Online courses from the American Museum of Natural History.

Seminars on Science offers award-winning online graduate courses in the life, earth, and physical sciences. Designed for K-12 educators, each six-week course is led by an experienced classroom teacher and a scientist affiliated with the American Museum of Natural History. In-depth readings and assignments paired with rich web-based discussions assure that educators come away from each class with a deeper understanding of both the science and the tools of scientific inquiry. Graduate credit is available and each participant receives a CD of course resources suitable for classroom use.

All nine of their courses are available this summer including: Evolution; Earth: Inside and Out; The Ocean System; Genetics, Genomics, Genethics; and Space, Time and Motion. Free sample resources are available for each course on the Seminars website.

Summer sessions run June 11 - July 22 AND July 2 - August 12. Register early for a $50 discount. For more information, go to learn.amnh.org (http://learn.amnh.org/welcome.php?=BAP) or call direct at 800-649-6715.