Crow Talk

Mercer Slough Environmental Education Center, Pacific Education Institute, and Olympic Park Instituteinvite you to participate in an evening teacher training to show you how to translate tried and true field science techniques from the wilderness to your schoolyard

FIELD SCIENCE: FROM THE WILDERNESS TO YOUR SCHOOLYARD

• Professional development for Washington State Certified Teachers
• Three clock hours available
• Light buffet dinner served

Learn about field science techniques that engage students inmeaningful investigation sof the outdoors with staff from two organizations equipped with years of experience in guiding student investigations and in designing curriculum that facilitates inquiry outdoors. In this three hour training participants will examine student generated field data, explore the types of questions asked about our environment, complete an investigation with outdoor data collection, and identify Washington State's core content standards achieved by field science. Teachers will leave with tools and curriculum for engaging students in field science in the schoolyard. Three workshops to choose from.

Bellevue:

• LOCATION: Mercer Slough Environmental Education Center1625 118th Ave, SE, Bellevue, WA 98005
• DATE AND TIME:Monday, October 19, 2009, 4:30 PM to 7:30 PM
• COST:Free

Tukwila:

• LOCATION: Tukwila Community Center 12424 42nd Ave S, Tukwila, WA 98168
• TIME: 4:30 PM to 7:30 PM
• DATE: Tuesday, October 20, 2009
• COST: Free

• LOCATION: Francis Anderson Center 700 Main Street, Edmonds, WA 98020
• TIME: 4:30 PM to 7:30 PM
• DATE: Wednesday, October 28, 2009
• Cost: Free

TO REGISTER: Contact Eva Foster. Send an email to Eva Foster or call Eva Foster at 206.382.6212 x 14.