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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Please
share this information with teachers and colleagues. Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Pat
Harcourt</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Waquoit
Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>PO
Box 3092</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Waquoit
MA 02536</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>(508)
457-0495 x 106</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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alt=NERRSLogoforPrint v:shapes="Picture_x0020_2"><![endif]><b><span
style='font-size:28.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold","sans-serif";
color:blue'>Teachers on the Estuary<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:black'>A National Estuarine Research Reserve System program</span><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:black'>Field and research-based </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue'>professional development course</span><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:white'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>integrating
content, methods, and activities on<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold","sans-serif";
color:blue'>Watersheds and Estuaries</span></b><b><span style='font-size:20.0pt;
font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Offered at </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Waquoit
Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Falmouth, MA</span></b><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:navy'> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>July 12
- 15 </span></b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>plus follow up
session<b> November 2, 2010</b></span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in'><b><span
style='font-family:Wingdings;color:blue'>S</span></b><b><span style='font-size:
7.0pt;color:blue'> </span></b><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue'>Designed for teachers of
grades 9-12, others welcome to apply <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in'><b><span
style='font-family:Wingdings;color:blue'>S</span></b><b><span style='font-size:
7.0pt;color:blue'> </span></b><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue'>Aligned with state and
national frameworks</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in'><b><span
style='font-family:Wingdings;color:blue'>S</span></b><b><span style='font-size:
7.0pt;color:blue'> </span></b><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue'>Work with local
scientists and marine educators<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in'><b><span
style='font-family:Wingdings;color:blue'>S</span></b><b><span style='font-size:
7.0pt;color:blue'> </span></b><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue'>Explore coastal habitats
and carry out field studies</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in'><b><span
style='font-family:Wingdings;color:blue'>S</span></b><b><span style='font-size:
7.0pt;color:blue'> </span></b><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue'>Learn how to use real
data and guide student investigations</span></b><b><span style='font-family:
"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in'><b><span
style='font-family:Wingdings;color:blue'>S</span></b><b><span style='font-size:
7.0pt;color:blue'> </span></b><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue'>Get ideas and support for
student stewardship projects</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:blue'> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:#292526'>This course is </span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>supported</span><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> by NOAA’s Bay-Watershed
Education and Training </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>(B-WET)
Program. The course is free to participants </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#292526'>but space is limited so </span><b><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>application
is required by April 30.*<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#292526'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#292526'>Lodging and food will be
provided. Teachers will be awarded $200 implementation mini-grants, $150 worth
of equipment, and $100 stipends upon successful completion of course.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#292526'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#292526'>2 graduate credits available
from Framingham College for $130.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#292526'>* Application form and course
description are available at</span><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'> <a href="http://www.waquoitbayreserve.org/teacher-training.asp">www.waquoitbayreserve.org/teacher-training.asp</a>
</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>The course is
also being offered at <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Narragansett
Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Prudence island,RI</span><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:navy'> </span><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
font-weight:normal'>June 28- July 1, 2010</span></strong><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>and
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Wells
National Estuarine Research Reserve, Wells, ME <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>July 26-29,
2010</span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:navy'>For more information visit<b> <a href="http://www.estuaries.gov">www.estuaries.gov</a>
</b></span><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></b><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:navy'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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