May
24
Leopold Education Project
Facilitator Workshop
August 9th 9:30 am – August 10th 4:00 pm
Audubon Center of the North Woods
54165 Audubon Dr. Sandstone, MN
Cost: $100
Join us as we showcase the new LEP Activities designed for outdoor educators! Using Leopold’s writings, discover fresh ways to connect youth and families to the outdoors.
Participants will enjoy an educational, but relaxing retreat nestled along Grindstone Lake in the heart of the North Woods. Enjoy learning about Leopold while you sample hands-on activities from the newly-released LEP “Outdoors Activities Guide“ developed for teachers, environmental educators, scouts, nature centers, parks and zoos. This user-friendly, multisensory set of activities is suitable for a variety of audiences and learning styles. Using themes derived from A Sand County ALMANAC, activities provide organized, detailed and succinct background information for all instructors. Attendees will be introduced to a variety of activities, then have the chance to test-drive them with others in the group. Participants will also receive various curriculum materials and become certified to train others in LEP.
Registration form available here. Registration Deadline Monday, Aug. 2, 2010.
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Apr
15
Title: Exploring the Outdoors with Aldo Leopold
Location: Aldo Leopold Center – Baraboo, WI
Link out: Click here
Description: In this environmental education workshop, hands-on participation in a number of Leopold Education Project (LEP) activities will provide basic but highly useful information on natural history and conservation ethics, preparing educators to successfully and efficiently use the curriculum materials with students. Each participant receives lunch, a personal copy of Leopold’s A Sand County Almanac, and a digital copy of the new curriculum entitled Exploring the Outdoors with Aldo Leopold designed for informal audiences.
Start Time: 09:00
Date: 2010-06-17
End Time: 16:00
For more information: download the Exploring the Outdoors Flyer.
Tags: aldo, baraboo, exploring, leopold, outdoors, wi, wisconsin
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Mar
8
Title: Teaching Outdoors w/ Aldo Leopold
Location: Aldo Leopold Nature Center – Monona, WI
Link out: Click here
Description: The curriculum materials are designed for use by teachers, interpreters, naturalists, park rangers, zoo educators, youth group leaders, as well as private citizens. Each lesson, based on Leopold’s writings, provides students with direct experiences to the natural world outside the school classroom by making greater use of the outdoors as a learning laboratory. Lessons are presented in an easy to use format. Leopold’s writings are both sound science and excellent literature, making them an outstanding tool for meaningful environmental education. This curriculum encourages flexibility, creativity, and experimentation in using the lessons in a variety of subject matter areas. It uses hands-on critical thinking activities to not only teach students about nature and conservation but to instill what Leopold called a “land ethic”, an appreciation of and respect for the land.
Attend both workshops for a college credit.. see flyer for details
Start Time: 8:45
Dates: 2010-06-14 & 2010-06-21
End Time: 3:30pm
For more information: Flyer for ALNC
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Mar
9
Title: Survival Camp
Location: Chalco Hills Recreation Area, Omaha NE
Link out: Click here
Description: For ages 10-14. Discover thejoys of outdoor activities including gps/geocaching, fishing, canoeing, pitching tents, and dutch oven cooking.
Start Date: 2009-06-22
End Date: 2009-06-24
Tags: camps, nebraska
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Mar
9
Title: Survival Camp
Location: Chalco Hills Recreation Area, Omaha NE
Link out: Click here
Description: For ages 10-14. Camp runs from 9-3 and campers must bring a lunch two of the days. Discover thejoys of outdoor activities including gps/geocaching, fishing, canoeing, pitching tents, and dutch oven cooking.
Start Date: 2009-08-04
End Date: 2009-08-06
Tags: camps, nebraska
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