SAVE THE DATE- MARCH 31st-Spring Workshop

Harvard Forest Schoolyard Ecology Spring Workshop for Teachers  

MARCH 31, 2016 

 

Please schedule March 31st, 2016  for our Harvard Forest Schoolyard Ecology Spring Workshop for Teachers. 

Here's some basics on what to expect:   

TITLE OF COURSE: HARVARD FOREST SCHOOLYARD ECOLOGY SPRING WORKSHOP
 

Prerequisite:  Harvard Forest Summer Institute for Teachers

Professional Development Points (PDPs):  6 

Location, Date, Time:

HARVARD FOREST, PETERSHAM, MA;

March 31, 2016

8:30 A.M.-3:00 P.M.

Presenters:

JOHN O'KEEFE: Buds, Leaves, and Global Warming Project Ecologist

DAVID ORWIG: Woolly Bully and the Hemlock Trees Project  Ecologist

BETSY COLBURN:  Vernal Pools Project Ecologist

EMILY SILVER HUFF:  Our Changing Forests, Project Ecologist

5 SCHOOLYARD TEACHERS:  Presentations TBA-stay tuned for details.

Facilitator:

PAMELA SNOW, SCHOOLYARD COORDINATOR

Summary Description:

THE HARVARD FOREST offers a Schoolyard Ecology training workshop for teachers of grades 4-12 and environmental educators who have attended a summer institute and have collected fall data for the Forest Ecology Schoolyard studies.  Professional Forest Ecologists will prepare teachers to implement the spring field study protocols.  All teachers will participate in field walks with project ecologists.  Five experienced Schoolyard teachers will present related curriculum materials and student samples created throughout the school-year.

Goals:

• To provide further background knowledge of project related themes and processes, in order to enable educators to implement the spring project protocols with students.

• To encourage teacher networking and sharing of curriculum related to Schoolyard Ecology projects. 

Outcomes:

• Teachers will be prepared to lead students in implementing spring field protocols. 

• Teachers will be provided with peer developed curriculum insight, information, materials and/or student samples to aid in teaching project related themes.  

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Teacher Presenters Wanted:  

If you have developed some lesson plans, activities, or other educational resources that you would like to share with other Schoolyard teachers, we have 4 slots open for teacher presenters at our Spring Workshop on March 31st.  

Please contact Pamela Snow by email at:psnow@fas.harvard.edu for more information on what is involved in presenting.