Educator Workshops
For
the next workshop date contact:
Brooke Levey or Marcy Pummill at 402/472-1478
blevey1@unl.edu
or mpummill2@unl.edu
Healthy
Water, Healthy People Workshop
for educators of grades
6-12
Dates: June 19-21, 2007
Registration Deadline is May 14, 2007
Lied Lodge and Conference Center, Nebraska City
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Here for Brochure
Healthy Water, Healthy People offers innovative, easy-to-use materials designed to make complex water quality concepts understandable and relevant for both teachers and students. The testing kits and publications were developed by teachers working with water quality experts and appeal to beginning and advanced educators alike. Twenty-five hands-on, science-based activities are cross-referenced to the testing kits, testing kit manual, Web sites, and National Science Education Standards for grades 6-12. Inquiry-based investigations promote individual understanding and integration of water quality principles.
Cost: FREE! Funding is provided by the Nebraska Environmental Trust. (However, we are asking for a $30 check to hold your registration, upon completion of the workshop, your check will be returned to you.)
For more information contact:
Brooke Levey at 402.472.1478 or blevey1@unl.edu
or visit website at www.healthywater.org
Leopold
June
4
& 5 2007
June
27 & 28, 2007
July
14, 2007
Educator
Workshop In this
environmental education workshop, hands-on participation in a number of Leopold
Education Project (LEP) activities will provide basic but highly useful
information in Nebraska natural history and conservation ethics, preparing
educators to successfully and efficiently use curriculum materials with
students. Each participant receives lunch, the LEP Teacher’s Guide, A Sand County Almanac
by Aldo Leopold, and many additional
supplemental materials.
What topics will we cover? This fast-paced, fun and fact-filled workshop will leave you laughing as you dive into the mating rituals of our native birds, fascinated as you study tracking and “reading the landscape,” inspired as you read and contemplate the words of Leopold, and confident in activities designed to help you lead your classroom outdoors. These activities, correlated to Nebraska State Education Standards, cover plant, bird, and track identification, habitat studies, ecological relationships and more; they will also change your way of teaching the natural sciences – understanding becomes real when students can see, touch and experience the natural world around them.
What is LEP? The Leopold Education Project is an innovative, interdisciplinary education program based on Aldo Leopold’s classic writings in his book A Sand County Almanac. Through reading about Leopold’s recorded discoveries and participating in meaningful hands-on activities, students are provided with opportunities to increase their appreciation for the land and to expand their ecological awareness.
Who
Should Attend? 5-12
grade educators (science, language arts, math, art, history), non-formal
educators, natural resource professionals, 4-H and Scout leaders, conservation
leaders and anyone interested in learning more about fostering a relationship
between our youth and the natural world. This
is a great project for schools with outdoor classrooms or habitat sites, but
they are not necessary – lessons can be taught in any outdoor area/playground.
To register/receive more information, please mail or email the
information to:
8901 S. 154 Street, Omaha, NE 68138* 402-444-6222
#213 *
cjacobsen@papionrd.org
Name __________________________________
Home Address____________________________________
City ________________________________
St ______ Zip______________
Home Phone____________________________________ E-Mail
___________________________________
Affiliation/School/Major______________________________Grade(s)/Subject(s)______________
Educator of the Year Award
Do you
know an educator who has excelled in teaching a natural resources program?
The NRD would like to help you recognize these professionals by
submitting an award nomination to the Nebraska Association of Resources
District.
Purpose
& Eligibility: The
purpose of the Natural Resources Educator of the Year contest is to recognize
the outstanding Natural Resource education efforts in our state.
To be
Eligible:
Educators must be teaching full-time in the classroom and be personally
responsible for developing a natural resources education program.
Team teachers are eligible, but awards will only be made to the
designated leader. Educators may only receive this award once every 10 years.
Entries may be resubmitted the following year if they do not win.
Criteria:
Information must be provided to NRD by May 20, 2007.
*Description of
natural resources program for involving students in the betterment of natural
resources.
*Areas of study
incorporated in program, assistance received from community organizations or
resource specialists.
*Documentation on how
students have applied their knowledge of natural resource conservation to
community projects.
To request an application contact:
The NRD will assist in typing up and submitting the application if information is provided!
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, South Central Nebraska Resource
Conservation and Development (RC&D) Council and
Nebraska Food, Land and
People Coalition
Project WILD provides interdisciplinary conservation and
environmental education curriculum and materials that focus on wildlife.
Project WILD programs and materials assist learners of all ages to
develop the awareness, knowledge, skills, and commitment to act responsibly in
matters concerning wildlife. Project
WILD is correlated to the National Science Standards and can be used in
schools, nature center, camp, and Scout programs, in zoos and many other
settings. For more information
about Project WILD go to: http://www.nebraskaprojectwild.org
Project Food, Land & People
promotes approaches to learning to help people better understand the
interrelationships among agriculture, the environment and people of the world.
Resources for Learning, produced by Project Food, Land &
People (FLP) is a collection of 55 Pre-K through 12th grade lesson plans for
use in either a formal or non-formal education setting. All 55 FLP lessons
have been correlated to Nebraska Education Standards.
Learn more about FLP at: http://www.foodlandpeople.org/
This workshop will: introduce local educators to the region’s surrounding landscape for learning about wildlife, wildlife conservation issues, wildlife management, interrelationships between local agriculture and the environment; link biologists and resources professionals to educators; and demonstrate related hands-on learning activities in the classroom and field. Workshops are open to anyone interested in environmental and agricultural education. Registration fee for the workshop is $30.00 per person which includes all meals, snacks, and field trips.
Participants receive Project WILD and Food, Land and People curriculum guides and other educational materials. One hour of college credit will be available from Chadron State College. For the next workshop date, contact Randal Gunn at South Central Nebraska RC&D at 402-845-6678 or e-mail: randal.gunn@ne.usda.gov
Project Learning Tree Website: www.plt.org
Healthy Water, Healthy People: www.healthywater.org
(Sponsored by Project WET and the Hach Scientific Foundation)
Leopold Education Website: www.lep.org