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The Arizona Game and Fish Department is committed to providing high-quality professional development opportunities for educators. There are three basic types of training we offer: natural history workshops, conference presentations and exhibits, and school or district inservices.
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Workshops
The Arizona Game and Fish Department is pleased to announce two new educator workshops for the Spring 2010 semester. Both workshops are FREE. Participants will have the opportunity to engage in meaningful, classroom-ready activities, earn a certificate for 6 hours of professional continuing education credit, and receive a variety of resources that will help implement the new strategies and lessons learned. Information and registration for each one can be found below. Please note: space is limited so register early!
Geocaching in Education
Saturday, February 27, 2010, 9am – 4pm
Tucson, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
In this exciting workshop, teachers will learn some of the science behind GPS and GIS, two technologies being used extensively in many science-related careers. They will also be introduced to geocaching, a popular outdoor activity. Participants will experience a variety of lessons designed to use geocaching to help teach concepts in science, math, language arts, geography, and more. No GPS experience required. In fact, the workshop will also explore options that do not require technology. Click on the link below to register. Please note: the registration form was created using Google Docs. If you have difficulty accessing the form, please call Sharon at (623) 236-7220.
“Register for Geocaching in Education”
Wild Connections: Literacy
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Phoenix, Nina Mason Pulliam Rio Salado Audubon Center
The new Wild Connections workshop series showcases techniques to connect science with other disciplines while using wildlife as the instructional context. In this workshop, educators will experience techniques designed to integrate language arts and science. Activities will provide meaningful reading and writing opportunities while teaching core wildlife science concepts. Click on the link below to register. Please note: the registration form was created using Google Docs. If you have difficulty accessing the form, please call Sharon at (623) 236-7220.
“Register for Wild Connections: Literacy”
Conferences
We try to remain on the cutting edge of education. As a result, we are regular attendees and presenters at various conferences throughout the state and country. Check us out at these upcoming events:
Inservices
We regularly receive requests to present a workshop to groups of teachers. Whether it is a college class for preservice teachers or a district wide inservice, our workshops are hands-on and full of resources that you can take back to your classroom immediately. Workshops are offered in a variety of formats, can last from 1 to 16 hours, and cover single, multiple, or all grade levels. In addition, you can select a partially customized workshops centered around a variety of topics, including ecology and environmental science content, inquiry, and literacy. We do require a minimum of ten teachers. To schedule your free teacher workshop, contact Eric Proctor at eproctor@azgfd.gov or 623-236-7243.
Participant Login
NEW Recently, we began efforts to reduce our waste associated with workshops. Rather than printing out hundreds of copies of materials, we have put all the relevant workshop documents onto the web. If you have attended a worskhop or presentation sponsored by the AZ Game and Fish Department's Environmental Education section since October 2007, you should have received login information. This login will allow you access to the secure page through the current school year. You can download any of the resources that are of interest.
Click here to login
If you have problems with your login, please contact Eric Proctor.
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