This week's postings: 1. Student Challenge: NetAid Asian Earthquake Crisis Fund 2. Indiana University's 10th Annual International Studies Summer Institute 3. The American Foreign Service Association's National High School Essay Contest 4. Earthwatch Education Fellowships Available Now Dear GlobalEdNews subscribers, I hope you have all had a happy and healthy holiday season. At this time, many of you may be looking for ways to discuss the disaster in Asia in your classrooms or coordinate projects to raise funds for the relief effort. Global TeachNet's "Kids Around the World" website now features a page dedicated to the tsunami disaster. On this page, you can find information geared towards students about what happened and what is being done to help in the aftermath. The page also contains links for students to websites about how children have taken action and how they too can be a part of the relief effort. In addition, you'll find links connecting teachers with information on the effect the earthquakes and tsunamis have had on children and resources for teaching about them. We hope this can help you and your students discuss the crisis and find ways to help. To visit the webpage, please go to http://www.katw.org/pages/sitepage.cfm?id=103. Ellen Frierson Global TeachNet Intern National Peace Corps Association mailto:gtnintern@rpcv.org http://www.globalteachnet.org ------------------------------------------- 1. Student Challenge: NetAid Asian Earthquake Crisis Fund Posted by request: Upon returning to school in 2005, many students in the United States are asking what they can do to help victims of the recent earthquake and tsunamis in South and Southeast Asia. NetAid invites students and teachers to make a difference through the NetAid Asian Earthquake Crisis Fund. Over the next several weeks, NetAid is challenging students and educators in the United States to come up with creative ways to fundraise in response to this humanitarian crisis. Funds raised by U.S. students will be used to help students in South and Southeast Asia affected by the disaster. NetAid will feature students, educators and schools participating in this challenge on its website. To make this activity a meaningful educational experience, NetAid has prepared several lesson plans for educators which discuss global poverty and the role of Americans in responding to this humanitarian crisis. Click here: http://ga0.org/ct/sd1rEH61gz2M/ for more information on how your school can take action. No doubt you have seen in the news that the scope of this disaster's devastation continues to grow. Your support remains vital. For updates on how such support is already being put to use, or to encourage others to donate, please visit http://www.netaid.org. ------------------------------------------- 2. Indiana University's 10th Annual International Studies Summer Institute Posted by request: Dates: July 10-23, 2005 The Center for the Study of Global Change at Indiana University annually organizes a summer residential institute for middle and high school teachers. Participants join the Institute's faculty, IU professors, and nationally prominent speakers to explore diverse topics such as global environmental change, international trade, populations at risk, and conflict resolution. Teachers may elect to earn one to three graduate credits through the School of Education at in-state tuition rates. Participants are accepted on a first come, first served basis. The first twenty teachers accepted will be offered scholarships worth $750.00 each. For more information, visit the International Studies Summer Institute website (http://www.indiana.edu/~global/institute.htm) or call (812)855-0756. ------------------------------------------- 3. The American Foreign Service Association's National High School Essay Contest Posted by request: Deadline March 1, 2005 Students are asked to write a 750 to a 1000 word essay on role of the United States Foreign Service and its members in the world today. They are to analyze and explain how the members of the Foreign Service promote United States national interests by participating in the resolution of today's major international problems. The first-place winner will receive a check for $2,500.00. The first-place winner's school or sponsoring organization will receive a check for $500.00. The Second-place winner will receive a check for $1,250.00. The Third-place winner will receive a check for $750.00. There will be media promotion and press releases to newspapers in the communities of the first three prize winners. Twenty-two finalists will receive a certificate of honorable mention. The contest is open to all (including international) high school and high school level home schooled students whose parents are not members of the United States Foreign Service. For more information please go to the following site: http://www.afsa.org/essaycontest/essaycontest1.cfm Thank you. Perri Green, Contest Coordinator ------------------------------------------- 4. Earthwatch Education Fellowships Available Now Posted by request: Join Scientific Field Research Projects Worldwide Earthwatch Institute is offering fellowships to fund K-12 educators and administrators to join scientific research expeditions around the world. This year, more than 300 fellows will participate in one- to three- week field research projects, working with diverse teams of volunteers under the direction of renowned scientists. The experience provides a unique career development opportunity for teachers and the chance to bring field science into the classroom. Earthwatch fellowships supply teachers with professional development, applicable skills, new knowledge, and a renewed appreciation for learning. Research projects range in discipline, from archeology to zoology. Applications are presently being accepted on a rolling basis. Funding may be exhausted by March 1st. 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