Promoting Conservation and Wise Use of Natural Resources
Teacher Workshops
The Franklin Conservation District believes that by training teachers in natural resource conservation, protection and sustainability, more students in eastern Washington will benefit. The Franklin Conservation District offers teacher workshop across eastern Washington and provides clock hours through the local Education Service Districts. Most workshops are offered for FREE and include lots of goodies and take home prizes. If you would like to suggest a workshop for your school or your district, please contact Kara Kaelber. Click on the dates below for registration details.
Project WILD is an interdisciplinary conservation program emphasizing wildlife. Project WILD is one of the most widely-used conservation and environmental education programs among educator of students in kindergarten through high school. It is based on the premise that young people and educators have a vital interest in learning about our natural world. Project WILD addresses the need for human beings to develop as responsible citizens of our planet.
Project WET (Water Education for Teachers) is an award-winning, non-profit water education program. The program facilitates and promotes awareness, appreciation, knowledge, and stewardship of water resources through the dissemination of classroom-ready teaching aids and the establishment of internationally sponsored Project WET programs.
WILD about Salmon is a new workshop offered to Salmon in the Classroom teachers. Teachers will learn many salmon related lessons to use in their classrooms and will receive a copy of the new GLAD Salmon in the Classroom Unit. Fisheries Biologists will offer a brief overview of the history, biology and importance of salmon in our area. Teachers will also learn how to dissect a salmon.
Project Learning Tree (PLT) is widely recognized as one of the premier environmental education programs in the world. Through hands-on, interdisciplinary activities, PLT helps young people learn how to think, not what to think, about complex environmental issues. Developed to meet state and national standards, PLT provides the tools educators need to bring the environment into their classrooms and their students into the environment. Whether teaching occurs within the natural or built environment, over 500,000 educators have turned to PLT for strategies and techniques to teach about topics such as forests, wildlife, water, community planning, recycling and energy.
Summer Educator's Workshops Series:
Walla Walla June 21-23, Walla Walla Community College
This 3-day workshop covers Project WET, Project WILD, Project Learning Tree, Mine and Minerals and lots of other topics. Teachers receive tons of lesson ideas as well as great curriculum guides. Register early, this workshop tends to fill up quickly. Clock hours are available. Click on the link above to access the registration form.
Yakima June 24-25, North Yakima Conservation District
This 2-day workshop covers Project WET and Project Learning Tree and lots of other topics. Teachers receive tons of lesson ideas as well as great curriculum guides. Clock hours are available. Click on the link above to access the registration form.
Spokane July 20-22, Spokane County Conservation District
This 3-day workshop covers Project WET, Project WILD, Project Learning Tree, Mine and Minerals and lots of other topics. Teachers receive tons of lesson ideas as well as great curriculum guides. Register early, this workshop tends to fill up quickly. Clock hours are available. Click on the link above to access the registration form.
