Crossing Boundaries is a year-long professional development experience that entails sustained teacher professional development, access to the Crossing Boundaries curriculum, and a variety of opportunities for students to see scientific and environmental careers in action. Secondary teachers and students analyze biodiversity and environmental conservation issues in their local and regional environment as well as the Brazilian Amazon, Cloud Forest in Mexico, and Kenyan Savannah.
Crossing Boundaries teachers learn about geospatial technologies, such as GIS, GPS, Google Earth, Google Maps and communication technologies, such as blogs, wikis and podcasts. These tools create powerful opportunities for teaching, learning and assessment.
Crossing Boundaries is developing curricular units that enable secondary students to explore and analyze biodiversity and environmental conservation issues. Students use a variety of high-quality web resources to investigate conservation issues locally, regionally, nationally and around the world.
