Free Learning Opportunity from NSTA

FREE SciPack – The Ocean's Effect on Weather and Climate, for Elementary and Middle School Teachers

If you’d like to polish your content knowledge to help your students understand this topic correlated to state standards, take advantage of this 10-hour online learning experience. Teachers can access NSTA’s online Learning Center (open a free account) and explore concepts related to Earth’s weather and climate. The focus is on standards and benchmarks related to weather and climate, the water cycle, climate change, and the role of solar energy and its affect on the atmosphere and oceans. The unique role oceans play in defining Earth’s weather and climate patterns is also specifically addressed. In addition to comprehensive inquiry-based learning materials tied to Science Education Standards and Benchmarks, the SciPack includes the following:
Pedagogical implications addressing common misconceptions, teaching resources and strand maps linking grade-band appropriate content to standards.
Access to one-on-one support via e-mail to content “Wizards.”
Final assessment which can be used to certify mastery of the concepts.

Visit the NSTA Learning Center at http://learningcenter.nsta.org/products/scipacks.aspx?lid=exp for all details.