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February 2010
River of Words Retreat for Educators
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| When: |
Saturday, February 27 2010 @ 09:00 AM - - 04:00AM |
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Sandy Derby, 408.298.5437, x 261, sderby@cdm.org |
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Children's Discovery Museum
180 Woz Way
San Jose, CA, CA
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| Description: |
This workshop is designed especially for you!
Revitalize your teaching by revitalizing yourself!
Included:
* A 270-page “Watershed Explorers Educators’ Guide” (K-12) designed to build multiple literacies and to help students develop an informed "sense of place."
* Children’s Discovery Museum’s BioSITE (Students Investigating Their Environment) Environmental Science Curriculum for High School- Elementary Service Learning Program.
RSVP: By 2/1/2010; Details will follow RSVP
Facilitated by Pamela Michael, ROW executive director and co-founder:
River of Words® (ROW) is a nature-based science, art and poetry program created to promote watershed awareness, literacy and the arts. Through our annual youth art and poetry contest and educator's tools, River of Words helps young people explore the natural and cultural history of their own communities.
The River of Words (ROW) workshop provides K-12 educators (classroom teachers and other non-formal educators) with ideas and inspiration for integrating nature exploration and the arts into core subject areas like science and math, social studies, and language arts.
Explore creek ecology and the natural and cultural history of the area's watershed, combined with a study of the "art of creeks” and the “language of landscape”
Learn to inspire nature-based art and poetry
Learn about your watershed and bioregion
Make and take your own journal
Explore new resources, from videos to books and websites
Inspire and spark students' imagination and sense of wonder
Download registration form here |
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