Lightning Round
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Local Land Use Maps
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Teacher Recognition Ceremony
New Life for Schoolyard Program
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Teachers work with site specific land
Use Maps
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Harvard Forest Research Assistant (GIS) Joshua Plisinski from the Landscape Scenarios team at Harvard Forest introduced map books (series of related automated maps) of specific areas and towns around schools/field sites participating in the Changing Forests project. This brand new effort, funded by Highstead Foundation, provides a conceptual bridge for students (and teachers) between what they experience and learn through their small plot study onto a broader scale- a 1 square mile area around their sites as well the entire town in which they live. The goal here is for students to gain an understanding of how the wider landscape is changing over time.
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Harvard Forest Site Manager and Senior Ecologist, Audrey Barker-Plotkin shows teachers how the pastures and forests are revealing stories of past and present land use change.
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| Photo by Jenny Hobson |
Teachers who Dedicated 5-12 Years of HF Schoolyard Ecology Project leadership at their sites were honored at a Teacher Recognition Ceremony during the Spring Workshop.
Front row from left: Maria Blewitt, Austin Preparatory School; JoAnn Mossman, Overlook Middle School; Robin Gurdak-Foley-Helen E. James Elementary School; Louise Levy, Belchertown High School; Jane Lucia, Williston Northampton School ; Sally Farrow, Drumlin Farm- Mass. Audubon
Middle row: Katherine Bennett, J.R. Briggs Elementary School; Melanie McCracken, Groton-Dunstable High School; John O'Keefe, H.F. Project Ecologist.
Back row: Clarisse Hart, H.F. Director of Education and Outreach; David Orwig, H.F. Project Ecologist; Pamela Snow, H.F. Schoolyard Ecology Coordinator; Charles Skillings, Davis Hill Elementary School; Nora Murphy, Concord-Carlisle High School; Aaron Ellison, H.F. R.E.T. Mentor/Ecologist; Emery Boose, H.F. Information Manager; Karen Anderson, The MacDuffie School.
Glen Urquart School Teacher, Emilie Cushing and Austin Prep. Teacher, Maria Blewitt Co-presented about incorporating citizen science in the K-12 setting.
Overlook Middle School Teacher, JoAnn Mossman shared 8 Years of wisdom in leading an Schoolyard Ecology project at her school.
Left: Project Ecologist, John O'Keefe, led Buds, Leaves and Global Warming Teachers on a field walk to help prepare for spring leaf out observations.
Right: Woolly Bully teachers led by Project Ecologist, David Orwig, witnessed the changes happening to Hemlock trees in the forest. Long Trail School teacher, Amy Newbold is pictured next to the Eddy Flux Tower which monitors exchanges between the hemlock dominated tree canopy and the atmosphere.
Explore More :
New Landscape Dynamics Map Presentation-J.Plisinski..pptx
HF-LTER Teachers' Schoolyard Ecology Lightning Round.pptx
Spring Phenology Presentation with Graphs-O'Keefe.pdf
HF LTER Teacher Presentation-Citizen Science- Blewitt-Cushing.pptx
HF LTER Teacher Presentation-Striving for Good Data-J.Mossman.pptx
HF LTER Teacher Presentation-Striving for Good Data-J.Mossman.pptx
Survey Link:
Teacher Survey Results from Spring Workshop 2017HF LTER Schoolyard Project Pages:
Our Changing Forests Schoolyard Ecology Project Pages
Woolly Bully and the Hemlock Trees Project Pages
Buds,Leaves and Global Warming Project Pages
Coming Soon:
- Teacher Recognition Ceremony Slides
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