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School/Youth Based Volunteer Monitoring Seminar
May 27 10AM - 5PM

Location: Pierre, SD Discovery Center
Audience: Grade 6-12 educators, 4-H & Extension staff, pre-service teachers, nonformal educators.
Credit: Can be combined with Healthy Water/Healthy People for one credit.
Special Info: Mileage reimbursed for out-of-area attendees (including those who stay for additional professional development)

Educators and youth leaders who currently monitor water quality or want to monitor water quality with their students are invited to participate in this seminar to connect and network. Find out what other teachers are doing, discover new resources, and learn new tips and techniques.

The purpose of this seminar is not to start a new program but rather create a sustainable network of educators involved in monitoring. The purpose of the network is to build the capacity of the local educator to incorporate water quality monitoring in his or her practice, reconnect former monitoring groups, and provide a point of contact to the larger monitoring community (volunteer and agency). Can't get away to attend? We will set aside time for a web meeting to allow educators from around the state to participate in the status session.

To Register:
Phone: 605-224-8295
Online: Professional Development Registration

 
Space Science
May 28 & 29

Location: Pierre, SD Georgia Morse Middle School, Room 124
Audience: Teachers of grades 3rd-8th
Credit: 1 graduate or undergraduate credit ($40) or free certificate renewal credit (pending)
Special Info: $80 stipend paid to each participant. Space is limited.

Experts from the Space Science Laboratory at the University of CA – Berkeley will share amazing space science concepts with 3rd through 8th grade teachers. Using GEMS teacher-friendly materials, they will show you how to translate this cutting-edge science into lessons that meet content standards and excite your students. Sponsored by NASA & SD Space Grant Consortium. Hosted by the Pierre School District and the SD Discovery Center.

To Register
Phone: 224-8295. Ask for Kristie.

Online registration: Professional Development Registration
 
Healthy Water, Healthy People.
May 28 9AM - 6PM

Location: SD Discovery Center, Pierre
Audience: 6-12 teachers, 4H & Extension staff, pre-service teachers, nonformal educators.
Credit: Can be combined with School-based monitoring for one credit.
Special Info: Optional kayaking field session, participants receive curriculum.

Go beyond testing water quality to understanding the what and why of monitoring. Healthy Water, Healthy People, published by Project WET, is not a field guide but rather a collection of inquiry-based activities that explain and explore the core concepts of water quality monitoring.

Using Healthy Water Healthy People, your students will learn:
• What is water quality?
• Principles of water quality illustrate the concept of good science.
• Water quality must be monitored and interpreted.
• Water quality is a vital component of healthy communities and individuals.
• Water Resources are managed to promote water quality and prevent degradation.
• Plants and animals are affected by changes in water quality.
• New management strategies and technologies offer hope for the future

To Register
Phone: 605-224-8295.
Online: Professional Development Registration

 
FULL  Leopold Education Project w/ Field Session
June 3 - 6, 2008

Location: Lake Andes Alternative School (June 3)
Audience: Teachers of Grades 4 - 12, pre-service educators, non-formal educators
English, Social Studies, Environmental Studies, Earth Science, Ecology, Physical Education, Ag & Natural Resources
Credit: 2 credits, 3 with online option
Special Info: 3 day, 2 night field session on Missouri from Pickstown to Running Water.

Join us for one day of classroom work and a three day field session kayaking/camping along the Missouri from Pickstown to Running Water. Using the writings of conservationist farmer Aldo Leopold, you will learn cross curricular activities that will teach an awareness of and appreciation for the natural world.

The Leopold Education Project is new to South Dakota but has been active since 1995. The Leopold Education Project uses multi-disciplinary activities which foster critical thinking to teach about our ties to the natural environment. The mission of the LEP is to create an ecologically literate citizenry so that each individual might develop a personal land ethic.  

Costs
Before May 1 - $15
After May 1- $25.

Credit Extra
Send payment to:
SD Discovery Center
Anne Lewis
805 W Sioux Ave.
Pierre, SD 57501

To Register
Phone: 605-224-8295.
Online: Professional Development Registration

No kayaking experience required, but a sense of adventure is necessary! Trips will be outfitted by Steamboat Outfitters. What to Bring

 
Basic Leopold Education Project
Classroom: June 3
Online Study: June 4-25.

Audience: Teachers of Grades 4 - 12, pre-service educators, non-formal educators
English, Social Studies, Environmental Studies, Earth Science, Ecology, Physical Education, Ag & Natural Resources
Credit: 1
Special Info:

Do you want to take the Leopold Education Project training but aren't up for a three day field session?  A one credit training option is available. After attending the classroom session with the field study group, you complete your studies online. You get the a full day of face to face inquiry based training and the same, high quality classroom resources that will help you facilitate critical thinking skills with your students about the land.    

