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Programs

 JASON Teacher Professional Development

Prepare your class for the 1999 JASON X expedition focusing on life within the structure of several rainforest environments.

  • Castle Rock, Colorado : Fossil Rainforest Site - Paleobotanists uncover a 63 million-year-old subtropical rainforest, revealing a warmer and wetter era in Earth's history
  • Hoh River Valley, Olympic National Park, Washington: Temperate Rainforest Site (http://www.nps.gov/olym/) - Ecologists examine the intricate web of life within these lush temperate rainforests
  • Amazon Center for Environmental Education and Research (ACEER), Peru: Tropical Rainforest Site (http://www.erri.psu.edu/web/aceer/aceer.htm) - Researchers strive to understand and conserve one of the most biologically diverse places on Earth


By attending a JASON teacher workshop you will receive the JASON X

  • Curriculum packet
  • Prologue video tape
  • Pre-, mid-, and post-broadcast programs and updates
  • Registration for Team JASON, an extensive online program


The Denver Museum of Natural History offers workshops to meet your specific JASON Project needs.

For first-time JASON participants or for those who want the complete JASON training experience.

  • Introduction to the JASON Project - "What is the JASON Project?"
  • Overview of JASON
  • Lectures by Museum specialists and outside researchers
  • Presentations by past student and teacher argonauts, and teachers who have used JASON in their classrooms
  • Hands-on workshops to walk you through the variety of activities in the JASON curriculum
  • Extensive look at Team JASON - "How to use the Internet"
  • And more...


For the more adept JASON Project participant:

  • Overview of JASON Project;
  • Lectures by Museum specialists and outside researchers;
  • Presentations by past JASON participants;
  • Hands-on workshops to walk you through the variety of activities in the JASON curriculum;
  • Introduction to Team JASON online program


SPECIAL OFFER: Recognizing that the JASON Project encourages team teaching using an interdisciplinary curriculum, we will offer a special discount for teams of teachers. The first teacher from a team pays full noncredit price ($80, $60, or $30) and all additional teachers from that school pay half price ($40, $30, or $15). All participants taking the course for credit must still pay the additional $35 (two-day workshop) or $20 (one-day workshop) credit portion of the program.

TEAM TEACHERS MUST REGISTER AT THE SAME TIME TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS OFFER.

YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE IN THE DENVER AREA TO PARTICIPATE IN JASON! Now schools anywhere in Colorado or neighboring states can receive modified versions of the live broadcast right in their classrooms. Curricula, videos, online programs, and teacher training are also available, regardless of your geographic location.


FOR MORE INFORMATION E-MAIL:
[email protected]

PHONE: (303) 370-6314

 
Other Pages of Interest
What is JASON?
How to get involved.
JASON News
The 1999 JASON X Expedition
Information for teachers
JASON around Colorado
JASON Top Page




   
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