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<div class="Section1"><font size="3" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 12pt;">Hello
teachers, </span></font>
<p class="MsoHeader"><font size="3" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 12pt;">There
are spaces available in these professional development courses for
winter and
spring 2006. Please share this information with your colleagues. The
attached
flyer has the same information as the text below, but includes pictures.</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoHeader"><font size="3" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 12pt;">Thank
you , </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoHeader"><font size="3" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 12pt;">Pat Harcourt</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoHeader"><font size="3" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">Waquoit</span></font><font size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></font><font size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">Bay</span></font><font size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;"> National Estuarine Research Reserve</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">PO Box</span></font><font size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;"> 3092</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">Waquoit
MA 02536</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">(508)
457-0495 x 106</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 11pt;"><a href="mailto:pat.harcourt@state.ma.us"><font
size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">pat.harcourt@state.ma.us</span></font></a></span></font><font
size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoHeader"><font size="3" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoHeader"><font size="3" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoHeader"><b><font size="4" color="red" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 13pt; color: red; font-weight: bold;">Teacher
Training Offered by </span></font></b><b><font size="4" color="red"><span
style="font-size: 13pt; color: red; font-weight: bold;">Waquoit</span></font></b><b><font
size="4" color="red"><span
style="font-size: 13pt; color: red; font-weight: bold;"> </span></font></b><b><font
size="4" color="red"><span
style="font-size: 13pt; color: red; font-weight: bold;">Bay</span></font></b><b><font
size="4" color="red"><span
style="font-size: 13pt; color: red; font-weight: bold;">
Reserve</span></font></b><b><font size="3" color="red"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; color: red; font-weight: bold;">
</span></font></b><b><font size="4" color="red"><span
style="font-size: 13pt; color: red; font-weight: bold;">Winter and
Spring 2006</span></font></b><b><font size="4" color="red"><span
style="font-size: 14pt; color: red; font-weight: bold;">
</span></font></b><b><font size="4" color="blue"><span
style="font-size: 14pt; color: blue; font-weight: bold;"> </span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoHeader"><b><font size="4" color="blue" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 14pt; color: blue; font-weight: bold;"> </span></font></b><b><font
color="blue" face="Wingdings"><span
style="font-family: Wingdings; color: blue; font-weight: bold;">«</span></font><font
color="blue"><span style="color: blue;">Note
different locations!</span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" color="blue" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue; font-weight: bold;"> </span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="3" color="blue" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; color: blue; font-weight: bold;">1. Fish and
Fishing
by the Numbers </span></font></b><i><font size="3" color="blue"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; color: blue; font-style: italic;">Earn
one graduate credit in a weekend!</span></font></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Location: </span></font></b>Cape
Cod Commercial Hook
Fishermen’s Association, Chatham, MA, and </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 11pt;">Waquoit</span></font> Bay National Estuarine
Research Reserve, Falmouth, MA</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Target audience: </span></font></b>Science
and math teachers
in grades 6 through 10</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Credit: </span></font></b>One
graduate credit or 22.5 PDPs
for 12 hours of class time plus assignments. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 11pt;">Credit
is optional, available through Framingham State College for $55.</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Meeting time: </span></font></b>Saturday
January<b><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></b>21 2006, 9:00
am to 5:00 pm and </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 11pt;">
</span></font>Sunday, January 22, 2006 10:00 am to 4:00 pm</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Course description:</span></font></b>
This two-day course
will introduce teachers to information and classroom activities about
fish and
fishing, including classification, local fish, dissection, fishing
methods, and
fisheries management. The course content and activities will be aligned
with Massachusetts
state science and math frameworks. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="4" color="red" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 14pt; color: red; font-weight: bold;"> </span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="3" color="blue" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; color: blue; font-weight: bold;">2. Oceans
and Coasts
in the Classroom </span></font></b><i><font size="3"
color="blue"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; color: blue; font-style: italic;">Two
graduate credits; offered at WBNERR</span></font></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Location: </span></font></b>Waquoit
Bay Reserve, Falmouth, MA</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Target audience: </span></font></b>Science
and math teachers
in grades 6-10</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Credit: </span></font></b>Two
graduate credits or 45 PDPs for
18 hours of class time plus field trip and assignments. Credit is
optional,
available through Framingham State College for $110.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Meeting time: </span></font></b>Six
3-hour sessions, Mondays
January 23, 30, February 6, 13, 27, March 6, 2006 from 6:00 to 9:00 pm
and field trip on April 30, 2006.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Course description:</span></font></b>
This course will
introduce oceans, coastal systems, and methods to teach marine and
coastal
science. It will include topics and lesson ideas most appropriate for
teachers
of grades 6-10. Course material will be linked to state science, math,
and technology frameworks. Topics will include habitats, estuaries,
currents
and circulation, oceans and climate, navigation, marine life, and ocean
technology. Each class will include both math and science activities.
Participants will receive lesson plans, posters, and CDs, and will
practice
classroom activities.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="4" color="red" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 14pt; color: red; font-weight: bold;"> </span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="3" color="blue" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; color: blue; font-weight: bold;">3. Salt
Water
Studies
</span></font></b><i><font size="3" color="blue"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; color: blue; font-style: italic;">One
graduate credit; offered in </span></font></i><i><font size="3"
color="blue"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; color: blue; font-style: italic;">New Bedford</span></font></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Location: </span></font></b>ECHO
classroom at New Bedford Whaling Museum, 18 Johnny Cake Hill, New
Bedford</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-weight: bold;">Target audience:</span></font></b><b><font
size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;"> </span></font></b><font
size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">teachers in grades 6-10</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Credit: </span></font></b>One
graduate credit or 22.5 PDPs
for 12 hours of class time plus assignments. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 11pt;">Credit
is granted through Framingham State College and costs $55.</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Meeting time: </span></font></b>Four
two-hour sessions 4:00-6:00 PM Wednesdays, March 15, 22, 29, April 5,
2006 plus field trip Saturday April 8, 2006</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Course description:<font
color="blue"><span style="color: blue;">
</span></font></span></font></b><font color="black"><span
style="color: black;">What
do your students know about salt water? Students are fascinated by the
world of water, and we have estuaries, bays, and open water in our back
yard! Each of these sessions will include information, lessons, math
and
science activities for students, and take-home resources so you can
bring salt
water studies into your classroom. </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 15.75pt; text-indent: 20.25pt;"><b><font
size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">March
15</span></font></b>
Introducing the ocean: world oceans, circulation, bathymetry, estuaries</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 11pt;">
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">March 22</span></b>
Ocean life: classification, plankton, adaptations, fish and fisheries</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 11pt;">
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">March 29</span></b>
Why aren’t there whales in </span></font>Buzzards Bay? Integrated
biology
and history</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 11pt;">
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">April 5 </span></b>Current
local issues and lesson plan presentations</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">
April 8 </span></font></b>Field trip: Local coastal habitats and
species</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Cost: </span></font></b>$60.00
payable at first class to New Bedford Whaling Museum</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Co-presented</span></font></b>
by ECHO Project at New Bedford Whaling Museum and </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 11pt;">
</span></font>Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research
Reserve</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">For information or to
register for any of the courses, please
contact:</span></font></b> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 11pt;">Pat Harcourt</span></font>, WBNERR (508)
457-0495 x
106 <font color="black" face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; color: black;"><a
href="mailto:pat.harcourt@state.ma.us">pat.harcourt@state.ma.us</a> </span></font></p>
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