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WETLAND EDUCATION WORKSHOP WETMAAP Wetland
Education through Maps and Aerial Photography
  • Focusing on the Foster City Redwood City area
    of San Francisco Bay
  • The U.S. Geological Surveys National Wetlands
    Research Center in Lafayette, Louisiana, Chadron
    State College in Chadron, Nebraska, NASA Ames
    Research Center, the U.S. Geological Surveys
    Western Geographic Science Center in Menlo Park,
    California, and the Romberg Tiburon Center for
    Environmental Studies of San Francisco State
    University are sponsoring a Free WETMAAP Workshop
    for Middle
  • and High School Teachers.
  • The WETMAAP workshop will
  • Explore the changes in wetlands and changing
    habitats of the San Francisco Bay
  • Introduce educators to wetland habitats, and
    functions and values
  • Introduce educators and students to wetland
    mapping, aerial photography,
    satellite imagery, topographic maps, and GIS
    technology
  • Assist educators with the integration of
    wetland issues, maps, and images into existing
    curriculum
  • Promote public awareness of wetland change
    issues and provide an understanding of the
    cause and effect of wetland changes
  • Materials and Resources Participants will
    receive
  • Binder of information that includes the
    Educators Supplement, a Resource Guide, study
    site Background Information, and a Photographic
    Essay
  • Portfolio with aerial photographs, wetland and
    upland maps, topographic maps,
  • and land cover maps
  • Set of Exercises correlated to the National
    Standards in Science, Math, and Geography
  • Workshop Date and Location (Summer of 2007)
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