Teachers! Come learn about the incredible outdoor classroom and natural laboratory available at the Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve. The Reserve offers a variety of habitats for your class to explore, including salt marsh, mudflats, woodlands, and grasslands. The exhibits in our Visitor Center feature some unique views of the more difficult to see and often rather peculiar creatures of the Slough. With over 90% of the state's wetlands lost, the Elkhorn Slough Reserve offers a rare and important opportunity to teach the value of preserving wetlands and to witness the creatures that depend on these habitats.
Above:
microscopic plankton, exploring the exhibits, lined shore crab
The purpose of this workshop is to provide educators with the tools needed to lead an informative and enjoyable field trip, and to show you how to use Project WILD curriculum to supplement the experience in the classroom. You, the teacher, will become the naturalist tour guide and will have access to teaching kits for the trail or classroom, a laboratory with microscopes, chaperone packs, and field equipment which includes binoculars and plankton nets.
Only teachers attending a workshop will be certified to bring classes to the Reserve and to use all the educational facilities.
All workshop participants will receive the Elkhorn Slough Curriculum Manual, Project WILD and Project WILD Aquatic curriculum, background material on the Visitor Center exhibits and a variety of useful posters, handouts, and a certificate of completion. CEU’s will be available for an additional fee.
The next workshop will be scheduled in 2009.
If you have questions, please contact Tricia Wilson at (831) 728-2822 or
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Time Commitment:
The workshop begins Friday evening 5:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. (dinner provided) and continues Saturday morning 9:00 am to 5:00 p.m. Attendance both days is required.
Place:
Elkhorn
Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve
1700 Elkhorn Rd., Watsonville, CA 95076 (map,
directions)
(831) 728-2822
Cost: $65.00
(There will be an additional fee to receive CEU’s through California State University Monterey Bay. Limited scholarships available.)
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