Graduate Students Explore Yellowstone
Graduate Students spent four weeks of April and May studying the botany, ornithology, and insects of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem in an academic course titled Advanced Elements of Field Ecology. The purpose was to familiarize them with these topics of ecology, …
Place Learning and Civic Engagement: Connecting Elementary Science to Studentsâ Home Places
Next week Teton Science Schools and the University of Wyoming’s Science and Math Teaching Center are collaborating to kick off the statewide, year-long Professional Development program, Place Learning And Civic Engagement [PLACE]: Connecting elementary science to students’ home places. …
Graduation and Celebration
Last Wednesday, in front of almost 400 people (including 80 who watched our virtual webcast), Journeys School graduated six seniors, sixteen 8th grade students, and twelve 5th grade students. This culmination of the tenth year of Journeys School was a good reminder of the community we live in and the potential of our graduates. …
Finalist! Understanding Local Implications of Global Climate Change
Amid appetizers, drinks and celebration, 1% for the Tetons announced eight grant proposals as 2011 finalist projects. The Conservation Research Center’s project, Understanding local implications of global climate change, was among the group. Our project will enhance understanding of the local implications of climate change in the Tetons area and will build on our existing pika (Ochotona princeps) research. …
Summer is Here
May and early June is such an exciting time with all of the dramatic phenological changes. Aspen leaves are expanding from buds, charismatic mega-fauna giving birth, aquatic insects emerging from rivers, migrant birds returning to the Valley, …
Treasure Hunt 2011: The 34th Annual Teton Science Schools Summer Fundraising Auction, August 20th
Save the Date! We hope you will all join us to support Teton Science Schools on Saturday, August 20th, from 2:00-5:00pm at the Jackson Campus for the 34th Annual Teton Science Schools’ Summer Fundraising Auction. …
Idaho Fire Ecology Outreach
This past week, Jackson Campus AmeriCorps led groups of 5th graders from Victor and Driggs Elementary Schools in a fire ecology outreach program. We wanted them to understand the basic dynamics of forest fires and to have a good experience learning outside. …
Putting the Fun in Fundraising
Spring is in the air, the snow at the Kelly Campus is now down to just a foot and the birds are singing incessantly! It is also the time of year we find ourselves gearing up for our Annual Kelly Campus Auction. …
Two Exciting Weeks in May for the Teacher Learning Center
May has already brought four exciting events for the Teacher Learning Center: a meeting with Wyoming Governor Matt Mead, a teacher workshop at the Murie Center, and outreach programs with 157 students at four schools in Teton Valley, …
New Wildlife Ecologist Joins Conservation Research Center
The Conservation Research Center announces an addition to its staff. Wildlife Ecologist, Michael Rowell, has joined the CRC to participate in the organization’s contract stewardship and research programs. With a Masters degree in Wildlife Science from Utah State University and a 20-year career engaging diverse ecological topics, …