Just for Teachers
“If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement and mystery of the world we live in.”
—Rachel Carson, Author of Silent Spring
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Workshops Just for Teachers
Use environmental education to enhance and enrich learning for your students in all areas of the curriculum. Let us know you are interested and we will contact you when the workshops are scheduled!
Looking for inspiration and fun activities you can use across the curriculum? Placer Nature Center offers educator workshops that provide interdisciplinary lessons and activities teachers of all grade levels can use to introduce environmental awareness while teaching math, science, history, language arts and social studies.
Contact us about Project Learning Tree, Project WILD/Aquatic and Project WET. Call to find out more!
Ask for Linda at (530) 878-6053 or email linda@placernaturecenter.org
Also, don't miss the free Discovering Nature with Young Children, First 5 Placer PCOE Workshops! and Nature Bowl! Read more about these two below.
Discovering Nature with Young Children
12 Hours of Professional Growth for free, especially for Placer County teachers and caregivers of children 0-5 years old.
All thanks to a special partnership with First 5 Placer!
The six dynamic, two-hour sessions present and demonstrate “nature play.” After learning all about the benefits, you get to use hands-on tools and
get inspirational ideas to facilitate nature study. Learn how to weave themes into other indoor and outdoor activities. You can attend all six sessions or just your favorite topics.
The workshops held during the 2009-2010 school year are on Thursdays from 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM. We meet at the Placer County Office of Education Annex at 356 Nevada Street in Auburn.
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Dates and themes:
- Sep. 3, 2009 - The secret lives of Ants and Bees
- Oct. 1, 2009 - Bats and Spiders: Halloween’s nature
- Nov. 5, 2009 - All about Rocks
- Feb. 4, 2010 - Frogs, Toads and Lizard Tails
- Mar. 4, 2010 - Animals’ Tree Houses
- Apr. 1, 2010 - Mini Environments:Terrariums
Click to download an informational flyer about the classes to post and share. Quotes from attendees of the 2008-2009 workshops:
"I’m not a huge fan of bugs but this was a very interesting & informative workshop! Bugs are actually pretty cool!"
"You..(Linda)..are so animated…I wish you were a preschool teacher!"
"Very informative. Learned lots of information about things around our school, house environment."
Nature Bowl Coaches Workshop
For teachers of 3rd to 6th Grade and Parent Volunteers
This workshop provides all the information and materials needed to successfully coach a student team to compete in the regional Nature Bowl, a fun, friendly competition where students in grades three through six demonstrate their knowledge of nature and our local environment. Activities include team problem solving, a nature relay, creation of an "enviro-mercial," outdoor investigations and a fast-paced, Jeopardy-like game called "Bell-Ringers.
For more information about class contact Linda by email linda@placernaturecenter.org or by calling 530-878-6503
Field Trip Funding, Grants & Scholarships
Young People Invited to Submit After-School Projects for Do Something Grants
Ten grants of $500 each and five grand-prize grants of $1,000 each will be awarded to young people who have started afterschool activities in their communities....
Deadline: 09/15/09
State Farm's Youth Advisory Board Service-Learning Grants Program
Grants from are available for projects that address the issues of environmental responsibility, natural and societal disaster preparedness, driver safety, financial education, and accessing higher education/closing the achievement gap.
Deadline: 10/02/09
Lowe's Toolbox for Education Accepting Applications for
K-12 Public School Projects
Grants of up to $5,000 will be awarded to nonprofit public K-12 schools and school-affiliated parent groups working on facility enhancements or landscaping/clean up projects in their schools....
Deadline: 10/16/09
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Target Field Trip Grants Target will award 5,000 grants of up to $800 each in 2010 to fund field trips. As part of Target's commitment to education, they created the one-of-a-kind Target Field Trip Grants program. So far they’ve awarded 7,400 grants, totaling over $6 million, to educators in all 50 states. More than 729,000 students have explored the world outside the classroom with a Target Field Trip Grant! Deadline: 11/15/09 |
Applications Invited for Target Field Trip Grants Program
Grants of up to $800 will be awarded to K-12 education professionals conducting art, science, and cultural field trips, community service or civics projects, career enrichment opportunities, and other events or activities away from the school....
Deadline: 11/03/09
Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge Invites Students and Teachers to Address Environmental Issues
Students and teachers in grades K-8 will be awarded grants and publicity for their solutions to classroom environmental issues....
Deadline: Various