Professor Michael Hamburger had an unexpected opportunity to take a break from Indiana winter weather and work with teachers in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.
The Galapagos, famous for Charles Darwin’s groundbreaking discoveries on the voyage of the Beagle nearly two centuries ago, is a natural laboratory for environmental change—tectonic, volcanic, geomorphic, and, of course, biological.
This program, sponsored by IU’s Office of the Vice President for International Affairs (IU Global), is the direct outgrowth of an innovative science professional development program led by Hamburger since 2017.
Educating for Environmental Change (or EfEC, for short) is the product of a successful collaboration with Adam Scribner, Director of STEM Education at IU’s School of Education and a host of IU science faculty members, introducing middle- and high-school science teachers to the science and policy of climate change.
You can read more and see images from the workshop in the newsletter.
The College of Arts