Planning Your Zoo Trip - Webinar

Audience: Formal Educators

Date: Wednesday, August 28, 2013, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.

Join us for ideas on connecting your Detroit Zoo field trip to current curriculum standards. Let us help you bring your lessons to life!

Webinar Cost: Free

Teaching for the 21st Century

Audience: Formal and Nonformal Educators

Date: Saturday, November 9, 2013, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The Institute for Humane Education is presenting a Teaching for the 21st Century humane education workshop. It’s designed to train educators to effectively teach critical thinking about social justice, environmental ethics and animal protection to enhance students’ understanding of how their decisions impact themselves, other people, other species and the Earth. Each  participant will receive The Power and Promise of Humane Education. SCECHs will be available for an additional fee.
Workshop Cost: $15

Humane Partners

Audience: Formal and Nonformal Educators, K-16

Date: November 2013 to May 2014, second Wednesday of each month, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Become a Humane Partner of the Detroit Zoo! We’ll meet once a month throughout the school year, in person or online, 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, animals that share our neighborhoods, Detroit Zoo rescued animals, how to reduce our ecological footprint, schoolyard gardening, alternative dissection and much more! All educators are welcome to attend. SCECHs will be available for an additional fee for participants who attend all
seven weeks.

11/13/13, 12/11/13, 1/8/14, 2/12/14, 3/12/14, 4/9/14, 5/14/14,
Workshop Cost: $30

Project WILD and Project Aquatic

Audience: Formal and Nonformal Educators, Grades K-12

Date: Friday, November 22, 2013, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Project WILD and Project Aquatic are designed to supplement science, social studies, language arts, math, art, music and physical education curriculum. This one-day workshop will demonstrate how to easily incorporate Project WILD and Project Aquatic in your classroom through hands-on activities. Each participant will receive the Project WILD and Project Aquatic texts. Lunch will be provided for all-day attendees. SCECHs will be available to all-day participants for an additional fee.

Project WILD and Project Aquatic: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., $60
Project WILD only: 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., $40
Project Aquatic only: 1 to 5 p.m., $40

Humane Dissection Alternatives - Webinar

Audience: Formal and Nonformal Educators, Grades 4-12

Date: Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.

Each year, millions of frogs and other animals are dissected in schools. The Detroit Zoo offers a modern and interactive alternative to traditional dissection. Learn about these innovative methods and how you can incorporate them into your curriculum for free!

Webinar Cost: Free

Growing Up WILD, Project Learning Tree Early Childhood

Audience: Formal and Nonformal Educators, Pre-K to Grade 3

Date: Friday, January 24, 2014, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Growing Up WILD and Project Learning Tree: Environmental Experiences for Early Childhood are early childhood education programs that build on children’s sense of wonder about nature and invites them to explore wildlife and the world around them. Lunch will be provided for all day attendees. SCECHs will be available to all-day participants for an additional fee.

Growing Up WILD and PLT EC: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., $45
Growing Up WILD only: 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., $30 / PLT EC only: 1 to 5 p.m., $25

Citizen Science and Climate Change

Audience: Formal and Nonformal Educators

Date: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Citizen science programs are a great way to get students involved in making observations and collecting data for real-life applications. We’ll use these programs to highlight the science of climate change and how our ever-changing climate has and will continue to effect life on earth. Lunch will be provided. SCECHs will be available for an additional fee.
Workshop Cost: $15

Wildlife-Friendly Gardens for Schools

Audience: Formal and Nonformal Educators, Grades K-12

Date: Saturday, March 15, 2014 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Outdoor classrooms provide endless learning opportunities across the curriculum. Join us to find out how simple it can be to start a school garden and incorporate natural lessons to meet state curriculum guidelines. Participants will receive basic supplies. Lunch will be provided. SCECHs will be available for an additional fee.
Workshop Cost: $15

Project Learning Tree

Audience: Formal and Nonformal Educators, Grades K-8

Date: Saturday, May 3, 2014, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Through hands-on, interdisciplinary activities, Project Learning Tree 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. SCECHs will be available to participants for an additional fee.
Workshop Cost: $35