Credit Option
Graduate credit is available for this event through UW-Stevens Point.

Flyer and Registration Form (PDF)

Scholarship Application (PDF) (MS Word)

Course Dates
Monday, August 17, 2009: 10:00 am - 7:30 pm
Tuesday, August 18, 2009: 9:30 am - 4:30 pm

Course Location
Central Wisconsin Environmental Station, Amherst Junction, WI

Course Cost
$357.02 (one graduate credit)
Fifteen $100 scholarships from the Wisconsin Center for Environmental Education (WCEE) will be given to environmental science teachers.

Course Description
This course provides credit to teachers who participate in the 2009 Wisconsin Environmental Science Teacher Summit. The primary audience is high school environmental science teachers but others may benefit from the experience.

Day 1 (August 17): The focus of the first day is on field activities that build teachers’ repertoire of outdoor educational experiences. Required sessions include a guided canoe exploration or naturalist-led hike (10:00-12:00); choosing two field sessions from forestry, wildlife, and pond study (1:00-4:50); historical forestry interpretation (6:00-7:30).

Day 2 (August 18): The focus of the second day is on providing material for teaching sustainability-based lessons. Required session include keynote speaker (9:00-9:25); workshops on biofuels and assessing energy and carbon balance & sustainability education for the classroom (9:30-3:15); environmental science resource sharing (3:15-4:30).

Assignment
Students will need to complete a course assignment and submit it by August 28, 2009.

Syllabus (PDF)

Note: Participants who received graduate credit at last year's Summit can repeat the course again this year.