Paleo Workshop for Los Angeles-Area Educators

["Andrew A. Farke" <afarke@gmail.com>]

See below, and feel free to pass on to anyone you know who might be 
interested. This is our third year of offering the workshop, after 
several very successful previous sessions. Please direct any responses 
to my work email (afarke@webb.org), rather than to this gmail account.

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Are you, or is someone you know, a K-12 public school educator 
interested in learning more about paleontology? If so, consider 
attending our free workshop at the Alf Museum!

The Paleontology for Educators Workshop is a two-day workshop providing 
K-12 teachers with a hands-on introduction to paleontology, the study of 
past life. Each session includes a short course on paleontology, 
evolution, and earth science, with the aim of illustrating how to 
present this material in an interactive way to students. Each 
participant will gain experience in paleontological museum methods, 
within the setting of an accredited museum. A âPaleontology in the 
Classroomâ book of activities and teaching kit will be given to each 
participant and made available online. The museum will also make 
available âclassroom kitsâ for check-out, including real and replica 
fossils for use in activities in the classroom. The workshop is hosted 
at the Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology (www.alfmuseum.org), 
located 30 miles east of Los Angeles in Claremont, in the only 
accredited natural history museum on a secondary school campus. There is 
*no cost* to attend this workshop (including all materials, lunch, and 
snacks), and funding is provided to reimburse school districts for the 
cost of hiring substitute teachers for workshop participants. Workshop 
dates include: Thurs.-Fri., Jan. 13-14, 2011; Thurs.-Fri., Feb. 3-4, 
2011; Mon.-Tues., Mar. 14-15, 2011; and Thurs.-Fri., Apr. 14-15, 2011. 
For registration information or other questions, please contact museum 
curator Andy Farke (afarke@webb.org).ï