Green Schools: Cycles through the Garden: Workshop for teachers and partners

Friday, January 10, 2014

Cycles through the Garden: Workshop for teachers and partners

PROFFESIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP FOR EDUCATORS

GRADE LEVEL K- 10

Cycles through the Garden

January 24, 2014

9:00 am – 2:30pm

Earthplace

10 Woodside Ln,

Westport, CT 06880

A hands on educational workshop using Project Food, Land & People, FLP, educational curriculum. Join us for an illustrated use of integrated teaching for science, math and language arts that apply to grades K-12 using school gardens or outdoor teaching spaces.

This workshop will provide educators with a variety of resources and activities o help expand the use of school gardens beyond growing of plants and food. We will look at how school gardens can introduce topics of nutrition, social studies and science to help bring awareness of how are needs are provided for through use of natural resources and how to use them wisely.

Cycles to be covered: Water, Nutrient and Soil, Lifecycles and Recycling

Educational Standards to be addressed:

Common Core Math 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3
Common Core Language Arts: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.1, 2.4, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3
State Science 2.3.a., 2.3.b 3.2.a.4.3.a.5.3.a.6.2.b, 6.4 8.1.a., 8.1.b., 8.1.c. 9.5., 9.6., 9.910.5., 10.6

Registration is required. Please contact donna.kingston@ct.gov for a registration form. Fee for the workshop is 40.00, (Green LEAF School discount- 30.00) and includes FLP Resources for Learning CD with 55 activities ready for classroom use. Materials are correlated to the Common Core and Current Science Standards.

Susan Quincy
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection

Kellogg Environmental Center
500 Hawthorne Ave.
Derby, CT 06418
203-734-2513
FAX 203-922-7833

susan.quincy@ct.gov

www.ct.gov/dep