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FREE Teacher Workshop Nov 4: "From Greenhouse Gases to Global Warming"


Apply Now! Teacher Workshop on Nov 4--“From Greenhouse Gases to Global Warming”

Please consider joining us for our upcoming workshop for high school teachers on Saturday Nov. 4--

“From Greenhouse Gases to Global Warming”, led by Professor Kyle Armour (UW Atmospheric Sciences and Oceanography) with help from his graduate students.

This is a 1-day in-person workshop at the UW Seattle campus designed to work with you on adapting and developing new content for your classroom that focuses on how the climate system works and how we think about what will happen in the future.

In addition to new content and deeper understanding of how we look at the climate system, from physics to social systems, you will receive 

  • 6 STEM clock hours
  • $200 stipend
  • Travel costs covered if you live over 50 miles from Seattle
  • Opportunity to interact and work with climate scientists as you develop your ideas
  • Coffee, lunch....

Registration is simple, just send a 2-page cv/resume, statement of interest and travel needs to uwpcc@uw.edu.  We will accept applications until we reach 25 participants. 

The day's agenda is outlined here.

Please share this opportunity with others in your buildings and networks. Part of this workshop experience is working with others with different ways of teaching or thinking about climate change.  We would be delighted to see teachers of history, physics, chemistry, earth science, biology, geology, statistics, math....join the conversation at the workshop.  

Additional information on our website.
Please send questions to Miriam uwpcc@uw.edu.
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Miriam Bertram, PhDAssistant Director, UW Program on Climate Changemab23@uw.edu     @CliEdMiriam  
Pronouns: She/Her  

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