The following course, part of the Mapping the Environment series, involves geographic information systems software. Significant workshop time will be dedicated to developing your own curriculum project to implement in your classroom.

Mapping Your Community

For Teachers Grades 4–12
June 15–19, 2009
9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Litzsinger Road Ecology Center

Meet your curriculum goals while engaging your students in studies of their local community. Participants will develop a curriculum module to take back to school that uses a place-based approach to education and integrates use of geographic information system (GIS) software and other resources to support student inquiry. A school site license for the GIS software is provided to all participants.

There is no fee for this workshop. Two graduate credits are available for an additional fee.

Download a Mapping Your Community registration form. Contact Dr. Bob Coulter at bob@litzsinger.org for further information.

Sustainable Schoolyards

For Teachers Grades K–12
June 22–26, 2009
9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Litzsinger Road Ecology Center

Turn a portion of your schoolyard into an outdoor classroom by engaging your students in the planning, development and management of a native plant habitat. This workshop is based on the Earth Partnership for Schools program developed at the University of Wisconsin, Madison Arboretum, where a number of teachers have successfully restored native plant habitats on their school grounds. The workshop is open to teams of at least two teachers from a school.

There is no fee for this workshop. Two graduate credits are available for an additional fee.

Workshop participation is by application only. Download Sustainable Schoolyards application. Contact Eddie Jones at eddie@litzsinger.org for further information.

Introduction to St. Louis Ecology

For Teachers Grades K–12
July 13–17, 2009
9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Litzsinger Road Ecology Center

Learn more about the ecology of the St. Louis region by investigating the prairie, woodland and stream habitats at Litzsinger Road Ecology Center, located right in the middle of St. Louis. Participants will increase their understanding of local ecosystems, relate them to basic ecological concepts and gain experience in outdoor environmental investigation.

There is no fee for this workshop. Two graduate credits are available for an additional fee.

Workshop participation is by application only. Download Introduction to St. Louis Ecology application. Contact Eddie Jones at eddie@litzsinger.org for further information. THIS WORKSHOP IS NOW FULL.