About

Teaching with Nature:

 Curing Nature Deficit Disorder

A Conference for Teachers

Monday, October 19, 2009

 8:30am to 3:30pm

 At YMCA Camp Eberhart

REGISTRATION FORM  (PDF)

10481 Camp Eberhart Rd

Three Rivers, MI 49093

 Phone: (269) 244-5125

Website: www.campeb.org

 

Direction to YMCA Camp Eberhart(link to Camp Eberhart’s Webpage)

 

Participants will be able to attend 4 workshops and take home plenty of ideas, freebies, and curriculum that is coordinated with MI and IN state standards.

 

Children learn best when they are interacting with a topic that interests them. Nature has the power to capture students’ imagination and attention. And students don’t even have to leave the school yard to find it! The natural world can be used not just to meet science standards but also areas of: Math, Language Arts, Writing and Art as well. The “Teaching with Nature” conference is designed to assist teachers use the natural world to help student’s meet learning objectives.

The Cost of this event is only $15 which includes lunch! 

 

Schedule

8:30 Continental Breakfast

9:15 – 10:15 Class Session 1

10:30 – 11:30 Class Session 2

11:30 – 12:30 Lunch & Keynote Speaker

12:30 – 1:30 Class Session 3

1:45 – 2:45 Class Session 4

3:00 – 3:30 Closing

 

Sponsored by:

 A Weyerhaeuser Company Foundation Grant