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Workshops 2001-2002 Build teaching skills and receive credits |
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2001 - 2002 Fortify your teaching skills and receive valuable professional development credits (registered professional development provider #436).
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| PROJECT WET Wednesday, November 14, 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM Grade Level K-12 Fee: FREE! Workshop sponsored by Bristol-Myers Squibb. Includes PROJECT WET Guide (516 pages!) PROJECT WET is an innovative interdisciplinary program designed to enhance curriculum lessons through activities emphasizing the awareness, appreciation, knowledge, and stewardship of water resources. The program examines water's chemical and physical properties, quantity and quality issues, aquatic wildlife, ecosystems and management strategies. Activities inlcude Macroinvertebrate Mahem, Common Water, and Incredible Journey, incorporating a variety of teaching formats. |
| DISCOVERING WINTER—
FOR NATURE CENTERS Friday, January 25, 2002, 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM Grade Level K - 12 Fee: $25 Along with the cold weather, winter brings a host of fascinating changes. Winter birds forage in bushes and shrubs or hunt in fields.Trees normally identifiable by their leaves now stand bare and mysterious, revealing their intricate architecture.This educational workshop utilizes outdoor activities to study the ecology of winter. It is appropriate for any educator teaching ecology,the environment, or nature—ideal for nature center staff. The workshop includes background information and a variety of hands-on activities and investigations which explore the wonders of this remarkable season. |
| PROJECT WILD Wednesday February 27, 2002, 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM Grade Level K - 12 Fee: $15 - Includes Project Wild Activity Guide (526 pages!) PROJECT WILD is an award winning outdoor education program. This interdisciplinary program presents over 110 activities that develop your students' understanding of wildlife, habitats, and conservation. PROJECT WILD activities emphasize student interaction with the natural and social environment. Through activities like Forest In a Jar, Thicket Game, and Which Niche participants gain awareness and knowledge, and also learn the important skill of wise decision-making. |
| EARTH MATTERS Friday, March 15, 2002, 9:00 AM - 2:30 PM Grade Level: 5 - 12 Fee: $30, includes Earth Matters Teaching Kit (208 pages!) "Earth Matters: Studies of our Global Future" is an activity guide designed for upper elementary through high school teachers to introduce youth to the relationships between people and the environment. EARTH MATTERS addresses important issues such as climate change, energy, air pollution, water resources, deforestation, endangered species, population and economics. Activities are hands-on and are supported by a collection of readings that provide background information. The materials are interdisciplinary, developing knowledge and skills applicable to science, math, and social studies. |
| PROJECT WET Wednesday, April 10, 2002, 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM Grade Level: K - 12 Fee: FREE! Workshop sponsored by Bristol-Myers Squibb and conducted at BMS facility in New Brunswick. Lunch provided. Includes PROJECT WET Guide (516 pages!) PROJECT WET is an innovative interdisciplinary program designed to enhance curriculum lessons through activities emphasizing the awareness, appreciation, knowledge, and stewardship of water resources. The program examines water's chemical and physical properties, quantity and quality issues, aquatic wildlife, ecosystems and management strategies. Activities inlcude Macroinvertebrate Mahem, Common Water, and Incredible Journey, incorporating a variety of teaching formats. (Same as Wednesday, November 14, 2001 workshop.) |
| AQUATIC WILD Thursday, April 18, 2002, 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM Grade Level: K - 12 Fee: $15 -Includes Aquatic Wild Activity Guide This special interdisciplinary environmental workshop will help teachers fortify their curricula through activities emphasizing aquatic wildlife and their environments. Activities such as Dragonfly Pond, Marsh Munchers, and Deadly Waters can be used in any learning environment—from the classroom to environmental centers to scout meetings—illuminating a variety of concepts relating to people, wildlife, conservation and the environment. Much of this workshop will be conducted outdoors. |
| HAMILTON-TRENTON MARSH as an OUTDOOR CLASSROOM Tuesday, April 23, 2002, 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM New Date! Grade Level: K - 8 Fee: $25 Includes the Marsh Teachers Guide and Resource Manual This workshop will prepare teachers to investigate the unique ecosystems of Hamilton-Trenton Marsh. The Marsh includes freshwater tidal marshes, vernal pools, Spring Lake, beaver ponds, and forested areas but is also rich in human history, thus an ideal focal point for interdisciplinary studies. This workshop begins at Isles, Inc. in Trenton with an overview of the marsh and possible classroom activities. Hands-on activities at the marsh itself will illuminate the potential of this site as an outdoor classroom. This workshop is co-sponsored by Isles, Inc. and is supported in part by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in support of their Delaware Estuary Program. |
| PROJECT LEARNING TREE Wednesday, May 8, 2002, 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM Grade Level: K - 8 Fee: $15 - Includes Project Learning Tree Activity Guide (402 pages!) PROJECT LEARNING TREEis an inter-disciplinary environmental educational program that uses the outdoors as a classroom. Teachers and students enter the forest, developing awareness, knowledge and skills related to understanding renewable and non-renewable resources. This program includes an activity guide which emphasizes student interaction with the natural and social environment. Through activities like Adopt-A-Tree, Make a Fossil and Classroom Conservation, participants gain awareness and knowledge, and also learn the important skill of wise decision-making. |
| WATERSHED EDUCATION on the MILLSTONE RIVER Saturday, May 18, 2002, 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM Grade Level: 7 - 12 Fee: $40 includes canoes, guides and activities Explore the Millstone River by canoe to enrich your classroom studies. This interdisciplinary field study is designed to complement studies on watersheds, the environment, ecology or communities. Participants begin on the banks of the river using GIS maps to determine the various components of the watershed. While on the river we will meet a myriad of plants and animals who form the riverine community; discover various examples of point- and non-point source pollution; gain valuable skills for assessing water quality; and learn firsthand our relationship with the state of the watershed. Interdisciplinary activities will be incorporated into the trip and will encompass language arts, visual arts and history. |
| WILD SCHOOL SITE Friday, June 28, 2002, 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM New Date! Grade Level: K - 12 Fee: FREE - Workshop sponsored by Bristol-Myers Squibb. Lunch provided. Includes Homes for Wildlife: a Planning Guide for Habitat Enhancement on School Grounds This workshop assists teachers, administrators, and community members in planning wildlife habitat improvement projects on school grounds. These projects become outdoor learning centers enabling teachers to conduct "field trips" right outside their classroom walls. The workshop process promotes team building, encourages interdisciplinary planning, and provides information on wildlife, natural landscaping and cycles, and getting started. We will also visit the Kate Gorrie Butterfly House examining the garden within and the planning process. |
| WATERSHED EDUCATION INSTITUTE July 15 - 19, 2002 Grade: Middle and High School Teachers Fee: $25 non-refundable registration fee Join our third annual WATERSHED EDUCATION INSTITUTE! Teachers will examine a wide range of watershed issues through interdisciplinary activities and field studies in their community. The Watershed Education Institute provides teachers with training in a variety of water quality monitoring techniques; in-class activities; inquiry-based, hands-on investigations; and more. The Institute also incorporates multi-stakeholder perspectives and promotes watershed stewardship lending a real-world relevance to the curriculum. Space is limited. |