 
South Dakota Guide to Climate Change
June 6 - 7
Pierre

Audience: Teachers of Grades K-16, non-formal educators, agency outreach staff, Scout & 4H staff (paid and volunteer), concerned citizens.
Credit: 1
Special Info: Sponsored jointly by SD Dep't of Education, Environment Education Connections of South Dakota, the National Wildlife Federation, and the SD Discovery Center.

The South Dakota Guide to Climate Change is a symposium for those interested in climate change education in South Dakota.  Get trained in using the global warming GEMS kit to teach hands-on activities about global warming on Friday June 6 and then attend a full day of speakers to learn the latest research and perspectives Saturday June 7.  Conduct an activity in the classroom during the first quarter of school and evaluate it to receive credit.

To Register:
Call:  605-224-8295
Online: Professional Development Registration

 
LEGO Robotics Educator Training

LEGO Robotics NXT and Motorized Simple Machines are the next generation in education robotics, enabling students to discover science, technology, engineering and math in a fun, engaging and hands-on way.

Robotics helps students aged 8 and up to develop skills by building and programming smart robots in a natural, step-by-step learning process. With its combination of LEGO building set, user-friendly software, and progressive curriculum activities, Robotics learning opportunities provide student with the right tools to put their knowledge into practice and then challenges them to come up with new ideas by themselves.

Brought to teachers by
NASA | South Dakota Space Grant Consortium

LEGO Simple & Motorized Machines
June 16 - 17
Location: SD Discovery Center, Pierre
Audience: Teachers of Grades K-8, pre-service educators, non-formal educators
Credit: 1 credit
Special Info: Graduate workshop credit extra

LEGO NXT Mindstorms
June 19 - 20

Location: SD Discovery Center, Pierre
Audience: Teachers of Grades 6 - 12, pre-service educators, non-formal educators
Credit: 1 credit
Special Info: Workshop credit extra

Costs:
$50 registration. (Credit extra)
Send payment to:
Kristie Maher
805 W Sioux Ave.
Pierre, SD 57501

To Register
Phone: 605-224-8295.
Online: Professional Development Registration

 
Advanced Environmental Education II.
July 14-16. Note New Dates!

Location: Black Hills Area (classroom TBA)
Audience: Teachers of Grades 8 - 12, pre-service educators, non-formal educators, Social Studies, Government, Civics, Environmental Studies, Earth Science, Ecology, Physical Education, Ag& Natural Resources.
Credit: 2 credits
Special Info: Two day, one night field session on the Cheyenne (flows permitting).

Advanced Environmental Education continues the investigation into science and civics plus other content areas. We will spend one day in the classroom designing a water quality program that addresses real world issues then two days in the field sampling the Cheyenne River according to the program we designed.

Costs
Register by June 1- $15.

After June 1- $25.
Credit Extra
Send payment to:
SD Discovery Center
Anne Lewis
805 W Sioux Ave.
Pierre, SD 57501

To Register
Phone: 605-224-8295.
Online: Professional Development Registration

No kayaking experience required, but a sense of adventure is necessary! Trips will be outfitted by Steamboat Outfitters. What to Bring

 
Project WET Facilitator Training

Have you been trained in Project WET?  Are you interested in taking it to the next level and training others in Project WET?  If so, contact Anne Lewis about attending the Project WET/WILD facilitator's training, July 8-9 at Thunderstik Lodge.  (Credit available)

 

 

Project Webfoot.  Project Webfoot will be making its South Dakota debut at the SD Math & Science Teachers conference in Huron, February 7 2008.  The first ten teachers in attendance will receive a complete Webfoot teacher resource kit which features the Wonders of Wetlands resource guide, DVD for water fowl identification, reading list, posters, journals and more.

If you can't join us at the Math & Science teacher's conference, you are invited to participate in the Jan/Feb sessions of Trees, Water & Wildlife (see above).  You must participate in both the WET and Webfoot sessions to receive the curricula, even if you just want one or the other.

 
Project WET. Call the SD Discovery Center if you are interested in bringing a Project WET workshop to your school.  Project WET offers multi-disciplinary, hands-on learning for Grade 4-12 teachers, pre-service teachers and non-formal educators.
 
E-missions. Bring this interactive, high tech, earth science activity to your school.  Provides hands-on learning that simulates the real life drama of disaster management. Email Kristie or call 605-224-8295
 
Starlab. Become trained in giving our portable planetarium show.  Call 605-224-8295 or email Sue Douglas
 
 
 

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