July

July 13-17. Where You Live-Explore Nature While You Teach and Learn. Christa McAuliffe Academy, Appleton. After great successes at the Sally Ride, Washburn and Northwoods Academies, Wisconsin DNR educators will be bringing their weeklong workshop to the northeast this summer. Learn how you can bring the wonder of the outdoors to your students and help them become lovers and stewards of our air, water and land. Get hands-on experiences and a bag full of free classroom resources to help you teach science, reading, language arts, and social studies with an environmental theme. We'll get you outside and keep you moving as we equip you with a plethora of the best contemporary environmental education resources available. Available for 1, 2 or 3 graduate credits through UW-Oshkosh. Participants who complete the course will be reimbursed $100 of their course registration fee AND are eligible for $150 stipends toward the graduate credits. To register visit the Christa McAuliffe Academy web site, or contact: Christa McAuliffe Academy, Mary Jane Grissman, P.O. Box 1855, Appleton, WI 54912-1855, 920-734-7101. Questions about course content, contact: Mary Hamel, 608-267-7409.

July 30. Project WET Workshop. Focus on Great Lakes. Maywood Nature Center, Sheboygan. Seize the buzz surrounding the Great Lakes and bring life into your classrooms using Project WET activities and a variety of Great Lakes focused publications. Project WET is a curriculum guide filled with water-related, fun, hands-on, and easy-to-use activities related to atmospheric, surface, and ground water, water history, water rights, conservation and stewardship. Great Lakes workshop participants receive the Project WET activity guide, participate in a variety of activities, and learn how to implement these activities with K-12 students. Materials and training provided during this professional development workshop meet PI34 Teacher Standards. Workshop participants will become familiar with the Project WET curriculum and activity guide, participate in a variety of activities from the guide and learn how to implement these activities with students. In addition, participants will learn about and receive a collection of educational resources from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources that complement the activities presented in the WET guide. This workshop is open to all K-12 formal and non-formal educators. To register, contact Beth Carreno, 920-459-3906.

August

August 20. Project WET Workshop. Retzer Nature Center, Waukesha. Project WET is a multidisciplinary program that uses over 90 hands-on, fun activities to promote water systems, quality and quantity, water management and stewardship, as well as the historical, societal, and cultural connections between water, people, and communities. Materials and training provided during this professional development workshop meet PI34 Teacher Standards. Workshop participants will become familiar with the Project WET curriculum and activity guide, participate in a variety of activities from the guide and learn how to implement these activities with students. A special recycling segment will also be included. In addition, participants will learn about and receive a collection of educational resources from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources that complement the activities presented in the WET guide. This workshop is open to all K-12 formal and non-formal educators. Cost is $30, lunch included. To register, contact Jayne Jenks, 262-896-8305.

September

Facilitator Training for Project WET and Project Learning Tree Early Childhood. Wild Rose Fish Hatchery, Wild Rose, WI. Have you been trained and use Project WET and Project Learning Tree Early Childhood in your work? Are you or your organization interested in offering training to other educators in these environmental education programs to expand your program offerings, meet program/district goals, or reach new audiences? Do you want to become more experienced as an environmental education leader? Or, do you just enjoy working with teachers and youth leaders and sharing your love of nature? If so, consider attending the 2009 facilitator training conducted by DNR staff, September 25-26. The location will be determined to minimize travel for accepted applicants. Please email the Project WET and Project Learning Tree program for details and an application. Call 608-264-6280 for more details.