Registration for ESTEP Online Courses for Spring 2023 is OPEN! 

GEOS 599: Introduction to Our Atmosphere (Meteorology)

and

GEOS 599: Astronomy for Educators

These two courses are offered through the Continuing Studies Department at Minnesota State University Moorhead.  Each 3-credit graduate level course is facilitated by expert professors who are leaders in their fields and based in Minnesota!  Courses begin January 9, 2023.  Want to learn more?  Check out everything ESTEP HERE! 

Ready to register?  CLICK HERE!

Note: ALL online courses are designated as blended.  This means that the courses are offered in an asynchronous style, with scheduled assignment turn in dates and assessments, AND there will also be a REQUIRED 6-10 hours of synchronous online meeting time per course, that will most likely take place on Saturday mornings in 2-4 hour blocks of time.  In order to earn a passing grade and credit for the course, participants MUST commit to both asynchronous AND synchronous requirements.

The Earth Science Teacher Education Project, or ESTEP, is a professional development program for 6th grade and high school earth and space science teachers.  Our goal is to facilitate and model best practices in content and three-dimensional teaching strategies so that MN teachers can become practitioners of these new standards and create an environment of investigation and discovery in their classrooms.   Graduate credit for all summer bootcamps and online courses are available to participants for FREE (there may be a nominal registration fee for each course/camp; lodging and other expenses are not covered by the grant).  Additionally, participation in ESTEP can help prepare currently licensed high school science teachers to obtain an additional licensure in 9-12 Earth and Space Science through MTLE testing.   

Funding for this project was provided by the Minnesota Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund as recommended by the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR).