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Join educators, ECHO volunteer interpreters, librarians, and others for an in-depth look at key environmental content areas. Listen to environmental experts in their field. Then, engage in a dialogue with the group to help expand your curriculum or learn new activities.
These sessions will be open to the general public also!
| DATE | TOPIC |
| September 20th 4:00pm - 6:00pm |
Liz Soper - National Wildlife Federation Creating Habitats for Wildlife in Backyards and Schoolyards After learning about wildlife, habitat, and endangered species, participants will have guidance in using their knowledge and skills to create a habitat on their school grounds or elsewhere in the community. |
| October 11th 4:00pm - 6:00pm |
Gib Brown - Educator and Meteorologist for WPTZ Misconceptions of Science Join us for a fun filled, activity packed workshop for Elementary and Middle School teachers interested in increasing their personal science skills. Participants will explore some of the most common misconceptions in science using models that are easy to understand and readily transferable to the classroom. |
| November 1st Full day at ECHO (Time TBD) |
New Hampshire Audubon in partnership with Amoskeag
Fishways Dive into Inquiry! Getting the Basics Inquiry-based education is possible in your classroom and can be the key to successful science education. Learn how teachers can facilitate thoughtful questioning that encourages student curiosity and drives skill development in forming a hypothesis, prediction, designing an experiment and representing data. |
| November
5th Full day at ECHO (Time TBD) |
Education & Interpretation Committee of the
Lake Champlain 2009 Quadricentennial A broad overview of the history, geography, politics and economics of Lake Champlain. Experts in each area will facilitate a combination of lecture and hands-on activities that will provide a base of social studies knowledge for subsequent Quad professional development. Teachers will also have time to explore ECHO. |
| January 10th Full day at ECHO (Time TBD) |
Staff from ECHO, New Hampshire Audubon and Amoskeag
Fishways Inquiry-Learning at ECHO: Linking to Your Curriculum Teaching science in a science center may seem to be all about inquiry, but making the connections back to your classroom can be challenging unless you plan your field trip to introduce, reinforce or provide closure on a curriculum unit. ECHO is an ideal place to practice inquiry. Learn how to use a science center to your benefit your lesson plans while building skills in inquiry-based teaching. |
| February 7th (13th rain date) 4:00pm - 7:00pm |
Amy Picotte, Department of Environmental Conservation Project WET, Water Education for Teachers Special workshop for middle/high school teachers! Teachers will be shown a variety of watershed activities, ranging from the water cycle, watershed delineation, water quality monitoring to water quality assessment. Project WET participants will receive Activity Guides, Field Testing Kits and Watershed Models for K-12th graders. Reservations are $25; scholarships available. Register today, as space is limited: Toll-Fee at 1-877-ECHOFUN or email pgallagher@echovermont.org. |
| March 13th 4:00pm - 5:30pm |
Bridget Butler, Vermont Audubon Forest Bird Initiative Audubon Vermont's Forest Bird Initiative is integrating science, education and public policy to conserve forests within Vermont that are important to birds, by identifying, monitoring and stewarding a network of forest Important Bird Areas (IBA) that support a significant number of breeding forest birds to maintain viable populations of responsibility bird species. |
| April 10th 4:00pm - 5:30pm |
Gib Brown - Educator and Meteorologist for WPTZ Thunderstorms: The Science & Tracking Thunderstorms are nature's most majestic and terrifying phenomenon. From the earliest myths and legends concerning thunderstorms to the newest techniques designed to better understand nature's summer tantrums, watch and feel actual lightning as you learn how it is created. This program is designed for teachers of all levels as well as any weather enthusiast. |
