Firsts This Year:
- Be the Student. Two of our afternoon presentations will allow active participation as we all get a chance to be the student trying out newly developed learning activities.
- Introducing our "DATA Nugget". LTER Graduate Student (Dartmouth College and HF) will share a new way of getting students to work with real data. New connection to Harvard's signature "Eddy Flux Tower" study which has led the way for forest to atmosphere carbon exchange research internationally.
- High School Student led presentation. Stoneleigh-Burnham student, shares the results of an independent project related to the Hemlock Woolly Bully study.
- Local Land Use Change Activities. Three teachers share new activities engaging students in using Land Cover Change maps of their schoolyards and towns to learn about land use change over time.
Back By Popular Demand:
- Teacher Awards for 5 and 10 year Project Leadership. This year, five teachers will be recognized for having led Schoolyard Eco. projects for 5 years at their sites. Three teachers will be awarded for 10 years of dedicated leadership!
- Lightning Round. Educators from each site will share 1-3 slides in 1-3 minutes as part of this fast paced look at what is happening regionally in the frame of HF Schoolyard Ecology.
- Ecologist-led Breakout Sessions. Get the dirt on seasonal and current changes related to your project Inside and Outside.
- Teacher presentations. Three teachers will go deeper into how they are integrating project themes into work with students at their sites and classrooms.
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