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SUMMARY:Two Environmental Education Workshops in One Day!
DESCRIPTION:When: Two sessions on Wednesday\, April 5\, 2023. You may sign up for one or both sessions. \n\n9 a.m.–12 p.m. (Free) Mapping MWEEs in the NEW PA Environmental Literacy and Sustainability Standards.\n\n\n\n1–4 p.m. ($10) Community Engagement: Guidelines for Excellence.\n\n\n\n\n\nWhere: Stroud Water Research Center\, 970 Spencer Road\, Avondale\, PA 19311.\n\n\n\nCost: Morning session is free; afternoon session costs $10. 3 hours of Act 48 will be provided for each session\, 6 total for the whole day.\n\n\n\nRegistration: Registration has closed.\n\n\n\n\nBring your own lunch if attending both sessions. Snacks and coffee will be provided. \n\n\n\nMorning Session\n\n\n\nClassroom teachers\, school curriculum coordinators and administrators\, and nonformal educators are invited for an exploration of how the NEW PA Environmental Literacy and Sustainability K-12 Standards include the four Essential Elements of the Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience framework. \n\n\n\nSession Objectives\n\n\n\n\nBecome oriented to the new PA STEELS Standards and MWEE Essential Elements.\n\n\n\nParticipate in an outdoor environmental investigation (one of the MWEE elements).\n\n\n\nIdentify how the MWEE and new standards can be incorporated into instruction.\n\n\n\n\nAfternoon Session\n\n\n\nAs environmental educators\, we work in and with communities ranging from workplace teams to neighborhood or regional partnerships. During this hands-on workshop\, participants will learn the structure and development process of the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) Community Engagement: Guidelines for Excellence and explore key characteristics and tools to apply in their own context. \n\n\n\nSession Objectives\n\n\n\n\nBecome familiar with the NAEE Community Engagement Guidelines and how you can use them to improve the quality of environmental education practice.\n\n\n\nIdentify tools for fostering community engagement strategies in your home organizations and contexts.\n\n\n\nProvide opportunities for participants to network and learn from each other.\n\n\n\n\nQuestions? Please contact Tara Muenz. \n\n\n\nPresented in Partnership With\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis material is based upon work supported by NOAA Grant No. NA22NMF4570318. Any opinions\, findings\, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
URL:https://stroudcenter.org/event/community-engagement-guidelines-for-excellence-workshop/
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SUMMARY:[In-Person Educator Workshop] Tidal Wetlands in the Face of Climate Change
DESCRIPTION:When: Friday\, April 14\, 2023\, 9 a.m.–3 p.m.\n\n\n\nWhere: John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum\, Philadelphia\, PA (map below)\n\n\n\nAudience: This workshop is open to homeschool providers\, classroom teachers\, and non-formal environmental educators. Six hours of Act 48 are available for Pennsylvania Certified Teachers. A certificate of participation will be provided for teachers/participants outside of Pennsylvania.\n\n\n\nCost: Free. Seats are limited and registration is required. The school districts of the first 10 teachers who register can be reimbursed for substitute teacher costs.\n\n\n\nLunch: Provided thanks to our NSF project funding! See registration to note any dietary preferences.\n\n\n\n\nRegistration has closed. \n\n\n\nJoin us for a day at John Heinz Wildlife Refuge\, engaging side by side with scientists and educators from Stroud Water Research Center\, John Heinz\, and ShoreRivers as we embark on a hands-on journey exploring the impact of climate change on tidal wetlands. \n\n\n\nBonus: Participants get their very own foldscope to use forever\, with an opportunity for one teacher to be selected for a continued partnership to work with your school and us on these important topics in the upcoming 2023–2024 school year (funding is available)! \n\n\n\nTidal wetlands\, from salt marshes to cypress swamps\, are not just a scenic backdrop for coastal lifestyles. These vital ecosystems are home to diverse animal and plant communities\, provide valuable outdoor experiences for people\, and link biogeochemical cycles occurring in watersheds and their estuaries. Tidal wetlands are also shifting and changing as rising sea level pushes inland\, in some places disappearing under the tide forever or migrating upslope with altered plant communities. While the recent acceleration of sea level rise is driven by global warming\, the response of tidal wetlands is governed by plant physiology\, hydrodynamics\, and sediment supply. \n\n\n\nMeasuring the