The N.H. Fish and Game
Department offers a variety of educational opportunities for teachers,
both formal and nonformal. Upcoming workshops and classes are often
posted on this page.
Saturday, April 5, 2008 -- A joint projects
WILD, WET and Learning Tree workshop will be held at the Urban Forestry Center in Portsmouth. Registration information will be posted on this page as soon as it is available.
July 21 - 25 and July 28 - August 1, 2008 -- Watershed Ecology Institute. At Bow High School in Bow, N.H. An undergraduate and graduate level summer program geared toward science educators and youth group organizers and community leaders. Click here for full description and registration form.
The classes and
workshops listed below are offered periodically; check this page
for current course listings.
Watershed
Ecology Summer Institute: Ten-day summer course
geared to science educators and community leaders. Held
at Bow High School
in Bow, N.H. Participants use watersheds as a framework for studying
wetlands, rivers, streams, lakes and estuaries. Explore
techniques
for applying science in real-world situations, using hands-on,
experiential learning. Participants will receive curriculum
materials and lots
of ideas for classroom activities. The course can be taken for
2 credits from the UNH Division of Continuing Education
or as a non-credit
course. Two week course, 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.
For more information, contact Judy Tumosa, Fish and Game
Aquatic
Resources Education, at (603) 271-3212. <return
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Curriculum Connections
through Schoolyard Investigations Weeklong professional development summer institute for
K-8 teachers, designed to incorporate the new state science curriculumn
frameworks. Presented by the N.H. Education and Environment Team.
Participants have an opportunity to design an interdisciplinary
schoolyard or community investigation tailored to their school and
curriculum. All meals, lodging, instruction, manuals and other materials
for projects WET, WILD, Learning Tree, HOME and the GLOBE program
are included in the $150 registration fee. Four graduate credits
are available from Plymouth State University for an additional fee.
For more information, contact Marilyn Wyzga at N.H. Fish and Game
at marilyn.c.wyzga@wildlife.nh.gov or (603) 271-3211. <return
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Earth
as a System -- for Educators
Natural Resources
780/880 -- University of New Hampshire, Durham
This course includes study of ecosystems, habitats, biomes, biodiversity,
water and air (environmental) quality, weather, climate, watersheds,
remote sensing, the flow of matter and energy through the universe,
water and nutrient cycles, wildlife identification and monitoring,
interdependence, and changes over time. (UNH Fall Semester starts
in August.) Click
here for details.<return to top>
Environmental
Pathways in the Classroom
An introduction to the award-winning materials of Project Learning
Tree, Project WET, and Project WILD, for Pre-K through Grade 8 Educators
(in-service, pre-service, formal and nonformal). Learn how to take
wildlife, forests and water and make them real for your students.
Activities easily infused into busy classrooms. Each is alligned
with national and state curriculum frameworks. <return
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Below Zero
A supplementary education program that focuses on understanding
wildlife in frozen environments. That's certainly the Northeast
for several months of the year! Below Zero was created by the Canadian
Wildlife Federation and designed to complement the Project WILD
activity guide. Like Project WILD, Below Zero activities are both
interactive and inter-disciplinary, and target both formal and non-formal,
K-12 students. If you are looking for ways to enhance your students'
or visitors' understanding of the winter environment and the many
adaptations and strategies wildlife use to survive it, then this
content- and activity-based workshop is for you. <return
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Project WILD and WILD Aquatic
workshops
Project WILD is an international activity-based, supplementary curriculum
that is a great help in the teaching of conservation and environmental
education concepts. Targeting classroom teachers and non-formal
educators of K-12 students, Project WILD activities focus on wildlife
and are both interactive and interdisciplinary. As students are
intrinsically interested in wildlife, they readily engage in learning
when it's related to wildlife. While the Project WILD manual is
full of activities relating to terrestrial wildlife, activities
included in the WILD Aquatic manual focus on wetlands wildlife.
Click here for more on Project WILD.<return to top>
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