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Upcoming Events
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Training for Teachers
PDPs may be earned for these workshops.
Preregistration is required. Unless otherwize indicated, call 508/457-0495 x
106 or x 107 or email pat.harcourt@state.ma.us
Scheduled Training
Weather and Climate
The School of Herring
Salt Water Studies
Training
by Request
Summer Institute for Teachers
Cranberries,
Trout, Rivers and Estuaries
Charge Up Your Curriculum with
Renewable Energy
Fish and Fishing by the
Numbers
Oceans and Coasts
Salt Water Studies
Cape Cod's Coastal Treasures: Making
MCAS Connections
So You've Done a Field
Trip, Now What?
Custom Inservice Programs for Your School
What's Up With
Our Water?
Coast in Motion
WET workshop
Location:
Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
Target audience: Best for teachers in grades 6-9
Meeting time: Two sessions:
Course description: Weather and climate topics will connect your students with science every day!
These topics, drawn from the Massachusetts frameworks, integrate math, science, and technology, and offer lots of opportunities for hands-on
learning. Coastal weather is especially engaging, as land and sea exert their influences on the atmosphere. Come learn about weather
forces, winter storms, summer heat waves, and how oceans and climate are connected. We’ll sort out climate fact and fiction, try out
activities, observe conditions, and design investigations for students. Participants will receive lesson plans and a resource CD.
Cost: Offered free of charge at Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
Contact Pat
Harcourt for more information 508-457-0495 pat.harcourt@state.ma.us
Location:
Target audience: Best for teachers in grades 5-9
Credit: One graduate credit or 22.5 PDPs
Meeting time: Two sessions:
Course description: Learn the amazing story of herring, a local species of fish that swims from the ocean into fresh water during spring. Herring are a good indicator of stream health because they are sensitive to environmental changes such as increased temperature, which affects the timing of spawning. In this course, you will learn how to use simple data loggers to track water temperatures near your school. Through the generosity of the Cape Cod Foundation, we are also able to give away free data loggers to 6 participants! By studying these local fish, your students can begin to learn about the importance of clean air and water. At the same time, they will be putting science, math, and communication skills to work as they learn and tell the herring’s story. All topics will be linked to Massachusetts frameworks. Participants will receive lesson plans and a resource CD.
Cost: Offered free of charge at Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
Contact Pat
Harcourt for more information 508-457-0495 pat.harcourt@state.ma.us
Location:
Target audience: Best for teachers in grades 5-8
Credit: One graduate credit or 22.5 PDPs
Meeting time: Four
two-hour sessions
Course description: What do your students
know about salt water? Students are fascinated
by the world of water, and we have estuaries, bays, and the ocean in our back
yard! Each of these sessions will
include information, lessons, math and science activities for students, and
take-home resources so you can bring salt water studies into your classroom.
Participants will receive lesson plans and a resource CD.
Cost: $60.00
payable at first class to
Contact Pat
Harcourt for more information 508-457-0495 pat.harcourt@state.ma.us
Training by Request
Summer Institute for Teachers: Grades K-8
Presented by Cape Cod Museum of Natural History, Green Briar Nature Center,
OceanQuest, and Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
Using the diverse coastal ecology and unique geology of Cape Cod, teachers will explore marine, estuarine, freshwater and
geologic cycles and systems. Teachers will gain knowledge and experience
through field studies, classroom activities, and web investigations.
Cranberries, Trout, Rivers, and Estuaries: Incorporating Science,
Math, Technology and Social Studies Frameworks through the Study of Cape Cod Watersheds.
Presented by request at your school or at
the Waquoit Bay Reserve
This course is designed for teachers of grades 3-5* and will use watersheds on Cape Cod as
a vehicle to cover MA Curriculum Frameworks in science, technology, history,
social studies and mathematics. The course will on focus on coastal water
issues on Cape Cod including watersheds, wetland
habitats, groundwater, estuarine ecology and human impacts on these resources.
Cranberries and trout will provide interesting stories from which to study
local cultural and natural history. The course will include instruction in the use
of Watersheds at Bay, a Waquoit Bay Reserve curriculum that will be presented
to each participant at no cost. Each week will feature hands-on and modeling
classroom activities and content and pedagogy discussions. Guest speakers will
be an integral aspect of the course.
*Although the course is based on the MA Frameworks for grades 3-5, other teachers are welcome to take the course and adapt it for their own classrooms.
Charge Up your Curriculum with Renewable Energy
Presented by request at your school or at
the Waquoit Bay Reserve
This course focuses on energy efficiency, renewable energy (photovoltaic
electricity, solar thermal and wind energy) and climate change and also
includes information about fossil fuels which dominate our current energy
sources. Each week will feature a guest lecturer/specialist who will present
content through hands-on teaching activities for their topic. Although the
course is based on MA Frameworks for grades 6-10, other teachers are welcome to
take the course and adapt it for their own classrooms.
Fish
and Fishing by the Numbers
Presented by request at your school or at
the Waquoit Bay Reserve
This two-day course introduces teachers to information and classroom activities
about fish and fishing, including classification, local fish, dissection,
fishing methods, and fisheries management. The course content and activities
are aligned with Massachusetts state science and math frameworks. For science
and math teachers in grades 6 through 10.
Oceans and Coasts in the
Classroom
Presented by request at your school or at
the Waquoit Bay Reserve
This course introduces oceans, coastal systems, and methods to teach marine
and coastal science in the classroom. It includes topics and lesson ideas
most appropriate for teachers of grades 6-10. Course material is linked to state science, math, and technology
frameworks. Topics will include habitats, estuaries, currents and circulation,
oceans and climate, navigation, marine life, and how technology is used to
study oceans. Each class includes both math and science activities.
Participants will receive materials including lesson plans, posters, and CDs,
and will have opportunities to practice classroom activities.
