The PA NASA Educator Resource Center will conduct a GLOBE Land Cover Program workshop on April 19 at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh.

The workshop is sponsored by the Pennsylvania NASA Space Grant Consortium.

The day’s activities will include hands-on, inquiry based activities with the GLOBE Land Cover program, conducted by NASA-trained presenters. A special mid-day focus is on the completion of the Lewis & Clark Commemorative Voyage, 2003-2006. The new education component of the PRSCT Lewis & Clark website will be introduced, and land cover in the region will be compared, using 1803 and 2003 as comparison points.

The workshop includes a guided tour of Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s display of animals which exemplify those noted in the journals of Lewis and Clark.

All participants will receive a copy of the color poster published by the Museum that covers the geology of the Lewis and Clark Trail in beautiful detail.

All teachers will receive GLOBE supplies along with related NASA resources including: Sun-Earth Day “Eclipse in a Different Light” materials. (Sun-Earth Day 2006 is March 29) Early registration is recommended since space is limited. There is a $20 registration fee.

To register, contact program coordinator Jane Konrad at konrad@pitt.edu or call 412-648-7315; fax 412-648-7081.

3/3/2006