WHO:       Formal and informal educators who teach primarily middle to high
               school grades or those professionals who work with the
               K-12 community

WHAT:      A three-hour training session on topics related to the
               Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

WHEN:      Saturday, January 28, 2012 from 8:30-12:00

WHERE:    10 locations across four states (including the Dauphin Island Sea Lab,
                University of West Alabama and Jacksonville State University)

During the three-hour session, educators will hear from experts in four states, via video conferencing technology, on Deepwater Horizon oil spill topics: Oil 101, Dispersants, Impacts to Birds, and Impacts to Fisheries. Related hands-on activities will be conducted after speaker presentations. A Certificate of Participation and a $100 stipend will be available to the first 20 in-service educators (per site) who complete pre- and post-tests and an online evaluation. For more information and a registration form, please visit http://dhp.disl.org/teachertraining.htm or email sejohnson@disl.org