Cape Cod’s
Coastal Treasures: Making MCAS Connections
Presented by request at your school or
Waquoit Bay Reserve
Learn how to introduce science and math concepts and skills in and out of the
classroom as we study Cape Cod’s beautiful coastal ecosystems. Activities are
linked to earth, physical, and life science frameworks and related to MCAS
formats. Best for teachers of grades 5-9.
So You've Done a
Field Trip, Now What?
Presented by request at your school or at
the Waquoit Bay Reserve
Field trips are great hands-on experiences for students. There's really no
substitute for getting out in the field. But do you ever feel you could do so
much more with the data they collect? Get together with other classroom
teachers and experienced outdoor educators and learn how to directly relate
these experiences to Massachusetts Frameworks.
Custom
Inservice Programs for Your School
Presented by request at your school or at
the Waquoit Bay Reserve
Staff at Waquoit Bay Reserve will work with you to put together a custom teacher
training program. Topics include groundwater, watersheds, estuaries, coastal
dynamics and geology, renewable energy, climate change, weather, water quality
monitoring, field trip techniques, and data analysis.
What's Up With
Our Water?
Presented by request at your school or Waquoit Bay Reserve
Where does our drinking water come from? Should I
worry about the plumes? Why does the level in my pond change? Bring your
questions and prepare for a day of activities, information, and lots of useful
lesson plans. Best for teachers of grades 5-9.
Coast in Motion
Presented by request at the Waquoit Bay Reserve
What is all that sand "dune" here on Cape Cod?
Will we all soon be waterfront property owners as the sea level rises? This
workshop presents information and activities on Cape Cod's
dynamic geology. We will go to the shore for first-hand observations of wind,
waves, and water at work.
WET workshop
Presented by request at the
FEE: $12 (includes WET curriculum book)
We offer WET curriculum training in your school. Call to schedule an inservice
date for your staff! This workshop introduces the nationally acclaimed Water
Education for Teachers curriculum and activity guide with over 90
interdisciplinary activities that are interactive and easy to use. Teachers can
try out several activities and relate them to issues on
Resources
Videos
Kits
Resource Sheets and Helpful Links
Lesson Plans
Massachuttsetts Curriculum Frameworks
Curriculum
Videos
*Green Home Series is available at many
libraries on Cape Cod.
*Cape-friendly landscaping is only
available at Falmouth Public Library.
*In Hot Water (Climate Change and what
we can do about it)
*The Sands of Time (Geology of Cape
Cod)
*Secrets of the Salt Marsh (salt marsh
ecology).
* Videos are available for loan from the Reserve; contact Pat Harcourt to borrow.
Kits
What’s a Climate Change
Backpack?
Training available
It’s a great teaching tool -- a real backpack filled
with relics of climate history and provocative images and demonstrations! The
backpack includes extensive background information on climate and how it is
studied and lots of materials and plans for hands-on activities. It is
available to borrow for free from Waquoit Bay Research Reserve or to purchase from the New England Science Center Collaborative.
Training available
There is a solar powered fuel cell as well as instructions for making models of solar hot water heaters, passive solar homes and solar cookers with recycled and scrap metals. Basic materials and instructions for making model wind turbines are also included as well as books on photovoltaics, renewable energy technologies, sustainable design and wind power. To borrow the kit, contact Cape and Islands Self-Reliance Corporation at 508/457-7679 or Waquoit Bay Reserves's Education Coordinator, Joan Muller 508/457-0495 x 107.
Climate Change, Wildlife, and
Wildlands: A Toolkit for Teachers and Interpreters
This kit provides case studies, lesson outlines, and a wealth of other
information on how climate change may affect wildlife and ecosystems.
Individual components of the award-winning kit may be viewed and downloaded
from the EPA web page: http://yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf/content/ResourceCenterPublicationsOutreachMaterial.html.
The kit also is available to borrow from Waquoit Bay Reserve. It
includes a video, CD-ROM packed with information, fact sheets, and activities,
printed cards for a learning activity, and a printed wheel card for calculating
greenhouse gas emissions. You can order a free copy of the kit,
contact Karen Scott, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, at (202)564-3482 or scott.karen@epa.gov. Come on over to the
Reserve and take a look at it before you order!
Resource Sheets and Helpful Links
Wind Websites and field trips for Educators
Renewable Energy and Climate Change on Cape Cod - Resource Sheet for Teachers
Climate Change Frameworks
Coastal Processes Frameworks
Estuary Frameworks
Frameworks Related to Coastal Studies
Technology
Frameworks Related to Fish
Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation
Framework Connections
To find a complete list of MA Frameworks, visit www.doe.mass.edu/frameworks/current.html
Curriculum
Other curriculum information is available at include a link here to estuary
net and other selected sites
Grade 4-12
Programs
Please inquire about programs for classes studying topics related to
our mission. Pat Harcourt, Outreach Educator, 508/457-0495 Extension 106
Email: Pat.Harcourt@state.ma.us
Resources for College Instructors
We encourage college instructors to contact Pat Harcourt, Outreach
Educator, 508/457-0495 Extension 106 Email: Pat.Harcourt@state.ma.us about
opportunities for field studies, resources and presentations.
School Projects
Bay Team Neighborhood Program
Aquatic Science in Action (
Pond Studies (On - going)
Watershed Walks
Watershed Field Trips (On - going) - The Reserve conducts field trips of the Waquoit Bay watershed for the fifth graders at the Quashnet School in Mashpee. The students follow the course of the Quashnet/Mookakiss River, taking water quality and measurements and habitat observations along the way and ending up at Reserve headquarters on Waquoit Bay . Parent volunteers chaperone the program and teachers receive training and have equipment kits in the school to use before and after the trip.
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