MONTEREY, Calif., Jan. 31 (AScribe Newswire) -- The MATE Center's annual faculty development Summer Institutes provide educators from high schools, community colleges, and universities from across the country with the skills and experiences they need to incorporate marine science and technology topics into their classrooms. Are you interested in joining in on the free fun and professional development? If so, read on to learn about the two institutes MATE will be hosting this summer: "Creating a GIS Field Project to Address Marine and Coastal Issues" from June 27 to July 2 and "Building Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs)" from July 30 to Aug. 5.
The GIS Summer Institute will walk educators through each step of creating their own GIS project and exporting it to ArcReader so it can be easily shared with students. Participants will gather data from a variety of sources, including using GPS, and create a marine and coastal map that communicates a specific or variety of issues. Each participant will also create a lesson plan to use with their interactive map.
The Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) Institute will provide educators with the basic skills needed to work with students to design and build an ROV to compete in MATE's national and regional ROV competitions. Participants will build a small-scale, fully functional ROV that can be replicated with students, and then use the vehicle to complete a set of pre-determined mission tasks.
For more information, visit our Web site,
http://www.marinetech.org/education/institutes.php, or
contact Tami Lunsford, MATE's Faculty Development
Coordinator, at tlunsford@marinetech.org, 831-646-4011. The
priority screening deadline is April 11, 2005.
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