Mar 27, 2009

April 8 EEAY AGM and sharing meeting

Next sharing time and Annual General Meeting Wednesday April 8, 2009 Whitehorse Public Library 7:30 - 9:00pm

including, in honour of Yukon Biodiversity Awareness Month (YBAM) a mini-workshop in Environment Yukon's newly revised Backyard Biodiversity and Beyond learning resource

All welcome!

ISS EarthKAM Spring 2009 Mission

Middle school educators are invited to join NASA for the International Space Station EarthKAM Spring 2009 Mission on April 28-May 1, 2009. Find out more about this exciting opportunity that allows students to take pictures of Earth from a digital camera on board the International Space Station. ISS EarthKAM is a NASA-sponsored project that provides stunning, high-quality photographs of Earth taken from the space shuttle and International Space Station. Since 1996, ISS EarthKAM students have taken thousands of photographs of Earth by using the World Wide Web to direct a digital camera on select spaceflights and, currently, on the International Space Station. For more information about the project and to register for the upcoming mission, visit the ISS EarthKAM home page <www.EarthKAM.ucsd.edu>. If you have questions about the EarthKAM project, please e-mail .

Canon Nature Nurture Award

Canon Canada has announced a new project ... Nuture Nature Award

This opportunity below might be something that you could partner up with someone in your province/territory.

Click on the link , which will open up to the Canon Canada - Nuture Nature Award project guidelines

http://www.canon.ca/english/index-donations.asp

Mar 23, 2009

Canadian Wildlife Federation: Email - Join the CWF Learning Institute at Acadia University for our Summer Institute!

Canadian Wildlife Federation: Email - Join the CWF Learning Institute at Acadia University for our Summer Institute!: "Join the Canadian Wildlife Federation’s Learning Institute at historic Acadia University for our inaugural Summer Institute! The Summer Institute is a new initiative of the Canadian Wildlife Federation’s Learning Institute. This program is designed for educators to expand their knowledge of wildlife, conservation and biodiversity. Curricula offers teachers and non-formal educators an opportunity for unique learning experiences with scientists, conservationists and education professionals. Opportunities include... Follow link above to find out more

How To: Reduce Your School's Eco-Footprint | Edutopia

How To: Reduce Your School's Eco-Footprint | Edutopia: "How To: Reduce Your School's Eco-Footprint Follow these tips for making your school more environmentally friendly. by Sara Bernard This how-to article accompanies the feature 'Reading, Writing, Recycling: One Oregon School Is Making the Planet a Better Place.' Rod Shroufe, founder of Clackamas High School's sustainable-systems class, says making your school more eco-friendly is just a matter of taking the initiative. He offers these tips... CLICK ON LINK TO READ MORE

Mar 3, 2009

EECOM News latest issue

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EECOM News / COM'ERE Greetings / Bonjour Remy!

EECOM News Issue 1 2009 now available!

In the Chair's Message, Grand Gardner reflects on the high level of uncertainty that surrounds us with confidence that we will collectively, as a society, find the best way forward with a greater appreciation of the environment that sustains us. A Year in Review...From Gros Morne to Wichita, from Rudolph's "Smartnose" to Santa's SUS (Sports Utility Sleigh), Garry Enns and Natalie Swayze look back on the busy year behind us and forward to the promising one ahead for EECOM! Come onboard Canada's premier research icebreaker with the Schools on Board Outreach Program in the first in our series profiling the winners of the 2008 Canadian Awards of Excellence in Environmental Education. And in the latest headlines in News & Announcements... ... Register online today for Earth, our common home, 5th World Environmental Education Congress, May 10-14, 2009, Montréal ... Get your brain and body moving at the Global, Environmental and Outdoor Education Council Conference 2009, Jasper National Park, Alberta, April 24-26 ... Mark Your Calendars for The Power of Partnerships - Creative Leadership in Environmental Education 2009 NAAEE Conference in Portland, Oregon, October 7-10 ... Register now for the Youth Encouraging Sustainability Project's Annual Sustainability Showcase & Competition ... Microdocs, a new ecological sustainability educational resource ... Resources for Rethinking: A year older and over 500 teaching resources to offer! Read the full newsletter - http://www.eecom.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=1&Itemid=38&lang=en COM'ERE Edition 1 2009! Dans le Message du Président, Grand Gardner reflète sur le niveau élevé d'incertitude qui nous entoure, avec la confiance que nous allons collectivement, en tant que société, trouver la meilleur voie à suivre avec une plus grande appréciation de l'environnement qui nous soutient. Une année en revue... De Gros Morne à Wichita, du "nez intelligent" du petit renne au TUS(Traineau Utilitaire Sport) du Père Noël, Garry Enns et Natalie Swayze font un retour en arrière et porte un regard sur l'année à venir pour EECOM! Montez à bord du brise-glace de recherche avec le programme de sensibilisation Schools on Board dans notre première série de profils de gagnants pour le prix d'excellence 2008 en éducation à l'environnement Et dans les grands titres dans Annonces et Nouvelles... ... Inscrivez-vous en ligne aujourd'hui pour le 5ieme congrès mondial sur l'éducation relative à l'environnement, La terre, notre maison commune, Montréal, 10-14 mai 2009 ... Faite bouger votre cerveau et votre corps à Conférence du Conseil de l'éducation environnemental du Plein air 2009, Parc National de Jasper, Alberta, 24-26 avril ... Marquez votre calendrier pour Le Pouvoir de Partenariat et Leadership Créatif en Éducation Environnementale, Conférence de NAAEE 2009 à Portland, Oregon, 7-10 octobre 2009 ... Inscrivez-vous dès maintenant pour Youth Encouraging Sustainability Project's Annual Sustainability Showcase & Competition ... Ressources pour Repenser: Un peu plus d'un an et déjà plus de 500 ressources d'enseignement à offrir! Lisez plus - http://www.eecom.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=1&Itemid=38&lang=fr
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Mar 2, 2009

