{"id":70940,"date":"2016-03-24T14:34:34","date_gmt":"2016-03-24T21:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=70940"},"modified":"2016-03-28T18:30:40","modified_gmt":"2016-03-29T01:30:40","slug":"lancaster-teacher-receives-marine-education-fellowship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2016\/03\/24\/lancaster-teacher-receives-marine-education-fellowship\/","title":{"rendered":"Lancaster teacher receives marine education fellowship"},"content":{"rendered":"

Christina Betzer<\/b>, teacher at Amargosa Creek Middle School\u00a0in Lancaster, has been selected by the non-profit organization Ecology Project International (EPI) to participate in an eight-day Research & Education Fellowship in Costa Rica. <\/span><\/p>\n

EPI is a field science and conservation organization that partners scientists with local and international students and educators in ecologically critical environments in Costa Rica, the Galapagos, Belize, Baja Mexico, and Yellowstone. <\/span><\/p>\n

Since 2000, EPI has brought more than 8,000 American and Costa Rican students to their field sites in Costa Rica. <\/span><\/p>\n

During the Fellowship, a small group of selected U.S. teachers will travel to the Caribbean coast to experience the program for themselves. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis was definitely one of the best professional development programs I have ever experienced,\u201d said Michele Wolski, a 2014 Fellow. \u201cI surely will never forget the turtle walks and the opportunity to watch and assist in research, and I intend to share this yearly with my students.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

On this year\u2019s fourth annual Fellowship, Betzer will participate in a modified version of EPI\u2019s Sea Turtle Ecology Program. She will be immersed in Costa Rica\u2019s diverse ecology and will spend three days at a leatherback sea turtle preserve, all while learning about education in the field and how it can be used to enrich every classroom. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The group will also meet with Costa Rican teachers and students for a day of cultural exchange.<\/span>
\n<\/span>EPI’s Research & Education Fellowship will occur April 16-23, 2016.<\/span>
\n<\/span>For more information on EPI\u2019s programs or how teachers can apply for next year\u2019s Fellowship, visit <\/span>www.ecologyproject.org<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

[Information via news release from Ecology Project International.]<\/span><\/em><\/h5>\n

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Christina Betzer, teacher at Amargosa Creek Middle School\u00a0in Lancaster, has been selected by the non-profit organization Ecology Project International (EPI) to participate in an eight-day Research & Education Fellowship in Costa Rica. EPI is a field science and conservation organization that partners scientists with local and international students and educators in ecologically critical environments in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70940"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70940"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70940\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}