What's New for Spring 2018 Harvard Forest Schoolyard Workshop for Teachers?

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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ARE YOU REGISTERED?

Contact Pamela Snow at psnow@fas.harvard.edu to register

Harvard Forest  Schoolyard Ecology Spring Teacher Workshop

Thursday, April 3, 2014

8:45 a.m.         Registration: PDP and Laptop registration

9:00 a.m.         Welcome Circle: Brief update on status of each participant’s study

9:40 a.m.         Field Walk: Break up into protocol groups with project Ecologists: John O’Keefe, David Orwig, Betsy Colburn, Ed Faison and David Foster. Walks will relate to spring project cycle/ field issues.  

Protocol Group Name	Project Ecologists
Our Changing Forests	David Foster, Edward Faison
Woolly Bully; Hemlock Woolly Adelgid	David Orwig
Vernal Pools	Betsy Colburn
Buds, Leaves and Global Warming	John O’Keefe

12:00 p.m.  Lunch- Dining Area or outside (weather dependent) 

12:30 p.m.                              Teacher Presentations

	Presentation	Location
12:30 p.m.	Challenges and Successes in Piloting the Our Changing Forests Project                              Wayne Kermenski, Mohawk Trail Regional High School	Fisher Museum
12:50 p.m.	Integrating Our Changing Forests project into H.S. Ecology Curriculum Nicholas Kostich, Oakmont High School	Fisher Museum
	Concurrent Sessions Begin. Please attend the session that best fits your educational objectives. Note the location.
1:10p.m. (concurrent session)	Tree group presentations … The Story of Our Tree  (Buds & Leaves) Louise Levy, Belchertown High School	Fisher Museum
1:10 p.m. (concurrent session)	Transitioning a 12 Year Investigation of a Vernal Pool into the Era of Next Generation Science Standards Judy Gibson, Francis Parker Charter School	Seminar Room
1:30 p.m. (concurrent session)	Exploring the Database (Buds & Leaves) Jane Lucia from the Williston School	Fisher Museum
1:30 p.m. (concurrent session)	Comparing Hemlock and Deciduous Forests; Show us the Data! (Woolly Bully: Hemlock) Karen Murphy, Amherst Regional H.S., S.E. Campus	Seminar Room
1:50 p.m.	Buds and Leaves and Real Students; Wisdom Gained and Shared                                          JoAnn Mossman, Overlook M. S.	Fisher Museum

2:10pm           Wrap Up: Tie up loose ends from the day and discuss next steps for projects.

2:30p.m.         Evaluation: We highly value your input on what worked and what didn’t this year in order for us to plan an even more successful project year next year. We ask that you bring a laptop computer in order to complete the online survey.