Somthing different...some incidental student humour

Found on exam results. The site for other student misconceptions is http://www.svsu.edu/mathsci-center/uploads/science/gsmiscon.htm

When you breath, you inspire. When you do not breath, you expire.

H2O is hot water, and CO2 is cold water

To collect fumes of sulphur, hold a deacon over a flame in a test tube

When you smell an oderless gas, it is probably carbon monoxide

Nitrogen is not found in Ireland because it is not found in a free state

Water is composed of two gins, Oxygin and Hydrogin. Oxygin is pure gin. Hydrogin is gin and water.

Three kinds of blood vessels are arteries, vanes and caterpillars.

Blood flows down one leg and up the other.

Respiration is composed of two acts, first inspiration, and then expectoration.

The moon is a planet just like the earth, only it is even deader.

Artifical insemination is when the farmer does it to the cow instead of the bull.

Dew is formed on leaves when the sun shines down on them and makes them perspire.

A super-saturated solution is one that holds more than it can hold.

Mushrooms always grow in damp places and so they look like umbrellas.

The body consists of three parts- the brainium, the borax and the abominable cavity. The brainium contains the brain, the borax containsthe heart and lungs, and the abominable cavity contains the bowls, of which there are five - a, e, i, o, and u.

The pistol of a flower is its only protections agenst insects.

The alimentary canal is located in the northern part of Indiana.

The skeleton is what is left after the insides have been taken out and the outsides have ben taken off. The purpose of the skeleton is something to hitch meat to.

A permanent set of teeth consists of eight canines, eight cuspids, two molars, and eight cuspidors.

The tides are a fight between the Earth and moon. All water tends towards the moon, because there is no water in the moon, and nature abhors a vacuum. I forget where the sun joins in this fight.

A fossil is an extinct animal. The older it is, the more extinct it is.

Many women belive that an alcoholic binge will have no ill effects on the unborn fetus, but that is a large misconception.

Equator: A managerie lion running around the Earth through Africa.

Germinate: To become a naturalized German.

Liter: A nest of young puppies.

Magnet: Something you find crawling all over a dead cat.

Momentum: What you give a person when they are going away.

Planet: A body of Earth surrounded by sky.

Rhubarb: A kind of celery gone bloodshot.

Vacumm: A large, empty space where the pope lives.

Before giving a blood transfusion, find out if the blood is affirmative or negative.

To remove dust from the eye, pull the eye down over the nose.

For a nosebleed: Put the nose much lower then the body until the heart stops.

For drowning: Climb on top of the person and move up and down to make artifical perspiration.

For fainting: Rub the person's chest or, if a lady, rub her arm above the hand instead. Or put the head between the knees of the nearest medical doctor.

For dog bite: put the dog away for sevral days. If he has not recovered, then kill it.

For asphyxiation: Apply artificial respiration until the patient is dead.

To prevent contraception: wear a condominium.

For head cold: use an agonizer to spray the nose untill it drops in your throat.

To keep milk from turning sour: Keep it in the cow.