The Pennsylvania Sea Grant Program is sponsoring a five-day teacher development workshop for middle and high school teachers on the Aquatic Biodiversity of the Susquehanna River August 4-8 in Towanda, Pa.

This field, lab, and classroom course will provide you and your students with the opportunity to team-up with practicing scientists to explore aquatic biodiversity issues in the context of the Susquehanna Watershed and the Chesapeake Bay.

The Susquehanna Biodiversity Network activities will help teachers provide students with: meaningful lab and field experiences and real world monitoring that will document native crayfish, freshwater mussels and aquatic invasive species;

Participants will receive many valuable resources including: a Pennsylvania standards-based activity guide, an introduction to using Google Earth satellite imagery software, collecting equipment, and field guides and schools participating in the monitoring network will also be eligible to receive hand-held global positioning units and field trip implementation grants.

7/25/2008