Sustainability Workshop Registration OPEN

Best Practices in Sustainability Education

October 25, 2013

8:30 am – 3:30 pm

Regional Vocational Aquaculture School

60 St Stephens Drive

Bridgeport, CT

Featured Speakers:

·       Sustaining Fisheries in Long Island Sound

Penny Howell, CT DEEP Marine Fisheries Biologist

·       Revolutionize Your Plate

Chef Bun, Miya's Sushi New Haven, CT

Breakouts Sessions featuring classroom ready materials to use with students
to investigate energy, food, and resources. 
Sessions include- Marine Energy Resources, Research Project for Education,
Hydroponics for Elementary Students, School Gardens and the Sea,
Connecticut's Energy, and Carbon Travels. 

·        Bring your own ideas to the table through special share-out session. 

·        Learn details and progress of the new Green LEAF School program

Registration required: Electronic Form

Fee: $25.00 includes lunch and refreshments

COEEA member and Green LEAF participants- $15.00

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Connecticut Outdoor & Environmental Education Association

Professional Development: DEEP

Food, Land & People Workshops

Food, Land & People (FLP) is committed to helping people of all ages understand the interrelationships among

agriculture, the environment, and people of the world.

Food, Land & People's science and social science based curriculum,

Resources for Learning, for grades Pre-K to 12th

grade students throughout the United States.

FLP materials are correlated to Connecticut State Science Standards, and the

Common Core Objectives. This integrated material is designed to help support classroom requirements

while providing real world applications. Materials are provided through workshops which

can be arranged for schools and centers by contacting Susan Quincy.

Project WET Workshops

Project WET (Water Education for Teachers) is an interdisciplinary water education program that provides K-12 educators with hands-on activities and programs that can be used in a variety of educational settings.  The goal of project WET is to facilitate and promote the awareness, appreciation, knowledge and stewardship of water resources through the development and distribution of classroom ready teaching aids.   Recently revised and updated the WET Guide 2.0 offers new activities on topics such as National Parks, health and hydration, storm water, and the very best activities gathered from all of Project WET's
publications. Contact susan.quincy@ct.gov, 203-734-2513.   Workshop fee is $40.00.

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

www.ct.gov/dep

Professional Development: Birds Webinar

from: http://www.birdsleuth.org/webinar-series/

You can attend one webinar to gain insight into one life science topic of interest… or attend the series for a true professional development opportunity!

Webinar 1 - Birds in Your Ecosystem 
Webinar 2: Bird Communication: Songs and Calls
Webinar 3: Migration: Birds on the Move
Webinar 4: Nesting: Birds Raising Young  
Webinar 5: Citizen Science: Next Generation Scientists
Choose to attend as many as you wish, and if within a year you complete the whole series, you can earn 1 CEU from Cornell University’s School of Continuing Education!
Schedule (times are in the Eastern zone):

• Session 2 Afternoon: Tuesdays at 3:30pm on September 10th, 17th, 24th, & October 1st, 8th; the equivalent of taking an online course on Tuesdays, you can complete the series in 5 weeks.
• Session 2 Evening: Tuesdays at 7:00pm on September 10th, 17th, 24th, & October 1st, 8th; the equivalent of taking an online course on Tuesdays, you can complete the series in 5 weeks.
• Session 3: November 11 (Monday):  All five webinars in one day with short breaks between them. Session begins at 9:00am, concludes at 4:30pm.
• Session 4: January: Tuesday evening series on January 7, 14, 21, 28 and February 4 (all webinars at 7:00pm)

Pricing: $15 each  (For a limited time, take $5 off your first webinar with the Promotion Code SleuthWebDisc).
[If you complete the series of five webinars, you can elect to earn 1 CEU  (Continuing Education Unit). There is an additional $10 fee if you opt for that credit (awarded by Cornell University).]

Excited to attend? Register for one or all at this link.