[Sasnet] Fwd: [Amqua-announce] Teaching Climate Change with Ice Core Data Workshop

[Bonnie.A.B.Blackwell at williams.edu]

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2008 AMQUA Biennial Meeting
Workshop for Teaching Climate Change with Ice Core Data

On June 2-4, 2008, AMQUA, USNC/INQUA*, and 
NAGT/DLESE*, in conjunction with the 2008 AMQUA 
biennial meeting, will sponsor an On the Cutting 
Edge workshop on Teaching Climate Change with Ice 
Core Data. The workshop will be limited to 50 
participants who teach undergraduate-level 
courses in climate as part of archaeology, 
biology, environmental science, and geology 
curricula.  The participants must be willing to 
share their experiences in teaching about ice 
cores and how they have enhanced their course 
materials through hands-on exercises and labs.

June 2, evening
Dinner at the Atherton Hotel, State College, with 
keynote talk by Richard Alley (Penn State) – 
Lessons from ice cores: what nature does and doesn't do to our climate

June 3, 8:00 am-6:00 pm
Sridhar Anandakrishnan (Penn State) – Ice sheets and ice cores
Todd Sowers (Penn State) – Gas bubble studies in ice cores
Richard Alley (Penn State) – Ice cores, climate change and polar see-saws
Carrie Morrill (NOAA, Boulder) – Accessing Ice 
Core data in the NOAA Paleoclimatology Program

June 4, morning
Todd Sowers will lead a visit to the Penn State ice core research labs

An application form for the workshop is available 
online at 
<http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/climatechange08/>http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/climatechange08/.

The application deadline for the Workshop is April 1.

Following the workshop, participants are 
encouraged to stay and participate in the AMQUA 
biennial meeting: 
<http://www.outreach.psu.edu/programs/quaternary/>http://www.outreach.psu.edu/programs/quaternary/

*Acronyms
USNC/INQUA: U. S. National Committee/International Quaternary Association
NAGT/DLESE: National Association of Geoscience 
Teachers/Digital Library for Earth System Education



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