Nature Recycles!
Make and Take Classroom Worm Bin
September 30, 2003 or October 1, 2003
4:00 p.m – 6:30 p.m. 3:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Location: Hamilton County Department of Environmental Services
250 William Howard Taft Rd., Cincinnati, OH 45219
Registration: Call Gwen
Roth at 513-772-7645
Cost: $10 (includes snack)
Workshop participants will each receive a worm bin kit, training, and
resource packet. Training details include bin set-up, maintenance, and
how to keep a healthy living environment for the worms.
The kit includes a bin, worms, and a resource packet, which includes
Mary Applhoff’s book, Worms Eat My Garbage, a tip sheet, color laminated
picture of the worm’s anatomy, and a variety of lesson plans. The kit,
training, and resource packet have a retail value over $70.
Land Lab Development
October 21, 2003
8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Location: Our Lady of Lourdes School, 5835 Glenway Avenue Cincinnati, OH
Registration: Sister
Miriam Kaeser at 513-421-3131 x295
Gwen Roth at
513-772-7645
Cost: $10 (includes lunch)
Teachers and administrators interested in developing a Land Laboratory
or utilizing outdoor areas for learning will enjoy this workshop. It
doesn’t matter if the school is landlocked by buildings and/or parking
lots or if your school has plenty of green space, outdoor learning
stations and habitat can be developed anywhere! Your desire to take your
students outside makes this project is a success.
Workshop instructors help you with site planning, offer ideas for local
support, and suggest ways to solve problems. Substitute reimbursement
available for participants who teach within Hamilton County. A .5 CEU is
also available.
 Project
Learning Tree (PLT)
November 7, 2003
8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Location: Civic Garden Center of Greater Reading Road, 2715 Cincinnati,
OH
Registration: Gwen Roth
at 513-772-7645
Cost: FREE!
Funded by the Environmental Education and Training Partnership, the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency office of Environmental Education and
operated by the North American Association for Environmental Educators.
Charting diversity, birds and worms, pollution search…these are some of
the 96 hands-on interdisciplinary activities in PLT’s PreK-8 Guide. It
covers such topics as water and air quality, ecology, urban
environments, gardening, and recycling.
The guide is designed to meet the common components of national
education reform by using the constructivist approach to learning, whole
language teaching, cooperative learning, problem solving, and authentic
assessments.
Grant Writing Workshop
Connecting Curriculum and Community Resources
November 12, 2003
8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Location: Hamilton County Department of Environmental Services, 250
William Howard Taft Rd., Cincinnati, OH 45219
Registration: Sister
Miriam Kaeser at 513-421-3131 x295
Cost: $10 (includes lunch and supplies)
Learn how to find and approach foundations, corporations, and government
agency grant administrators, and how to prepare an effective grant
proposal with a realistic budget and timeline. Open to teachers,
education administrators, and environmental educators. Workshop
facilitator is Carolyn Watkins, Chief of the Ohio Environmental
Protection Agency, office of Environmental Education. |
