May 28, 2012
7:00 p.m. to
9:00 p.m. |
Project Learning Tree Environmental Experiences for Early Childhood
E & R Cannon Learning Center,
Aurora, CO |
This workshop is geared towards early childhood home providers and centers in the NE Denver area.
Integrate nature-based exploration, art, literature, math, science, music and movement, and outdoor play into early childhood education programs. Exploring nature is a complete sensory experience; early experiences with the natural world excite children's imaginations.
Cost: Free
Registration: Contact Ernestine Woodberry at 720-532-0088 |
May 30, 2012
8:00 a.m. to
5:00 p.m. |
National Archery in the Schools BAI Training
Glenwood Springs, CO
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BAI courses range in cost from free (if funding is available) to $40 per participant. Participants receive training materials and hands-on experience on the range.
Requirements to be able to participate in a Basic Archery Instructor (BAI) course:
- Must be at least 18 years old;
- Must be a Colorado-certified physical education teacher;
- Take the BAI course. (8-12 hours);
- Pass the BAI practical test and score at least 70% on the written test;
- Graduates must complete and submit a BAI Graduate Information Form.
Cost: Free
Registration: Contact Kathleen Tadvick at 970-255-6181 |
May 30, 2012
9:00 a.m. to
1:00 p.m. |
Growing Up WILD Teacher Workshop
Boulder Public Library,
Boulder, CO |
Delight your inner child and discover the new Growing Up WILD guide! This exciting guide is full of fun activities and resources perfect to spark creativity, scientific inquiry and safe play in nature for all early learners. This standards-based curriculum has everything one needs to successfully connect kids to the outdoors while solidifying early math and literacy skills. See the details .
Cost: Free
Registration: Contact Steve Noud at nouds@bouldercolorado.gov or call 303-413-7386. |
June 7, 2012
8:30 a.m. to
4:30 p.m. |
Tree Identification with Project Learning Tree - Bringing the Outside In (K-8th grades)
Denver Botanic Gardens,
Denver, CO |
Spend a day at Denver Botanic Gardens exploring the Project Learning Tree curriculum and learning all about trees! We'll learn key identification traits of Colorado trees as well as non native trees that grow in your area, challenges associated with growing trees in Colorado, and how you can care for trees with your students.
Cost: $40 for DBG Member, $45 for nonmembers
Registration: Call 720-865-3580 or click here. |
June 14, 2012
8:00 a.m. to
5:00 p.m. |
Friends or Foes? - Exploring Plant and Animal Interactions
Butterfly Pavilion,
Westminster, CO
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For better or for worse, plant traits often reflect a history of interactions with animals. Teachers will observe plant-animal interactions in the garden and then learn how to create a schoolyard habitat for beneficial insects. Learn through projects, outdoor observations, stories, and games that can be used back in the classroom. For K-5 educators.
Cost: $45
Registration: Contact Nicole Bickford 720-974-1873 or nbickford@butterflies.org. |
June 14-15, 2012
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June 18-19, 2012
9:00 a.m. to
5:00 p.m. |
Wilderness Investigations Teacher Workshop
USFS Regional Office - Golden, CO |
A teacher workshop directed towards upper elementary and middle school teachers (and open to all). Experience lessons and activities from the Wilderness Investigations Toolkit, start building your WI Toolkit, and become a WI Teacher with access to additional online trainings and materials. Correlated to National Standards and Colorado Academic Standards (for 5th – 8th grade)
Cost: Free
Registration: Contact Jason Bordelon at 303-969-2775, and at jason-bordelon@nps.gov.
For additional information: Contact Steve Archibald@fs.fed.us
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June 18, 2012
8:30 a.m. to
4:30 p.m. |
Forests to Faucets: Project learning Tree and Project WET (K-12th grades)
Glenwood Springs High School,
Glenwood Springs, CO |
Explore the relationship of forests to watersheds and drinking water. Experience activities in both guides, take the one you need or don't have already.
Cost: $10
Registration: Click Here to Register
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June 19, 2012
8:00 a.m. to
noon |
Gourd Baskets & Pollinators
Butterfly Pavilion,
Westminster, CO |
Learn how to create a unique and wonderful art project to take home and learn all about the science behind the art, from cochineal dye to pollinators! This program is part of the Art & Science Series.
Cost: $45 per class
Registration: Contact Nicole Bickford 720-974-1873 or nbickford@butterflies.org. |
June 19, 2012
8:30 a.m. to
4:30 p.m. |
Project Learning Tree: Energy & Society (1st - 8th grades)
Glenwood Springs High School,
Glenwood Springs, CO |
Energy & Society helps students develop critical thinking skills to make decisions about their personal energy use. In addition to hands-on activities, Energy & Society integrates music and dance to enhance the study of energy issues.
