director, at 805-985-3057, or email info@globalwater.org

Deadline: June 30, 2008
ANROSP requests presentations for their national conference "Diverse Practices by Natural Resource Outreach & Service Programs," on September 9-11, 2008, in New Braunfels, Texas. This conference is for professionals who coordinate, administer, or intend to develop training and volunteer programs in natural resource conservation, education, and outreach. Enjoy Texas Hill Country as you learn from a range of programs, network with colleagues, and obtain tools to enhance your programs.

This scientific journal will be publishing empirical and theoretical research with significant implications for the conservation of biological diversity. Submissions should cross the biological and social sciences that advance pragmatic conservation goals as well as scientific understanding. Conservation Letters is designed to facilitate rapid communication among social scientists, researchers in other disciplines, and conservation practitioners. To ensure rapid, widespread dissemination, the publication will be available for free in 2008.

"What would you ask one million people to do that would change the world?" This project from the UK asks young people that question under the premise that "small actions x lots of people = BIG CHANGE." The "We Are What We Do" competition challenges young people to enter -- not to win things, but rather to change things.

Site offers free biology lesson plans including ecology lab, ecosystems, biomes, the cycles of matter, and environmental science for high school biology teachers. Free science curriculum from Lesson Plans, Inc.

Environmental Countdown is a nonprofit video community that allows environmental organizations and activist individuals to create profiles and upload and highlight their videos. With easy to use download technology and tools to create a profile page with information about your group, Environmental Countdown offers ways people can donate and volunteer and add your video to your own Web site with a simple code (known as a widget).

This new Web site from Michigan State University (MSU) and Detroit's radio station WJR, is an online resource for anyone interested in learning about the Great Lakes region, related environmental issues, and ways that they can protect the environment. The Web site is divided into several categories related to the environment and features a news feed produced by MSU's Knight Center for Environmental Journalism through a news service called "Michigan's Echo."

The Campus ERC (Environmental Resource Center) for Higher Education Web site makes it easier for school officials to learn more about applicable environmental regulations and ensure a safe and sustainable environment on campus. The center was developed by the National Association of Colleges and University Business Officials with support and funding from the EPA. Some topics include waste management, air and water resources, and public safety.

Take a Cloud Walk, a new addition to the award-winning Take a Walk book series by Jane Kirkland, is available as a free PDF download. In this full-color, 30-page book, readers learn the basic names and shapes of clouds, why they move, why they are white, how they affect climate change, the difference between weather and climate, and weather terms and conditions such as hail, lightning, and fog. Meteorologists Jim Cantore (the Weather Channel®) and "Stormin" Bob Swanson, (USA Today) participated in this fun book giving kids a closer look at clouds. Get your copy at Jane’s new Web site for educators, where you can find many other free resources for educators.

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