Tifft Teacher Workshops
Teacher Workshops
Over 1.5 million educators have gone WET and WILD, have you? These hands-on workshops are filled with educational and fun environmental education activities that can be used with your students. Each workshop focuses on a different interdisciplinary curriculum that provides exciting hands-on activities designed to support the NYS MST Standards. Workshops are 3 to 6 hours long and will model at least 6 activities from the guide.
A certificate of completion will be provided for those individuals interested in obtaining professional development credit from their district
All workshops are FREE to educators and include the curriculum guide.
For more information or to make reservations:
Call Meghan Dye
716.896.5200 x342 or email mdye@sciencebuff.org
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1
Educators are encouraged to attend both workshops but are not required. We will break one hour to allow for lunch.
NEW! Growing Up Wild Ages 3-7 9:00am – 12:00pm
Growing Up WILD is an early childhood education program that builds on children’s sense of wonder about nature and invites them to explore wildlife and the world around them.
NEW! Project Learning Tree: Environmental Experiences For Early Childhood Ages 3 - 6 1:00pm - 4:00pm
PLT’s Environmental Experiences for Early Childhood encourages children to explore, discover, and communicate in expressive ways, and provides an introduction to environmental education at a key developmental period in children’s lives.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15
Educators are encouraged to attend both workshops but are not required. We will break one hour to allow for lunch.
Project WILD: Wildlife in Learning Design Grades K - 12 9:00am - 12:00pm
Basic WILD focuses on wildlife and the environment. This workshop helps educators prepare students to develop problem-solving skills through exploring responsible human actions toward wildlife and the environment.
Project WILD: Aquatic Grades K - 12 1:00pm - 4:00pm
WILD Aquatic emphasizes aquatic wildlife and aquatic ecosystems. Because these activities are designed for integration into existing courses of study, educators may use one or many Project WILD Aquatic activities or the entire set of activities may serve quite effectively as the basis for a course of study.
SAURDAY, OCTOBER 29
We will break for one hour to allow for lunch.
Project Learning Tree Grades Pre-K - 8 9:00am - 4:00pm
PLT uses the forest as a “window” to the world to increase students’ understanding of our environment. This guide contains 96 activities on such topics as water and air quality, ecology, climate change, urban environments, and recycling.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2011 4:00 – 6:00 PM
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SATURDAY, MARCH 24
Project WET: Water Education For Teachers Grades K - 12 9:00am – 12:00pm
This 500+ page resource guide teaches about water as a shared resource and responsibility as well as the physical and chemical characteristics of water. The goal of Project WET is to facilitate and promote awareness, appreciation, knowledge, and stewardship of water resources.
SATURDAY, APRIL 28
Flying WILD Grades 6-8 9:00am – 12:00pm
Prepare for spring migration! Flying WILD introduces students to bird conservation through hands-on classroom activities and school bird festivals. This 358-page guide includes everything you need to know to plan and conduct a bird festival or to integrate our feathered friends into your current curriculum.
SATURDAY, MAY 12
Educators are encouraged to attend both workshops but are not required. We will break for one hour to allow for lunch.
NEW! Growing Up WILD Ages 3-7 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Growing Up WILD is an early childhood education program that builds on children’s sense of wonder about nature and invites them to explore wildlife and the world around them.
NEW! Project Learning Tree: Environmental Experiences for Early Childhood Ages 3-6 1:00pm - 4:00pm
PLT’s Environmental Experiences for Early Childhood encourages children to explore, discover, and communicate in expressive ways, and provides an introduction to environmental education at a key developmental period in children’s lives.
