| Teacher Workshops
Estuary Partnership teacher workshops focus on local ecosystems, the plants and animals within them, and the local geology that comprise them. Workshops help teachers develop investigation and inquiry techniques that can be completed in local natural areas. Teachers learn how to develop a unit that contains outdoor experiences, what to consider when taking students outside, how to conduct field work , and examples of pre- and post- field work activities that enhance the field work and link it back to classroom math and writing. Participants receive a notebook filled with activities that can be easily implemented in the classroom and complemented in the field. Activities emphasize plant and animal adaptation and classification. Activities are tied to Oregon state standards and Washington Essential Academic Learning Requirements and Grade Level Expectations.
No workshops currently scheduled. Contact Jennie Boyd for information on upcoming workshops.
Participants in the Successful Schoolyard Science workshop will spend approximately three hours in the morning learning about local plants and animals and participating in pre-field trip activities. Two and a half hours will be spent completing field work outdoors. An hour will be spent on post-field work activities and wrap-up. An optional one hour plant and animal identification walk outdoors will conclude the workshop.
Clock hours, Professional Development Units, and College Credit are available.
Each workshop will be limited to 12-20 participants, so please register early.
For more information or to sign-up, contact Estuary Partnership Stewardship Coordinator Jennie Boyd at 503-226-1565 ex. 222; or boyd@lcrep.org
Workshops are presented by the Estuary Partnership with Portland Parks and Recreation and Columbia Slough Watershed Council.
No other Teacher Workshops are currently scheduled. To be notified on an upcoming Teacher Workshop opportunity, contact Jennie Boyd.
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