Upcoming Conference - Where the Children Play: Discovering, Creating and Using Outdoor SpacesThe
New Hampshire Children in Nature Coalition will be holding a conference on October 5, 2011 at the
Cody Outdoor and Conference Center on Ossipee Lake. Participants will explore ways to reconnect children, youth, and families with nature, whether by discovering ways to use backyards, city parks, and other existing outdoor spaces, creating new outdoor spaces in schoolyards and neighborhoods, or conserving community land and providing access to community spaces.
Click here for more information.
BTEC Publishes Educational Materials on Biomass Thermal, Announces Continuation of Webinar SeriesThe
Biomass Thermal Energy Council (BTEC) has an array of educational materials available for educators; the resources are funded, in part, by a grant from the U.S. Forest Service's
Wood Education and Resource Center. Over the past 12 months, BTEC has produced a series of seven webinars, five fact sheets, 10 podcasts, and a comprehensive slide show presentation on key issues affecting the biomass thermal industry. Descriptions and links to these resources are available
here.
Skype in the Classroom Project - Global Newspaper.
Would your students be interested in creating a newspaper with students from around the globe?
Click here for details on how to participate in this neat project via
Skype in the Classroom, a free global community that invites teachers to use Skype to collaborate on classroom projects with teachers from all over the world.
