Each teacher will receive a manual with event rules and descriptions. Explore a cave, participate in a fossil hunt, create classroom earth science learning kits, and integrate science, math and social studies with orienteering. Participants will learn basic concepts related to weather and climate. This course will cover the basics of using technology in the classroom in a teacher friendly atmosphere. Using one computer in the classroom, developing lessons with PowerPoint, digital cameras, scanners, and the Internet will be covered.
Space is limited.
Level 1 focuses on how and why one should adopt a stream, nonpoint source pollution and watersheds. The biological workshop trains participants in the fun and simple techniques of catching and identifying macroinvertebrates. You will learn how to evaluate the health of the stream by the types of macroinvertebrates collected. Participants will learn how to develop a schoolyard wildlife habitat and how to use the habitat to conduct activities in wildlife biology, aquatic ecology, forest ecology, and mathematics. Project WILD is an interdisciplinary environmental approach that emphasizes wildlife education.