A week in Yellowstone National Park with a bunch of climate scientists is how Shirley Greene, a biology teacher atLewis and Clark Middle School, spenther summer vacation. <\/p>\n
\"It's incredible,\" Greene said. \"We've been talking to scientists, traveling around the park.\" <\/p>\n
The teachers finished their week at the park onFriday. They'll return home just in time for classes to begin Wednesday, energized for the coming school year. <\/p>\n
Greene attended the weeklong workshop with her husband, Steve Greene, who teaches earth science at West High and colleague Trish Loken, who also teachesbiology at Lewis and Clark. <\/p>\n
The program at Yellowstone is part of the 12-park program called 2012 Parks Climate Change Challenge sponsored by the National Park Foundation. <\/p>\n
Loken and the Greenes were part of a group of 15 public school teachers selected to attend the program at Yellowstone. Shirley Greene, a member of the Montana Science Teachers Association, found out about the programthrough the groupand applied. <\/p>\n
The Parks Climate Change Challengeprogram is designed to help teachers develop engaging lesson plans, create hands-on service projects and plan field trips to help students better understand climate change and develop a strong connection to the national parks, said Al Nash, a Yellowstone National Park spokesman. <\/p>\n
The group spent time with park scientists and staff from Montana State University covering everything from geology to biology. <\/p>\n
Wednesday they learned about the vanishing biomes of the mountain pika, which has steadily moved its habitatup in elevation as temperatures increase. <\/p>\n
\"At some point you get to the top of the mountain and there's nowhere else to go,\"Greene said. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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