sand and mud carried by rivers and delivered to tidal wetlands is more complicated than it might seem. Scientists are using high-tech methods borrowed from the biotech sector to track where sediment comes from over different timescales to help predict how tidal wetlands in different places will respond to sea level rise. \n\n\n\nBut not everyone needs to use these tools to appreciate the balancing act playing out in tidal wetlands across the coast! A few simple lessons can help people understand these processes and their implications for our watersheds and communities and how we can live sustainably on our coasts. \n\n\n\nWorkshop Objectives\n\n\n\n\nEngage with scientists to learn about the importance of estuaries and how climate change impacts them (and us!)\n\n\n\nExplore an estuary\, collecting and analyzing water and soil samples with activities you can replicate with students.\n\n\n\nCollaboratively model how to incorporate these topics into issue investigations and phenomena-based learning curricula.\n\n\n\n\nQuestions? Please contact Tara Muenz. \n\n\n\n\n\nThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences under Grant No. 2049073. Any opinions\, findings\, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. \n\n\n\nPresented in Partnership With
URL:https://stroudcenter.org/event/tidal-wetlands-and-climate-change/
LOCATION:John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge\, 8601 Lindbergh Blvd.\, Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania\, 19153\, United States
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SUMMARY:Become a Pa. MWEE Certified Facilitator
DESCRIPTION:Who is eligible: Formal and non-formal educators who have completed the Pennsylvania Meaningful Watershed Education Experience (Pa. MWEE) Ambassador Certification professional development between 2018 and 2023 and have also completed the MWEE 101 online course.\n\n\n\nWhen and where: \n\nThree virtual sessions (all three are required):\n\nWednesday\, April 19\, 2023\, 11 a.m.–1 p.m.\n\n\n\nWednesday\, April 26\, 2023\, 11 a.m.–1 p.m.\n\n\n\nWednesday\, May 3\, 2023\, 11 a.m.–1 p.m. and\n\n\n\n\n\nOne in-person session of your location choice; all from 9:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.:\n\nThursday\, May 4\, 2023\, at the John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove (eastern Pa.) \n\n\n\nWednesday\, May 10\, 2023\, at the Tom Ridge Environmental Center at Presque Isle (western Pa.)\n\n\n\nThursday May 11\, 2023\, at Bald Eagle State Park (central Pa.)\n\n\n\n\n\nNOTE: To attain and maintain full Pa. MWEE Certified Facilitator status\, eligible attendees must complete all three virtual sessions and one of the in-person sessions\, and then also:\n\nCo-plan and lead their first Pa. MWEE-related workshop with a Pa. MWEE Certified Facilitator Trainer (minimum of six hours).\n\n\n\nComplete the required certification completion report and all other proposal and/or reporting forms for all MWEE-related workshops.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCost: FREE\, 12 hours of Act 48 continuing education hours will be provided for any Pa. certified teachers requesting hours.\n\n\n\nRegistration: Seats are limited and registration is required by Monday\, April 17\, 2023.\n\n\n\n\nLunch will be provided for the in-person session. \n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for three 2-hour online sessions and one 6-hour in-person session to dive deeper into the Pa. MWEE framework\, Pa. MWEE Facilitator Guide\, and Pa. Science\, Technology\, Engineering\, Environmental Literacy\, and Sustainability (STEELS) standards toward becoming a Pa. MWEE Certified Facilitator. Investigation of local environmental issues and outdoor field experiences are included in a model MWEE. \n\n\n\nLearning Objectives\n\n\n\n\nGain the knowledge\, skills\, and processes to be able to lead Pa. MWEE Introduction\, Certified Ambassador\, Supplemental Content and Field Skills\, and Certified Educator professional development\, as approved by the Pa. ELit Network’s Steering Committee.\n\n\n\nPlan a model MWEE to learn how to assist local school districts and nonformal environmental education providers use the MWEE Environmental Learning Model (ELM) and the STEELS standards to plan and implement MWEEs.\n\n\n\n\nQuestions? Please contact Steve Kerlin at skerlin@stroudcenter.org. \n\n\n\nPresented in Partnership With\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis material is based upon work supported by NOAA Grant No. NA22NMF4570318. Any opinions\, findings\, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
URL:https://stroudcenter.org/event/become-a-pa-mwee-certified-facilitator/
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