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GLOBE/Operation RubyThroat Workshops




GLOBE Teacher Training Workshops Available Through Operation RubyThroat


If you've ever wanted to be part of The GLOBE Program but haven't had time for the full week of training in soils, hydrology, atmosphere, climate, and other earth science protocols, "Operation RubyThroat: The Hummingbird Project" now offers an alternative.

Operation RubyThroat--administered by Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History near York SC--is the first GLOBE protocol that involves animal behavior observations. Bill Hilton Jr., as principal investigator for Operation RubyThroat, is now authorized to train teachers in GLOBE hummingbird protocols and to designate those educators' schools as GLOBE sites.

Hilton will hold a GLOBE/Operation RubyThroat Teacher Training Workshop during the annual fall meeting of the South Carolina Science Council and other professional organizations, but he's also available at other times for workshops at schools South Carolina, and beyond. If you have at least six teachers at a school or within a school district who would like to be trained in the GLOBE hummingbird protocols in time to use them during 2003, contact Hilton via mailto:info@rubythroat.org to arrange a three-hour workshop after school, on a Saturday, or during the summer. Teacher participants receive site identification codes that allow any student at their schools to submit hummingbird data to the GLOBE Web site. A $20 fee per teacher helps offset costs of materials and travel; an additional fee may be requested for travel and/or lodging for more distant sites.

By participating in Operation RubyThroat, you and your students will join others from the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and all seven Central American countries as they monitor migration and feeding and nesting behavior in Ruby-throated Hummingbirds. You can view the GLOBE hummingbird protocols at http://www.globe.gov and glean a wealth of information about hummingbirds from the Operation RubyThroat Web site at http://www.rubythroat.org. Please also visit the Web site for Hilton Pond Center at http://www.hiltonpond.org.

(Please forward this message to listervs, to schools and school districts, and to individuals who may be interested.)


Happy Hummingbird Watching!


BILL

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BILL HILTON JR., Executive Director
Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History
1432 DeVinney Road, York, South Carolina 29745 USA
hilton@hiltonpond.org, (803) 684-5852, eFax: (503) 218-0845

The mission of Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History is "to conserve plants, animals, habitats, and other natural components of the Piedmont Region of the eastern United States through observation, scientific study, and education for students of all ages." Please visit our web sites (courtesy of Comporium.net) at http://www.hiltonpond.org and http://www.rubythroat.org ("Operation RubyThroat: The Hummingbird Project").

"Never trust a person too lazy to get up for sunrise or too busy to
watch the sunset."					BHjr.