Location: Joppa
Flats Education Center, One Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport MA 01950
(978) 462-9998, www.massaudubon.org
Dates:
June 30, July 1, 2, 2009
Audience: Grade
K-5 Classroom Teachers
Time: 9:30am – 3:30 pm
Cost: $75 Member Schools $295 for Non-Member Schools (Lunch Not Provided)
See websit www.salemcollaborative.org
for member list.
PDP’s: 15 Hours with Completed Project or One Non-Degree Graduate Credit (Additional $100)
Instructors: Cyndy
Bourquard and Lisa Hutchings
Cyndy and Lisa are
instructors for the Joppa Flats Education Center and Wildlife Sanctuary
Nature
education specialists Lisa Hutchings and Cyndy Bourquard offer training for
enhanced teaching methods for educators, curriculum specialists, and homeschool
educators. This three-day workshop will be held at the Joppa Flats Education
Center at One Plum Island Turnpike with outdoor components held at the Parker
River National Wildlife Refuge on Plum Island.
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Tuesday, June 30: Where the River Meets the Sea
This
in-the-field session will investigate the salt marsh and sand dune ecology of
the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge on Plum Island. Whether preparing for
winter or waking up to spring, seasons mean change for all living things.
Adaptations, habitats, tracks and signs, and environmental stresses and
challenges are the focus of this workshop. Activities can be modified for the
field or the classroom.
Wednesday, July 1: Bringing the Outside In
Mass
Audubon staff will show you the benefits of setting up simple but effective
discovery centers in your classroom by bringing nature indoors. This program
demonstrates the importance of child-generated investigations, observations,
and organizing of data. Activities include setting up sensory focus stations,
and designing creature “comfort zones” in your classroom. We’ll also demonstrate
simple steps to make the most of your schoolyard and open spaces.
Microhabitats, puddle chemistry, and collecting techniques and tools will be
introduced.
Thursday,
July 2: Schoolyard Science
Turn every day recess into a
focused science activity! Mass Audubon staff will prepare a variety of
activities and experiments that demonstrate simple steps to make the most of
your school yard and open spaces. Weather and cloud identification, soil
sampling, guided nature walks, the rock cycle, and collecting techniques and
tools will be introduced. Schoolyard surveying tips and all teacher handouts
will be provided. Note: Parts of this workshop will be conducted outdoors if
weather permits.
Featured
Learning Standards
Grade PreK – 2 Grade
3 – 5
Characteristics of Living
Things Characteristics of Plants &
Animals
Living Things and Their
Environment Plant Structures and Functions
Observable Properties of
Objects Adaptation of Living Things
The Weather Water
Cycle
Please email the following information to Jim Kearns at registration@salemcollaborative.org or mail to Jim Kearns, c/o Lynnfield High School, 275 Essex Street, Lynnfield, MA, 01940 or register at our website www.salemcollaborative.org. If you have registration questions, please call Jim at 781-771-4860.
Make checks payable to CPMSIE.
DEADLINE to sign
up for the Exploring Plum Island Workshop is June 20, 2009