The Central Southwest Gulf Coast Information Node teamed with the Environmental Institute of Houston (EIH) from December 2006 through the summer of 2007 to host a series of teacher education workshops. The first goal was to coordinate and host a Biodiversity Speaker Series for teachers focusing on such issues as invasive species, fragmentation, habitat degradation, exploitation, and ecosystems. These series were offered to science teachers representing several local independent school districts. EIH hosted and conducted a total of four sessions focusing on biodiversity. The topics included: The Flora and Fauna of the Amazon Rainforest by Dr. Cindy Howard of UHCL; Galveston Bay Conservation Plan by Vanessa Mintzer of Galveston Bay Foundation; Invasive Species by Lisa Gonzalez of Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC); and Conservation in the Classroom: Houston Zoo's Efforts by Tyler Ahnemann of Texas parks and Wildlife Department. There were 37 teachers in attendance for the presentations. Many of the teachers attended more than one session and a majority of them attended at least three of the sessions.

The second goal was to host and conduct at least two biodiversity workshops for classroom teachers where the CSWGCIN NBII website was demonstrated and discussions on how to utilize the website for classrooms was facilitated. Two biodiversity workshops were conducted over a six month period. The two biodiversity workshops were conducted at Houston Zoo, and World Wildlife Fund's Biodiversity Curriculum was featured. During the biodiversity workshops, teachers were introduced to the term "biodiversity", conducted hands-on activities that could be used with their students, toured the zoo, and were educated by a zoo keeper who discussed the importance of biodiversity and the role the zoo plays in conservation. In the pursuit of informing the teachers about the importance of biodiversity, the NBII website was utilized while in the computer lab. A presentation was made on the features of the website. The teachers left the workshop excited to have become acquainted with a new resource. A total of 29 teachers attended the two biodiversity workshops.

One workshop participant who is an elementary teacher in Houston ISD said, "I loved getting all the content, having the level of expertise exhibited by the collaborative presenters to answer our questions, and being able to talk to other teachers about how they teach certain concepts so that I can design better lesson plans."