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   Karen Garland challenges
  teachers to be classroom
  students at her workshop
  at the Funk Heritage Center
  in 2006.
  

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    Funk Heritage Center Professional Development

Native Seasons: Georgia's Flora and Fauna &
Leopold Education Project Workshops

                      January 25 & 26, 2008

 (This workshop was previously scheduled for June 19 & 20, 2007)

Presented By: Georgia Conservancy

Open to the Public

Registration deadline is January 11, 2008
Instructor: Karen Garland, Environmental Education Coordinator

Time: Friday 4 to 8 p.m. (dinner will be provided)

Saturday 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

                          1 PLU available for attending 2 days

Listed below are a few items you may wish to bring:

  • Comfortable shoes and clothes, since we will be outdoors for part of the class
  • Pencil or pen and paper
  • Water bottle
  • Coffee cup, if you drink coffee
  • Sack lunch on Saturday; Dinner will be provided on Friday.
  • Breakfast item or lunch snack to share with the group on Saturday     

Target Audience:

Classroom teachers, homeschool parents, scout leaders, 
other youth group leaders and the general public

Course Description:   

Day 1 - Georgia's Native Seasons:
In this interactive workshop you will explore the changes that occur in the flora and fauna throughout the Georgia seasons. Curriculum and resources will be provided including over 80 hands-on activities which are a great addition to any outdoor classroom lesson plan.

Day 2 - The Leopold Education Project (LEP)
This innovative, interdisciplinary, critical thinking, conservation and environmental education curriculum is based on the classic writings of the renowned conservationist, Aldo Leopold. LEP teaches the public about humanity's ties to the natural environment in the effort to conserve and protect the earth's natural resources. Participants will receive an 87-page curriculum guide.

Registration fee:

$25 per person for one day and $40 for both days.

Register Online:  http://www.georgiaconservancy.org/Event/List.asp

Contact Information:

     Karen Garland by phone (404) 876-2900 x 113 
                 or E-mail:
kgarland@gaconservancy.org
    

For more information

Funk Heritage Center
7300 Reinhardt College Circle
Waleska, GA 30183-2981
(770) 720-5970 - fax (770) 720-5965
Email: heritagecenter@reinhardt.edu    

Georgia's Official Frontier and Southeastern Indian Interpretive Center

Reinhardt College
7300 Reinhardt College Circle
Waleska, GA 30183-2981
(770)720-5600  - fax (770)720-5602

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