Sagehen Creek Field Station

20 Aug, 01 AM - 21 Aug, 11 AM

We propose a two day field course for K-12 educators and pre-service teachers who are interested in strengthening their knowledge of concepts and techniques used in the study of biodiversity, incorporating field studies into their teaching programs, and integrating science, literacy and math in their curricula. After completing this course, participants will be familiar with concepts and techniques for the study of biodiversity, basic biology of organisms and ecological communities in the Sierra, and ways to use local biodiversity and the outdoors to teach science and improve academic achievement of K-12 students. Content will be presented as a series of field lab exercises supplemented with lecture and analysis components. Facilitated group discussion will be used to develop teaching links between science, literacy and mathematics. Field activities will include arthropod sampling indifferent habitats, study of different plant communities (with some plant collecting and pressing), and population and commnity sampling in forest plots. Instructors will include Rosemary Gillespie, Betsy Mitchell, Judy Scotchmoor, Katie Zanto and GK-12 graduate student fellows.

Visit #12899 @Sagehen Creek Field Station

Approved

Under Project # 8480 | Public Use

GK-12 teacher workshop

other - University of California, Berkeley

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Group of 35 Other Aug 20 - 21, 2007 (2 days)

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Classroom 35 Aug 20 - 21, 2007