Environmental Education for Children: Going Beyond the Hype

An opportunity to present and share ideas, discuss and debate issues and network with people and organizations.

June 5 and 6, 2008

Sponsored by the Applera Corporation, with additional support from the Wheelock College Math/Science Education Initiative, the Colleges of the Fenway Environmental Science Program, and the Massachusetts Audubon Society.

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Please select one workshop from each timeframe you plan on attending.
Science Content Workshops
8:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
The Right Whale—the MA State Marine Mammal, with Mike Williamson
Classification and Identification of Animals of New England, with Sara Levine
Taking the Mud Out of the Muddy River, with Michael Berger
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Invasive Species, with Ellen Faszewski
Energy 101 - Where in the world does our energy come from and where does it go?, with Stephen Nodvin
Classroom Teaching Workshops
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Roots, Shoots and Lizards—Teachers and Children as Observers, with Christina Ryan & Neal Klinman
Opportunities in FOSS & STC Kits to Use the Outdoors, with Kristin Metz & Judean Patten-Clark
Using the Outdoors at the Gardner School, Boston, with Dean Martin & Eric Meuse
Soil Investigations, with Susan Agger & Marianne Dunne
Studying Birds, with Gail Fenton & Maria Herrick
Schoolyard Ecology in Kindergarten, with Kathy Clunis
Classroom Teaching Workshops
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Young Naturalists at Young Achievers, with Bill Perkins & Margaret Connors
Writing in the Outdoor Classroom, with Kristin Metz
Designing Nature-Based Investigations, with Jaimy George & Julie Psychos
Water, Water Everywhere: Designing Water Filters, an Environmental Engineering Workshop, with Gretchen Fougere & Carolyn DeCristofano
Teaching an Integrated, Inquiry-based Environmental Unit with Water, with Jane Martin & Erica Whitworth

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