Students from the Felix Varela Senior High School Global Studies MAGNET constructing bird boxes to install at the CEMEX Florida East Coast Quarry Wetland Reclamation project.

For Educators and Students

Overview

Education is integral to the LTER Mission, and LTER has begun a broad-scale, long-term effort to combine scientific research and science education.

The Mission of LTER Education is to use the uniqueness of the LTER Network to promote learning about long-term ecological processes and the earth's ecosystems.

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Featured Book

My Water Comes From the San Juan Mountains

This book introduces children to the nation's watershed, the Continental Divide, and how snowmelt forms the headwaters of the rivers and streams that bring life to the land below on the Rocky Mountain's Western Slope. The entire water cycle is described from evaporation to glacier formation and...
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Education News/Opportunities

2013 DataONE Summer Internships
Applications are now being accepted for 2013 DataONE Summer Internships. Prospective interns can apply for one of the specified projects listed at: dataone.org/internships. These projects are:
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Summer Internship opportunities at DataONE
Applications are now being accepted for 2013 DataONE Summer Internships. Prospective interns can apply for one of the specified projects listed at: www.dataone.org/internships. These projects are:
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Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve Summer Internships and Technician Positions
The Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve of the University of Minnesota has opportunities for summer research Internships and spring field technician positions. These positions are not mutually exclusive and applicants can apply for either or both positions. If you are applying for both, please follow each set of application instructions and send each application separately.
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Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) - Arctic
The Ecosystems Center of the Marine Biological Laboratory is seeking undergraduate applicants for several Arctic research projects. The Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) positions are available to U.S. citizens or Permanent Residents only who are currently enrolled as undergraduates at U.S. colleges or universities (no graduating seniors). Successful candidates will participate in field research on either terrestrial or aquatic ecosystems in the Toolik Lake Research Natural Area on the North Slope of Alaska.
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Summer Field Positions: Restoration of Montane Meadows in the Oregon Cascades
H. J. Andrews Experimental Forest LTER and Bunchgrass Ridge (Oregon) Application Deadline: March 10, 2013 Duration: mid June through mid August (a longer assignment may be possible)
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