(DURHAM, February 2, 2005) – Teachers and students will be attending New Hampshire’s first live JASON broadcast event Saturday, February 5 at 9:30 a.m. at the Christa McAuliffe Planetarium in Concord. Attendees will have an opportunity to learn more about the 2004-05 JASON Expedition “Disappearing Wetlands,” watch the host researchers, meet other JASON classes, and be the first to learn about next year’s exciting expedition. The JASON Expedition is a unique multimedia, multidisciplinary curriculum offered to Granite State schools by the New Hampshire Public Television Knowledge Network. The expedition will be broadcast on NHPTV in February 2005 as part of the instruction for teachers and students. The JASON Expedition is a multi-disciplinary program that sparks the imagination of students and enhances the classroom experience. It aims to inspire in students a lifelong passion to pursue learning in science, math, and technology through exploration and discovery. From oceans to rainforests, from polar regions to volcanoes, the JASON Expedition exposes students and educators to leading scientists who work with them to examine Earth’s biological and geological development. This year’s expedition focuses on disappearing wetlands.One New Hampshire sixth-grade teacher described how she has used the JASON curriculum with her students: We started off our JASON studies by getting to know the scientists. Teams of students adopted a JASON scientist and created a poster about his/her research. Students presented these posters and generated questions that they had for the scientists for future chats. In the fall, students went to environmental camp and focused on wetland studies. We tromped through bogs, fens, marshes, swamps, and vernal pools. Students learned how to identify characteristic plants and animals, played games that modeled the ecology of these different ecosystems, and completed water quality and biotic indexes. We plan to return to these areas in the spring to repeat our studies. We can’t wait to see the spring birds present in these areas as well.Teachers interesting in learning more about the curriculum should contact Carole Berry at cberry@nhptv.org or call (800) 639-3413. For additional information about the JASON Expedition, go to www.jason.org. The JASON Expedition is made possible by grants from the JASON Foundation for Education, The Baldwin Foundation and The Gilbert Verney Foundation.NHPTV’s Knowledge Network is committed to providing learners of all ages with technology-based programs, services and resources to enhance the learning experience. For more information about the NHPTV Knowledge Network, go to www.nhptv.org/kn.
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