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EXPLORE! Fun with Science - Ice Worlds

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Welcome to Explore! Ice Worlds!


Want to learn more about Earth’s polar regions?
Want to bring icy activities into the children’s and family programs you offer?
Explore! Ice Worlds is just for you!

Explore! Ice Worlds is a suite of hands-on inquiry activities designed to be used with children ages 8 to 13 in the library, afterschool or museum learning environment. Activities use inexpensive materials that are easy to find. Children will learn while having fun! Check out the activities at: http://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/explore/ice/activities/.


Free Online Training!

If you are an informal educator interested in joining us for free online training for Explore Ice Worlds, please contact Katy Buckaloo (buckaloo@lpi.usra.edu / 281-486-2106) to register.

Training occurs in either one 4 hour session or over three separate one-and-a-half hour sessions, spaced a week apart. Trainings take place on:

Tuesday January 13 at 1:00 Eastern / 12:00 Central / 11:00 Mountain / 10:00 Pacific (4 hours total)

Thursdays January 8, 15, and 22, 2009 at 2:00 Eastern / 1:00 Central / 12:00 Mountain / 11:00 Pacific (1.5 hours each)

Tuesdays February 10, 17, and 24, 2009 at 3:00 Eastern / 2:00 Central / 1:00 Mountain / 12:00 Pacific (1.5 hours each)

Thursday February 12, 2009 at 1:00 Eastern / 12:00 Central / 11:00 Mountain / 10:00 Pacific (4 hours total)

Wednesday March 4, 2009 at 1:00 Eastern / 12:00 Central / 11:00 Mountain / 10:00 Pacific (4 hours total)

Join us! Bring Ice Worlds into your programs!

Contact Katy Buckaloo (buckaloo@lpi.usra.edu / 281-486-2106) to register.

 

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