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Schoolyard Ecology Summer Institute for Educators: August 22-23
Come join us this summer to train on a Harvard Forest Schoolyard Ecology project or dive deep into utilizing our Witness Tree project to enhance climate learning in your classroom!
Register here!
Day 1 - Tuesday, August 22nd: Project Training deep dives (Choose 1)
- Hemlock Wooley Adelgid Invasive Species Monitoring Study
- Our Changing Forests Study
- Buds, Leaves, and Global Warming Phenology Study
Day 2 - Wednesday, August 23rd: The Witness Tree Project
- Come learn how to incorporate data from the Harvard Forest Witness Tree into your classroom with a suite of lessons written by Dr. Elisa Margarita, Math for America Master Teacher and a new classroom tool build by Harvard graduate students.
Cost:
- Day 1: $50 (includes supplies, year round coaching and support, set up assistance, and additional trainings and workshops in future years)--payment by PO, check, or credit card by phone
- Day 2: Free
Details:
- 9 am-3:30 pm each day
- All workshops at the Fisher Museum, 324 N. Main Street, Petersham, MA
- Bring your own bagged lunch
- Optional additional trail walks each day
- Dress for spending time outside
- Overnight accommodations available for folks traveling long distances
Reach out with questions to Katharine Hinkle (katharinehinkle@fas.harvard.edu)