Earth to Class

Earth2Class (Earth to Class/E2C)
is a unique science/math/technology resource for K-12 teachers, students, the general public, and geoscientists. It is a collaboration among researchers at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University ; curriculum and technology integration specialists from Teachers College, Columbia University and Colégio Bandeirantes, São Paulo, Brasil; and classroom teachers from New York, New Jersey, and elsewhere.

E2C centers around “Saturday Workshops for Educators” held at Columbia's Lamont Campus in Palisades N.Y. One key feature to E2C is involvement of LDEO scientists. Their availability through workshops, web site postings, and e-mail allow teachers and students access to cutting-edge research which can be used to develop learning activities directly linked to “real-world problems,” and provide scientists with an effective format to disseminate their discoveries more broadly. By the end of the current series, we will have provided 96 Workshops featuring 50 LDEO scientists.

The 2008 - 2009 E2C Workshops have all passed, but we are starting to create the 2009 - 2010 series.

As soon as we have tentative dates, we will post these, and we will also add the themes for each as our scientist colleagues confirm participation.

Meanwhile, please browse through archived versions of past Workshops, along with the many other resources we provide.

Over the summer, the E2C Team plans a major revision of this website, so we hope that by next September we will present you with a greatly enhanced collection of valuable materials.

Have a Happy and Healthy Summer!

Thanks for your interest!

Online Registration Form
The easiest way to register for the Saturday Workshops

There is a $15 fee to attend each program, which covers lunch and other expenses. You can attend individual E2C workshops by completing this registration form. The Lamont campus is normally closed on Saturdays, so please pre-register so we can add your name to the Security Gatehouse entry list.

All programs take place in the Seismology-Marine Biology Building Seminar Room.

Directions to the LDEO Campus by Car or Shuttle Bus

A second key to E2C is the ever-growing collection of educational resources available on this web site, which provide teachers, students, and others access to up-to-date information about our changing planet. These make our offerings available to anyone, even if they cannot attend the live workshops. Use the Quick Links at the left or pull-down menus at the top of each page to explore these.
E2C Team Members, Dr. Cristiana Mattos Assumpção and Frederico Dalmas Baggio, have begun to develop connections with educational institutions in their home of São Paulo, Brasil. Click here to learn about Earth2Class em Brasil/Earth2Class in Brazil.

E2C has been supported in part through National Science Foundation Geoscience Education Grant 0331232.