$1000 Scholarships To The Amazon Rainforest Workshop

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K-12 teachers and environmental educators can win a $1000 scholarship to travel to the Amazon and work with scientists in one of the most diverse environments in the world. The Amazon Rainforest Workshop for Educators, scheduled July 5-14, 2005, is a professional development opportunity for teachers to experience a 1/4 mile canopy walkway and visit the indigenous people who call the rainforest ecosystem their home. Academic credit is available.

The first of three $1000 scholarships will be awarded January 8. Final deadline: March 8. The scholarship covers half of the land cost of $1998. Simple application form is under GRANTS at:
HTTP://WWW.TRAVEL2LEARN.COM For information on this and other programs in Belize or Student Amazon Workshops, call Dr. Frances Gatz at 1-800-669-6806, email

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K-12 teachers and environmental educators can win a $1000 scholarship for the Amazon Rainforest Workshop for Educators scheduled July 5-14, 2005. The Amazon expedition is a professional development opportunity for teachers to work side-by-side with a spirited faculty in one of the most biologically diverse environments in the world. The Amazon faculty includes:

• LYNNE CHERRY, Author/Illustrator (The Great Kapok Tree) See book review and lesson ideas here
• Marine Biologist DR. LUNDIE SPENCE, SC Sea Grant Consortium
• Entomologist RANDY MORGAN, Cincinnati Zoo
• Research Biologist DR. STEVE MADIGOSKY, Widener University
• Ornithologist DR. KEN ROSENBERG, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
• Canopy Researcher DONNA KRABILL, Marie Selby Botanical Gardens

You'll ascend over 115 feet on a 1/4-mile Rainforest Canopy Walkway and visit local schools and families to see how indigenous cultures use the forest for medicine, food, and shelter. Full land cost for the educator workshop is $1998. Academic credit is available. Three $1000 SCHOLARSHIPS will be awarded. Drawings will be held on January 8, February 8, and March 8. Simple application form and list of winners from prior years is under GRANTS at: HTTP://WWW.TRAVEL2LEARN.COM For information on this and other educator programs in Belize or Student Amazon Workshops, call Dr. Frances Gatz at 1-800-669-6806, email

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Environmental Expeditions, 9335 Fraser Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Frances Gatz, Ph.D., Director, Rainforest Workshops
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