Current CSA Course Lineup

About Our Courses

  • All of our courses are completely online. All you need is a computer with internet access and an email address (no textbook is required).
     
  • Courses generally take 10-30 hours to complete (this time varies with the course selected and your pace in completing materials!).  You have approximately 1 month to complete the materials.
     
  • Our courses are facilitated by an experienced online instructor.
     

CSA 501/551: Introduction to Project BudBurst for Educators

Upcoming Course Sessions for Summer / Fall 2013:

June 25 - July 31, 2013: Register now!

September 17 - October 16, 2013: Registration will open in June.

Course Fee: $35

Each session is limited to 50 participants.

This professional development course will provide you with detailed information about Project BudBurst and how to participate, including how to select your plants and make observations, suggestions for structuring your classroom involvement, educational activities to engage your students in making observations, analyzing data, as well as forming a community with other educators.

This course is offered in two sections:

  • CSA 501 was developed for educators in formal education settings such as K12 classrooms and community colleges;
  • CSA 551 was developed for educators in informal education settings such as botanic gardens, nature preserves, and science museums.

Clicking the links above will download the syllabus for each course as a PDF file.

The content for both sections is very similar, however, implementation ideas have been tailored to the needs of different learners. Also, to facilitate more useful discussion, you will be taking the course with others who are in similar educational settings.

Optional Continuing Education Credits

Participants can also sign up for optional graduate level continuing education credits from Colorado School of Mines. The fee for 2 optional credits is $90. For more information, visit our FAQ's

CSA 502/552: Using Project BudBurst Data in An Educational Setting

Upcoming Course Sessions for Summer / Fall 2013:

June 25 - July 31, 2013: Register now!

September 17 - October 16, 2013: Registration will open in June.

Course Fee: $35

Each session is limited to 50 participants.

This course will overview using Project BudBurst data in the classroom. The course will highlight an exciting new set of online data visualization tools developed by the National Geographic FieldScope program. It will also cover plant adaptations to a changing climate, and links between Project BudBurst data and other broadscale data sets. This course is offered in one section that considers both formal and informal educational objectives.

Download the CSA 502/552 course syllabus.

Optional Continuing Education Credits

Participants can also sign up for optional graduate level continuing education credits from Colorado School of Mines. The fee for 2 optional credits is $90. For more information, visit our FAQ's

New Courses - to be offered Summer / Fall 2013

Introduction to Citizen Science

Working with Citizen Science Data In An Educational Setting