Breaux Act Newsflash - REMINDER The Barataria - Terrebonne National Estuary Program is partnering with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries free wetland teacher workshops June 13 & 19, 2006.
***********************************************************************Thibodeaux's Treasure Educational CD and More....Reminder
The Barataria - Terrebonne National Estuary Program is partnering with the
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to announce its free summer
wetland teacher training workshops for educators who teach grades K - 4.
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is also offering
stipends to teachers who participate in the training. K - 4 teachers can
learn more about Louisiana wetlands through these interactive "Coastal
Curricula Workshops"
Teachers will receive information and instruction on Louisiana's wetlands
during this one-day workshop. Lessons and activities are aligned with GLES
and can be incorporated into the current curricula. These workshops will
help teachers learn what teachers and students can do to help Louisiana
wetlands.
Each teacher will receive:
NEW Thibodeaux's Treasure - Louisiana Wetlands Educational CD
for students in grades K - 4
REVISED Explore Coastal Louisiana with Boudreaux and Marie Educational CD
NEW Wild Plants of Our Wetlands - Teacher Lessons Plan Book
Salt Marsh Habitat of the Barataria - Terrebonne Estuary - 30 copies per
teacher
Posters
NEW Mapping Activities and Lessons
NEW Hurricane Preparedness Lessons
5 Videos:
Haunted Waters, Fragile Lands - Oh, What Tales to Tell!
Estuary Live! Louisiana
Vanishing Wetlands, Vanishing Future
America's Vanishing Treasure
Rescuing the Treasure
Wonders of Wetlands Book
The confirmed dates and locations for these one - day workshops are:
June 13 - Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, Peltier Hall Room 138
June 19 - Cypress Nature Study Center, Bossier City
Return registration form to:
Sandra@BTNEP.org or fax to 985.447.0870
Additional funding provided by EPA Gulf of Mexico Program.
For additional wetland educational information & events, please visit
Louisiana Wetland Education Coalition & sign up on LaWEC's listserv at:
http://www.lacoast.gov/education/lawec/index.htm
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