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Are you looking for interactive ways to teach your students about wildlife and wild places?
Click here for a printable brochure of our 2011/2012 Workshops.
Project WILD and Project Aquatic
Project WILD and Project Aquatic are designed to supplement science, social studies, language arts, math, art, music and physical education curriculum. These one-day workshops will demonstrate how to easily incorporate Project Wild and Project Aquatic in your classroom through hands-on activities. Each participant will receive a delete-current copy of the Project WILD and Project Aquatic texts. Lunch will be provided for all day attendees.
February 10, 2012
SB-CEUs will be available to participants who attend the combined, all day workshop for an additional fee.
Project WILD and Project Aquatic: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., $60
Project WILD only: 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., $40
Project Aquatic only: 1-5 p.m., $40
Project Learning Tree
Project Learning Tree is widely recognized as one of the premier
environmental education programs in the world. Through hands-on,
interdisciplinary activities, PLT helps young people learn how to think, not what to think, about complex environmental issues. Developed to meet state and national standards, PLT provides the tools educators need to bring the environment into their classrooms and their students into the environment. Each participant will receive the PLT text. Lunch will be provided.
March 10, 2012, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
SB-CEUs will be available to participants for an additional fee.
Project Learning Tree: $35
Growing Up WILD and Project Learning Tree Early Childhood
Growing Up WILD and Project Learning Tree: Environmental Experiences for Early Childhood are early childhood education programs that builds on children’s sense of wonder about nature and invites them to explore wildlife and the world around them. Through a wide range of activities and experiences, these programs provide an early foundation for developing positive impressions about nature and lifelong social and academic skills. Lunch will be provided for all-day attendees.
December 10, 2011
SB-CEUs will be available to participants who attend the combined, all-day workshop for an additional fee.
Growing Up WILD and PLT EC: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., $55
Growing Up WILD Only: 9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., $40
PLT EC Only: 1-5 p.m., $25
Project Learning Tree: Places We Live, Biodiversity
Project Learning Tree has supplementary materials for secondary educators consisting of individual modules. These materials challenge students to explore the many facets of an issue, illustrating the complexity of real-life environmental decisions. Modules are interdisciplinary and standards-based, while incorporating key concepts from social science, humanities, sciences delete this comma, and math. Each participant will receive the associated texts.
January 12, 2012 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
SB-CEUs will be available for an additional fee.
Workshop cost $35
March 12, 2011, at the Detroit Zoo-Delete this sentence
Humane Partners
Become a Humane Partner of the Detroit Zoo! We'll meet once a month throughout the school year to learn about Humane Education topics and how to integrate them into your curriculum. You'll receive animal welfare and environmental stewardship materials, activities and resources for your classrooms. Topics include learning about the importance of broad-based Humane Education, the animals that share our neighborhoods, Detroit Zoo rescue animals, how to reduce our ecological footprint, schoolyard gardening and much more! This series is adapted for all educators.
SB-CEUs will be available for an additional fee for participants who attend all seven weeks.
Meets monthly, second Thursday of November 2011 to May 2012, 5 to 7 p.m.
Workshop Cost: $50
Wildlife-Friendly Gardens for Schools
Outdoor classrooms provide endless cross-curriculum learning opportunities. Join us to find out how simple it can be to start a school garden and incorporate natural lessons that meet state and national curriculum guidelines. Participants will receive basic gardening supplies. Lunch will be provided.
October 1, 2011 - 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
March 31, 2012- 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
SB-CEUs will be available for an additional fee.
Workshop cost: $15
Sowing Seeds: Humane Education Workshop
This workshop is designed to train educators to effectively teach critical thinking about social justice, environmental ethics and animal protection, thereby enhancing their students' understanding that their choices make an impact on themselves, other people, other species and the earth. Lunch will be provided.
October 29, 2011 - 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
SB-CEU's will be available for an additional fee.
Workshop Cost: $30
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