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| OUT8164-Creating a Schoolyard Habitat/Outdoor Classroom |
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| A Schoolyard Habitat/Outdoor Classroom (SH/OC) Program is a coordinated effort between schools, FWS offices, and other conservation and community organizations to establish ecologically sound restoration projects that are sustainable outdoor learning areas on school sites. This course develops SH/OC technical consultants that can assist schools at the local level in areas such as project design, plant selection, construction, maintenance, curriculum connections, student instruction, etc. This course supports the Service’s Connecting People with Nature priority. |
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| Who Should Attend: |
Resource managers, Partners for Fish and Wildlife personnel, visitor service professionals, educators, outdoor recreation planners, landscape architects, law enforcement officers, or anyone whose resource management efforts would be enhanced or supported by education initiatives. (This course does not presume that education is your primary field of responsibility, although it may be.)
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| Objectives: |
- Explain how partnering with schools and other organizations to build schoolyard habitats/outdoor classrooms meets the Service’s mission
- Identify potential projects that may be successful schoolyard habitats/outdoor classrooms
- List steps for working with schools to complete a schoolyard habitat/outdoor classroom project
- Explain the benefits of student and school-team directed schoolyard habitat/outdoor classroom projects for ownership and sustainability
- Describe how schoolyard habitats/outdoor classrooms support national curriculum and educational standards
- List options/opportunities that could be included in a schoolyard habitat/outdoor classroom program
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| Length: 4.5 days/36 hours |
Availability: Every year |
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Julie Study |
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Julie_Study@fws.gov |
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304/876 7651 |
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Last Updated: September 23, 2009
National Conservation Training Center
698 Conservation Way
Shepherdstown, West Virginia 25443-9713
Webmaster email: NCTC_webmaster@fws.gov |
