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Operation:
Resilient Planet |
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Operation: Resilient Planet will
take students to Earth's critical ecosystems to investigate nature's
strategies for regeneration, learn ecosystem management by taking on
the roles of researchers and policymakers, understand pressures from
human-induced changes and recognize their responsibility for
defending biodiversity.
JASON's inquiry-based curricula are grounded in the principle that
students learn best when challenged to apply their knowledge to
exciting, real-world scenarios. Compelling scientists, taped on
location with our student and teacher Argonauts, come to life for
students through video, podcasts and Web casts, live chat sessions
and interactive computer games.
Like NASA's Mission Center in Houston, the JASON Mission Center is
the hub for online exploration. It contains all the student and
teacher content, communications systems, digital experiences and
other resources for the curriculum. The JASON Mission Center
includes state-of-the-art resources for educators to manage, assess
and track student performance.
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Join Blue Ridge PBS
for Operation: Resilient Planet at one of the following workshops:
Friday, August 22, 2008 - Salem
City Schools
Saturday, September 20, 2008 - Lord Botetourt
High School
Saturday, September 27, 2008 - Martinsville
Middle School
Monday, October 13, 2008 - Breckinridge Middle
School
Saturday, October 18, 2008 -
Northside Middle School
Tuesday, November 4, 2008 - Ben Franklin Middle
School
For more information please contact:
Trish Lawson and Kay
Hammer, JASON Project Managers
540-983-1768 OR
888-332-7788, ext. 1768
E-Mail
jason@blueridgepbs.org
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Many thanks to our sponsors: The Cartledge
Foundation, Martin Bros. Contractors, Inc., Blue
Ridge PBS, First Fridays @ Five and the school
systems of Roanoke City, Salem City and Roanoke,
Franklin, Botetourt counties. Special thanks to our
partners: The Blue Ridge East Educational
Consortium.
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