8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden (909 Robert D. Ray Drive, Des Moines)
Learn how to take STEM outdoors. Spend two days turning outdoor projects and exploration into project-based learning units specifically geared for your teaching situation. We will demonstrate how to bundle your favorite Project WILD and Aquatic WILD activities with field investigations to foster inquiry-based learning and meet local and state learning standards. Much of this “flipped” professional development will be spent creating your own path through a host of nationally developed and tested resources to engage your students in authentic inquiry through modeling, discussion, and practice using your school yard or a local natural area and your classes as the framework.
Participants are encouraged to bring information about their school site or a nearby natural area for use with workshop activities. Teaching partners/groups are encouraged to facilitate planning/implementation of projects.
Registration deadline is June 17, 2015 - you must register electronically. Registration fee: $75 (includes lunches, materials, and 1 license renewal credit); or $150 (includes lunches, materials, and 1 EDEX graduate credit)
For more information, contact: Barb.Gigar@dnr.iowa.gov; 515-494-3891.
