Yale University (Peabody Museum of Natural History)

The Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History will deliver a professional development program for teachers in ecology and environmental science. The Peabody Teachers Collaborative on Global Change provides a science literacy program to meet the needs of K-12 students and their teachers. CGC serves several local school districts, particularly Title 1 schools districts of New Haven and Hartford, and other districts in Connecticut. The project will target 48 schools and approximately 1,500 students, together with their families and communities. The project begins with a traveling exhibition, Seasons of Change, and associated activities for K-12 groups. The initial project will focus on curriculum writing by a group of eight experienced educators, two summer institutes for 20 teachers, and the production of classroom materials that include museum objects and specimens.