This weekend is perfect for educators, college students, parents, and homeschoolers who want to learn the art of environmental education. Activities focus on incorporating history, art, and science curriculums into environmental activities. Classic environmental education curricula and Oglebay Institute’s unique environment curriculum will be instilled in educators so they can incorporate environmental lessons into everyday curriculum.
Basic nature study in the classic tradition of A. B. Brooks, who taught nature study in the original mountain training school, will also be taught in the same forests he used as his classroom. Participants will engage in nature study among the same trees, ferns, and flowers that the nation’s original environmental educators learned this unique, respected, craft.
Activities include watershed education and the art of the stream study, the do’s and don't's of environmental education, incorporating animals into the classroom, and solutions for addressing controversial environmental issues with students. Plan on a life-changing event.
Morning Session: Allegheny highland Freshwater Stream Ecology with field trips to Salt lick Creek, and Cheat River.
Afternoon / Evening Session: Allegheny highland Forestry with field trip to Coopers Rock State Forest and in-camp discussions of Project Wild, Mission Ground Truth, and Project Flow.
Sunday Morning: Quarter point Bird Survey with a field trip to the Maryland State Forestry Demonstration Area.
Leaders: Zac Loughman, Greg Park