Cost: $10
Registration: Click Here to Register
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June 19, 2012
1:00 p.m. to
5:00 p.m. |
Papermaking & Paper Wasps
Butterfly Pavilion,
Westminster, CO |
Learn how to create a unique and wonderful art project to take home and learn all about the science behind the art, from cochineal dye to pollinators! This program is part of the Art & Science Series.
Cost: $45 per class
Registration: Contact Nicole Bickford 720-974-1873 or nbickford@butterflies.org. |
June 20-21, 2012
8:00 a.m. to
5:00 p.m. |
Insects in Art & Culture
Butterfly Pavilion,
Westminster, CO
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Delve into myths and art activities as you explore the lives, history, and significance of honey bees, silk moths, dragonflies and many more invertebrates. For K-12 educators.
Cost: $90
Registration: Contact Nicole Bickford 720-974-1873 or nbickford@butterflies.org. |
June 20, 2012
8:30 a.m. to
4:30 p.m. |
Project Learning Tree: Focus on Fire (K - 12th grades)
Glenwood Springs High School,
Glenwood Springs, CO |
Use Project Learning Tree and other materials to teach about the role of fie in our ecosystems.
Cost: $10
Registration: Click Here to Register |
June 20, 2012
10:00 a.m. to
2:00 p.m. |
Growing up WILD
Majestic View Nature Center - Arvada, CO |
Explore the award-winning early childhood curriculum from Project WILD. Growing Up WILD workshops feature fun hands-on activities and ideas for infusing nature and wildlife into your activities with 3-7 year olds kids - in school, in groups or at home.
Registration: register online now! |
June 26, 2012
8:00 a.m. to
noon |
Scientific Illustration & Plants
Butterfly Pavilion,
Westminster, CO |
Learn how to create a unique and wonderful art project to take home and learn all about the science behind the art, from cochineal dye to pollinators! This program is part of the Art & Science Series.
Cost: $45 per class
Registration: Contact Nicole Bickford 720-974-1873 or nbickford@butterflies.org. |
June 26, 2012
1:00 p.m. to
5:00 p.m. |
Printmaking & Aquatic Invertebrates
Butterfly Pavilion,
Westminster, CO
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Learn how to create a unique and wonderful art project to take home and learn all about the science behind the art, from cochineal dye to pollinators! This program is part of the Art & Science Series.
Cost: $45 per class
Registration: Contact Nicole Bickford 720-974-1873 or nbickford@butterflies.org. |
June 27, 2012
8:00 a.m. to
5:00 p.m. |
Dreamweaver
Butterfly Pavilion,
Westminster, CO
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Discover the crafty side of Anansi the Spider or the ingenuity of Grandmother Spider! Learn something new about these eight-legged creatures and explore the creepy and awesome world of arachnids. Enjoy a fun mix of inquiry and creativity while learning through science, art, and literacy-based lessons. For K-6 educators.
Cost: $45
Registration: Contact Nicole Bickford 720-974-1873 or nbickford@butterflies.org. |
June 28, 2012
8:00 a.m. to
5:00 p.m. |
Who Swallowed a Fly?
Butterfly Pavilion,
Westminster, CO
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There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly – that’s who! Using a variety of children’s literature focusing on bugs and other invertebrates, read and play with the language and unique art that makes these children’s books so memorable! For K-6 educators.
Cost: $45
Registration: Contact Nicole Bickford 720-974-1873 or nbickford@butterflies.org. |
July 10 & 12, 2012
8:00 a.m. to
5:00 p.m. |
Exploring the Ecology of your Local Landscape
Day 1 - Cherry Creek
Day 2 - Four Mile Historic Park, Co |
Through the use of hands on inquiry-based lessons and modeling build a contextual framework for the study of water. This two-day Workshop will expose teachers to local watershed issues and assets, connect educators to experts and field trip opportunities and emphasize the importance of Informal Science Centers all in a local historical context. We will spend the first day along Cherry Creek where recently discovered evidence indicates prehistoric people lived between 6,500 to 1,800 years ago. Day Two will find us at the Four Mile Historic Park, an engaging interpretive site where we will continue to explore how humans have lived in this place over the centuries and understand the cumulative impact of human actions on the watershed. We will learn how communities have addressed complex watershed issues over time.
