Join the Great Bee Count!Saturday, July 16, 9:00am - 9:00pm, online event
Bee-a-thon 2011 is a free, online "town hall" event broadcast live to a worldwide audience to shed light on the plight of our bees. Tune in for 12 minutes... or 12 hours! Learn how pollinators are responsible for one in every three bites of food, contribute billions of dollars to global economies and face challenges from colony collapse disorder and other threats.
The Bee-a-thon kicks off the Great Bee Count, a Citizen Science campaign hosted on
www.YourGardenShow.com in partnership with the Great Sunflower Project. We're counting bees across North America and helping shape bee conservation efforts.
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here to RSVP for the event! Or
email the organizers for more information.
Education for Sustainability Institute Workshop Announced
Tuesday-Thursday, August 2-4, 2011; 8:30 am-4:30 pm
Shelburne Farms' Sustainable Schools Project, Shelburne,VT
Formal and non-formal educators nation-wide are using the idea of sustainability to connect student's learning experiences across the grades and disciplines so that they can meet the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century. Join fellow PreK-12 educators to build strategies and skills for using sustainability to connect curriculum, campus practices, and community engagement.
Visit the Sustainable Schools Project website or contact Shelburne Farms for more information.
Inquiry Through Field Investigations with
Project Learning Tree and Project WET
Saturday, August 13, 8:30 am - 4:00 pm, Concord, NH
Grade K - 8 Educators and Non-formal Educators
This workshop will introduce educators to the award-winning curriculum materials of
Project Learning Tree (PLT) and
Project WET. These programs are designed to utilize the local environment to make science real for students. We will explore what inquiry is, and activities modeled will use field investigation techniques as discussed in
Field Investigations: Using Outdoor Environments to Foster Student Learning of Scientific Processes, developed by the Pacific Education Institute. PLT and WET activities are designed to help students learn to think critically and creatively about their relationship to the natural world. Each activity guide is aligned with national and state curriculum frameworks. Participants will receive the PLT and WET manuals, the Field Investigations guide and supplemental materials.
Pre-registration is required.
Register here!
