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Students in Four Countries Examine Tsunamis Online as Young Scientists
*iEARN in the News! The Young Scientists Tsunami Collaboration Project is featured on The Communication Initiative's homepage, June 2, 2006.
The
Young Scientists Tsunami Collaboration is a project which involves
students in Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, and the United States.
Funded by the United States Oceans Bureau of the US Department of
State and US embassies abroad, the project focuses on the science of
tsunamis, including the role of science and technology in disaster
relief, preparedness efforts and examinations of the effects of
tsunamis on the environment. The project strengthens the scientific and
technological capabilities of youth in these countries while promoting
cooperation in areas of mutual interest for peaceful purposes. The
project will be conducted in two parts. In the first, iEARN will create
a new, specific online professional development course to provide
expertise and support for science teachers involved in this initiative.
The course will go into depth on how to use different types of
technologies to enable students to interact. After completing the
course, educators in the four countries will involve their students in
direct interaction online with peers in the other participating
countries. Together they will develop an activity together
related to the science of tsunami on which to work collaboratively with
their students across the globe.
iEARN-USA is currently recruiting interested American high school
science teachers to work with peers in Malaysia, Indonesia and
Thailand. The language of the project will be English. This project may
be factored into science and geography classes or be implemented as an
after school & community program. The results of the
project will be presented by teachers at the July 2006 iEARN
International Conference in the Netherlands. If interested,
please contact Christine Habib, Director of Government Programs at chabib@us.iearn.org.
Click here
to access the project's online forum. If you are interested in
learning about other Natural Disaster Projects that iEARN has
facilitated, check out The Natural Disaster Summit and Project H.O.P.E.
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