Cost: $35
Registration: Contact Casey Davenhill at 303-345-1675, and at casey@cherry-creek.org |
| July 15 - 20, 2012 |
2012 Fire Ecology Institute for Educators: 10 Years after the Big 2002 Fires (4th - 12th grades)
Colorado Mountain College, Carbondale, CO |
Gain knowledge, experience and materials to provide your students with relevant information about fire science, ecology, behavior, history, mitigation, insects, droughts, opportunities for community service projects-and yes, prescription fire.
Cost: $25
Additional Information and Registration: Click here. |
July 17, 2012
8:00 a.m. to
5:00 p.m. |
Secrets of the Rainforest - From Morphos to Malachites
Butterfly Pavilion,
Westminster, CO
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Experience the Butterfly Pavilion's tropical rainforest like never before! Discover the role butterflies and other invertebrates play in diverse and disappearing rainforest ecosystems. Explore unique relationships between forests and the animals who inhabit them through a variety of hands-on, interdisciplinary (science, art, literacy, geography, math) activities that will complement or add to any classroom life science unit. For K-12 educators.
Cost: $45
Registration: Contact Nicole Bickford 720-974-1873 or nbickford@butterflies.org. |
July 18, 2012
8:00 a.m. to
5:00 p.m. |
Insect Investigations: Science Notebooks and Bugs in the Classroom
Butterfly Pavilion,
Westminster, CO |
Explore the amazing world of insects and their relatives as you investigate how inquiry-based learning can enhance discovery in your classroom. For K-12 educators.
Cost: $45
Registration: Contact Nicole Bickford 720-974-1873 or nbickford@butterflies.org. |
July 21, 2012
9:00 a.m. to
4:30 p.m. |
Project Learning Tree Environmental Experiences for Early Childhood
Starsmore Discovery Center,
Colorado Springs, CO |
Integrate nature-based exploration, art, literature, math, science, music and movement, and outdoor play into early childhood education programs. Exploring nature is a complete sensory experience; early experiences with the natural word excite children's imaginations.
Cost: $35
Registration: Click Here to Register |
July 24, 2012
8:00 a.m. to
5:00 p.m. |
Project Learning Tree - Global Connections: Forests of the World (9th - 12th grades) |
Investigate world and local forestry issues through hands-on activities designed to give your students real-world and relevant experience. Special emphasis on invertebrate impacts on Colorado's forests.
Cost: $30
Registration: Contact Nicole Bickford at 720-974-1873 or at nbickford@butterflies.org. |
July 26, 2012
8:00 a.m. to
5:00 p.m. |
Growing up WILD
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Growing Up WILD demonstrates through its material and training program how early childhood learning objectives can be reached through the use of the outdoors and nature-themed activities combined with art, music, and play.
Cost: $40
Registration: Contact Nicole Bickford at 720-974-1873, and at nbickford@butterflies.org. |
July 30, 2012
8:30 a.m. to
4:30 p.m. |
Project Learning Tree Environmental Experiences for Early Childhood
Denver Botanic Gardens,
Denver, CO |
Discover how to provide environmental experiences for young children through literature, music, art and movement. Take ideas from the Mordecai Children's Garden to learn simple, inexpensive ideas for creating natural play and exploration spaces in your school yard.
Cost: $40 DBG members, $45 for non members
Registration: Call 720-865-3580, or click here. |
September 30, 2012
8:00 a.m. to
noon |
Batik & Insects
Butterfly Pavilion,
Westminster, CO
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Learn how to create a unique and wonderful art project to take home and learn all about the science behind the art, from cochineal dye to pollinators! This program is part of the Art & Science Series.
Cost: $45 per class
Registration: Contact Nicole Bickford 720-974-1873 or nbickford@butterflies.org. |
September 30, 2012
1:00 p.m. to
5:00 p.m. |
Dream Catchers & Spiders
Butterfly Pavilion,
Westminster, CO |
Learn how to create a unique and wonderful art project to take home and learn all about the science behind the art, from cochineal dye to pollinators! This program is part of the Art & Science Series.
Cost: $45 per class
Registration: Contact Nicole Bickford 720-974-1873 or nbickford@butterflies.org. |
October 20, 2012
8:30 a.m. to
5:00 p.m. |
WILD about Bats
Colorado Parks and Wildlife Office, Denver, CO |
Discover the amazing world of bats in this fun, interactive educator workshop. See live bats UP CLOSE and in person, learn about the amazing biology of these critters and the challenges these ecologically important creatures are facing. Take home activity materials and fun bat resources for your classroom, nature center, or home school setting.
Cost: $25
Registration: register online now! |