Workshop Descriptions for Returning Schools
2008-2009 Rouge Education Project
*PLEASE NOTE: TEACHERS MUST ACCOMPANY STUDENTS/PARENTS AT WORKSHOPS*
**Pre-registration is required for all workshops**
Elementary Teacher GREEN Easy Tab Water Quality Monitoring Workshop & Benthic Review-Returning Teachers
Saturday, September 20th, 2008 Time: 1:00pm-4:00pm
Location: Environmental Interpretive Center, University of Michigan-Dearborn, 4901 Evergreen Road, Dearborn, MI 48128
Registration: $10.00 per teacher for returning teachers
All elementary teachers are invited to learn how to use the GREEN easy tab low cost water monitoring kit to replace or partially replace using the LaMotte or Hach chemical testing kits. These kits are compact, simple, and easy to transport with no liquid chemicals to worry about! Just drop the tab in the river water and watch the reaction happen. If you’re interested in making the switch please attend this workshop.
For those teachers who need a little help with their “bug” identification we will be having a review of the benthic macroinvertebrates commonly found in the Rouge River watershed along with samples to look at under the microscope. A great way to get refreshed before Fall Monitoring Day!
****If you attend this workshop you do NOT have to attend the April 4th Water Quality Monitoring Workshop*****
Rouge Watershed Bus Tour - teachers only
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Location: Environmental Interpretive Center, University of Michigan-Dearborn, 4901 Evergreen Road, Dearborn, MI 48128
Registration: $15 per teacher ($10 for member teachers).
Come learn about the human and geologic history of the Rouge watershed, as well as its current environmental issues with Dr. Orin Gelderloos of the University of Michigan-Dearborn. Stops along the way may include an underground Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) basin and the river’s concrete channel. Don’t miss this unique and fun learning opportunity! Continuing Education Units may be available for this workshop.
New Teacher Orientation - teachers only
Thursday, December 10, 2008
5:00-7:00 p.m., light dinner provided
Location: Environmental Interpretive Center, University of Michigan-Dearborn, 4901 Evergreen Road, Dearborn, MI 48128
Registration: FREE
This workshop is required for teachers new to the Rouge Education Project and recommended for veteran teachers who would like to share their experience. Come and learn about the resources available through the project and network with other teachers. This is a great opportunity for teachers to have questions answered by project staff and others. Featured speakers will include Joe Rathbun, an environmental quality analyst with the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, who will speak about what schools monitor and what the data mean, and Dave Bydlowski, a consultant with the Wayne County Math and Science Center, who will speak about how to meet the Michigan Curriculum Framework Science Benchmarks through the Rouge Education Project.
Curriculum Building Workshop - teachers only
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Time: TBA, lunch provided
Location: TBA
Limit: TBA
TBA
LaMotte Water Quality Monitoring Training
-Teachers, CSA's and Volunteers Welcome-
Saturday, April 4, 2009
8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m., registration and light breakfast 8:00-8:30 a.m., lunch also provided
Location: Tentatively – Dunckel Middle School- Directions will be sent out.
Registration: $36 per teacher
This hands-on workshop covers all the water quality monitoring tests that schools will conduct on their field trip to the Rouge River on Monitoring Day. Participants will learn how to conduct chemical tests using LaMotte test kits, conduct a physical stream survey, and complete a biological assessment of benthic macroinvertebrates (such as aquatic insects). This workshop is for schools that use LaMotte brand chemical testing equipment. This workshop is a great refresher for returning teachers in the project, and it counts to certify your school’s data if you participated in the project last year but your school was not certified. If you’re a school interested in switching to the new Low Cost Green water quality monitoring test kits and you did NOT attend the September 20th training, please attend this day!
Hach Water Quality Monitoring Workshop
-Teachers, CSA's, & Volunteers welcome!-
Saturday, April 4, 2009
8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m., registration and light breakfast 8:00-8:30 a.m., lunch also provided
Location: Tentatively – Dunckel Middle School- Directions will be sent out.
Registration: $36 per teacher
This hands-on workshop covers all the water quality monitoring tests that schools will conduct on their field trip to the Rouge River on Monitoring Day. Participants will learn how to conduct chemical tests using Hach test kits, conduct a physical stream survey, and complete a biological assessment of benthic macroinvertebrates (such as aquatic insects). This workshop is for schools that use Hach brand chemical testing equipment. This workshop is a great refresher for returning teachers in the project, and it counts to certify your school’s data if you participated in the project last year but your school was not certified. If you’re a school interested in switching to the new Low Cost Green water quality monitoring test kits and you did NOT attend the September 20th training, please attend this day!
Student Congress: Elementary Schools
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Time: TBA
Location: TBA
This culminating event of the Rouge Education Project will engage elementary school students in a series of fun, hands-on activities that will benefit the Rouge River watershed and increase students' understanding of watersheds and the water quality data they’ve collected. Activities at this year’s Student Congress will include sharing student presentations regarding this year’s student congress theme, “Data, What does it all mean?” Student will share their presentations with students from other schools throughout their watershed.
Limit: 1 class (approx. 30 students) per school, space is limited so register early!
Student Congress: Middle Schools/High Schools
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Time: TBA
Location: TBA
This culminating event of the Rouge Education Project will engage elementary school students in a series of fun, hands-on activities that will benefit the Rouge River watershed and increase students' understanding of watersheds and the water quality data they’ve collected. Activities at this year’s Student Congress will include sharing student presentations regarding this year’s student congress theme, “Data, What does it all mean?” Student will share their presentations with students from other schools throughout their watershed.
Limit: 1 class (approx. 30 students) per school, space is limited so register early!