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Educator Programs
ADULT / EDUCATOR WORKSHOPS
Educator workshops are conducted by Burgess Society Education
Director Mary Beers, who is a Massachusetts DOE Professional Development
Provider.
Growing Up WILD
for Grades PreK-2
This fast paced workshop follows the
inter-disciplinary curriculum guide written for early childhood
educators of children ages 3-7. Explore life cycles, adaptations
including sensory, predator/prey and habitats through hands-on indoor
and outdoor exploration. Receive copies of the selected activities to
take back to the classroom. Curriculum Guide may be purchased for an
additional fee of $25. CEU’s may be available - application in process.
Offered Saturday, April 20 OR Saturday, May 25
9:00am-2:00pm
Cost is $25 per workshop.
Expect small additional fee if CEU’s are approved.
Forensic Science
for Elementary Educators
Hooked on CSI? Mad for
NCIS? Come work with peers to solve easy mysteries involving simple to
replicate crime scenes. Work through fun and factual activities
involving finger prints, identifying liquids, color chromatography, DNA,
and much more. White lab coat is optional. Offered twice. PDP’s
available.
Tuesdays June 4, 11 and 18 OR Saturdays July
13, 20 and 27 6:00pm-9:30pm
Cost
is $40 Members
$50 Non-members
LIFE
CYCLES for Elementary Educators
Work with live
animals, life cycle models and specimens to better understand the life
cycles of insects, birds, reptiles and amphibians. Topics to explore
include metamorphosis, heredity, identifying male and female, and life
span. Offered twice
Monday and Tuesday, August 12 and 13
9:00am-2:00pm OR
Tuesdays, September 24, October 1 and 8
6:00pm-9:30pm
Cost is $40
Members $50 Non-members
Project WILD for Grades 5-8 Educators
This WILD workshop will focus on Upper Elementary. Participants explore
the curriculum through hands-on inter-disciplinary activities on such
topics as habitats and habitat loss, pollution, endangered species,
adaptations and life cycles.
Curriculum guide is provided through
Mass. Fisheries and Wildlife.
Saturday, November 2
9:00-4:00pm
Cost $35 Members
$45 Non-members
Workshops sponsored in part by a donation from the Sandwich
Kiwanis club and the Joan Bentinik Smith Foundation
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