Greeetings,
We are having our 3rd and last Teacher Training of the year. Hope you can make it! It will be Wednesday, March 4th, here at CDM, from 4-8pm and dinner will be provided. This training will be focused on the STEP (Salmon and Trout Education) Program, sharing STEP activities, projects, and demonstrations on how to set up and care for a STEP Aquarium. We will also be working on activities and project ideas that could be completed for the 2009 BioSITE Open House- April 11th - April 14th. And last, we will be covering some macroinvertebrate activities to enhance the last field days for your students. This training will include BioSITE teachers as well as STEP teachers- so let me know ASAP is you are planning on attending. RSVP to my email, sderby@cdm.org. Thanks all!
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Reflection Activities
We need you! And your students' creative efforts!!
I am hoping that we can gather some student work to be displayed here at Children's Discovery Museum-- show visitors what BioSITE is all about!
We have a couple different opportunities to showcase BioSITE student work: First, we have a new exhibit opening in February titled "Out On A Limb". This exhibit is a celebration of trees...just our kind of celebration! So help us!!
We need poetry, creative writing, and just descriptive impressions of how your students think and feel about our precious green giants of field and forest! You can use the River of Words page in your journals or design your own page. Let me know if you can help!
Second- we need collections...nature collections. Also to be on display in "Out On A Limb". At our last teacher training we introduced this idea, by sharing treasures in a shoebox, letting individuals choose something special, and allowing time to draw in detail. This would also add so much to our upcoming exhibit- how our students are connecting to nature!!
And of course- in the spring we will be displaying BioSITE student work of all different kinds- so think about what your students or what your class as a whole might like to showcase.
We are looking forward to making a great showing of our 2009 BioSITE River Guardians.
I am hoping that we can gather some student work to be displayed here at Children's Discovery Museum-- show visitors what BioSITE is all about!
We have a couple different opportunities to showcase BioSITE student work: First, we have a new exhibit opening in February titled "Out On A Limb". This exhibit is a celebration of trees...just our kind of celebration! So help us!!
We need poetry, creative writing, and just descriptive impressions of how your students think and feel about our precious green giants of field and forest! You can use the River of Words page in your journals or design your own page. Let me know if you can help!
Second- we need collections...nature collections. Also to be on display in "Out On A Limb". At our last teacher training we introduced this idea, by sharing treasures in a shoebox, letting individuals choose something special, and allowing time to draw in detail. This would also add so much to our upcoming exhibit- how our students are connecting to nature!!
And of course- in the spring we will be displaying BioSITE student work of all different kinds- so think about what your students or what your class as a whole might like to showcase.
We are looking forward to making a great showing of our 2009 BioSITE River Guardians.
January Update
January is moving right along. Upcoming field units for Pioneer and Leland will be Birds and then Fish. That means S.T.E.P. season is right around the corner! In fact, last weekend was the 2009 STEP Training, so if you are a STEP Teacher it is time to get ready. If you need any help or want to check out any of our several STEP activities- just let us know.
We will be having our 3rd Teacher Training for this school year late February or first week of March- and part of that training is a STEP refresher course- so look out for more info on that. Also, please be on the snail mail lookout this week -I was finally able to send out stipends to your schools, for those of you that attended our December Teacher Training. Thank-You!
As far as our ACE Program, we are moving thru to Day 2's- and looking forward to it! For the next few months the ACE students will be monitoring the Guadalupe river and adding to our water quality data. They will be learning how we determine a water quality index and how we use macroinvertebrates to determine a pollution tolerance index! Look for all of our data to be posted soon- use the BioSITE online link found here, on the Teacher Blog!
Thank you to all of our BioSITE Teachers-- hope 2009 is a great year for all of you!
We will be having our 3rd Teacher Training for this school year late February or first week of March- and part of that training is a STEP refresher course- so look out for more info on that. Also, please be on the snail mail lookout this week -I was finally able to send out stipends to your schools, for those of you that attended our December Teacher Training. Thank-You!
As far as our ACE Program, we are moving thru to Day 2's- and looking forward to it! For the next few months the ACE students will be monitoring the Guadalupe river and adding to our water quality data. They will be learning how we determine a water quality index and how we use macroinvertebrates to determine a pollution tolerance index! Look for all of our data to be posted soon- use the BioSITE online link found here, on the Teacher Blog!
Thank you to all of our BioSITE Teachers-- hope 2009 is a great year for all of you!
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Online activity for bird unit
BioSITE programs at Pioneer and Leland are heading into the Birds unit soon -- the link below is a fun online owl pellet dissection activity that can be done to support the activities we do in the field. Click on the link below and then select "NEW Beta Version: Virtual Owl Pellet Dissection v.4" Enjoy!
http://www.kidwings.com/index.htm#
http://www.kidwings.com/index.htm#
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