Announcement of the European Geosciences Union:

Workshop 2010

Geosciences Information for Teachers -

Energy and Sustainable Development

Vienna - Vienne - Wien

May, 2 - 5  2010
 

during the

European
Geosciences
Union

General Assembly - Austria Center Vienna

URL of this page: http://www.atmosphere.mpg.de/enid/gift

Invitation to teachers in Europe

The European Geosciences Union EGU kindly invites for the eigth time European teachers to the workshop 'Geosciences Information For Teachers' (GIFT). The The workshop takes place during the EGU General Assembly 2010 in the Austria Center in Vienna. The participation and accomodation in the workshop as well as parts of or the full travel (depending on the price) are granted for about 60 science teachers in Europe. The EGU General Assembly is the largest conference in Geosciences in Europe and attracts every year thousands of scientists from all over the world.

Registration is now possible for the workshop in May 2010

Please download the INFORMATION FOR APPLICATION

We strongly recommend to apply before the deadline of December, 1rst, because in the last year late applications could not be accepted anymore due to overbooking of the workshop.

Application information:	Word	PDF
Contact general:	Dr. Carlo Laj CNRS Gif sur Yvette	Carlo.Laj (at) lsce.ipsl.fr
Contact for Polish teachers:	Dr. Anita Bokwa Jagiellonian University of Krakow	anita.bokwa (at) uj.edu.pl

The language of the workshop is English.
 

This workshop offers teachers of Elementary to High Schools an opportunity to upgrade their knowledge in geophysical themes and to shorten the time between discovery and text books.
The workshop program combines scientific presentations on current research by leading scientists participating to the EGU General Assembly, with hands-on activities presented by science educators that can be used by the teachers in their classrooms. Also, teachers are encouraged to give short presentations of special activities they have developed themselves.

Further information about the workshop 2010 can be found on the GIFT Flyer 2010 (PDF).

 
Registration to GIFT-2009 and the EGU General Assembly (Please inform yourself about the conference programme 2010) is free for the selected teachers and travel/living grants are available. Accepentence of the grants and/or free registration implies for the teacher the obligation to attend the entire workshop and to provide a feedback of its effectiveness.

We are awaiting your application and would appreciate to welcome you in Vienna. Please inform also your colleagues about this workshop.

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