National Aquarium, Baltimore, offers several professional development opportunities for educators, including day-long teacher workshops, an annual teacher overnight and an intensive weeklong teacher institute. Dates and times for these opportunities are listed below.
Reservations for teacher workshops are accepted by phone at
410-576-3833.
For WOW! Wonders of Wetlands, Project WILD, Project WET, and Project Learning Tree participants:
Maryland teachers who complete three of these teacher workshops at the National Aquarium or other select sites after October 23, 2012, may be eligible to receive 1 MSDE Professional Development Credit. Workshops include Project WET, Project WILD, Project Learning Tree, and WOW! The Wonders of Wetlands.
WOW! The Wonders of Wetlands
June 24, 2013
This one-day workshop features hands-on multidisciplinary activities from the WOW! The Wonders of Wetlands curriculum guide. All activities are designed to increase understanding of wetland ecology and issues and to promote informed decision-making regarding wetlands. This workshop is appropriate for informal and formal educators of students from K through 12. Each participant will receive a free copy of the WOW! The Wonders of Wetlands curriculum guide. Participants may be eligible to receive 1 MSDE Professional Development Credit.
Date: Monday, June 24, 2013
Time: 9:30 am to 4 pm
Maximum Participants: 15
Cost: $18 per person (includes Aquarium admission and refreshments. Lunch is not included)
Registration Deadline: Friday, June 14
Growing Up WILD
June 29, 2013
Growing Up WILD is an early childhood education program that builds on children's sense of wonder about nature, inviting them to explore wildlife and the world around them. Upon completion of the workshop, participants will receive the Growing Up WILD curriculum book.
Date: Saturday, June 29, 2013
Time: 9:30 am to 1 pm
Maximum Participants: 20
Cost: $5 per person (includes Aquarium admission and refreshments)
Registration Deadline: Friday, June 14
Project WILD
July 8, 2013
Engage in hands-on, interdisciplinary activities focusing on wildlife, the environment and conservation. Activities are drawn from the popular Project WILD curriculum and activity guide. This workshop is appropriate for informal and formal educators of K through 12 students. Participants receive copies of both the Project WILD and WILD Aquatic curriculum and activity guides. Participants may be eligible to receive 1 MSDE Professional Development Credit.
Date: Saturday, July 8, 2013
Time: 9:30 am to 4 pm
Maximum Participants: 20
Cost: $10 per person (includes Aquarium admission and refreshments; lunch is not included)
Registration Deadline: Friday, June 28
Project Learning Tree
July 15, 2013
Investigate environmental education concepts through activities from the Project Learning Tree Environmental Education activity guide. Project Learning Tree is an award-winning, multidisciplinary curriculum for educators of students in grades Pre-K through 8. Participants in this workshop receive a copy of the Project Learning Tree Environmental Education activity guide. Participants may be eligible to receive 1 MSDE Professional Development Credit.
Date: Monday, July 15, 2013
Time: 9:30 am to 4 pm
Maximum Participants: 20
Cost: $10 per person (includes Aquarium admission and refreshments; lunch is not included)
Registration Deadline: Friday, July 5
Project WET 2.0
July 29, 2013
Engage in multidisciplinary activities that promote awareness, appreciation, knowledge and management of water resources. This workshop highlights the new Project WET Curriculum and Activity Guide 2.0, which contains revised and updated activities from the original guide as well as many new activities. The workshop is appropriate for informal and formal educators of students K through 12. Participants receive a copy of Project WET Curriculum and Activity Guide 2.0. Participants may be eligible to receive 1 MSDE Professional Development Credit.
Date: Monday, July 29, 2013
Time: 9:30 am to 4 pm
Maximum Participants: 20
Cost: $10 per person (includes Aquarium admission and refreshments; lunch is not included)
Registration Deadline: Friday, July 19
AquaPartners and the Chesapeake Bay 5-Day Teacher Institute
August 12 to August 16
Investigate the history and ecology of the Chesapeake Bay through discussion, classroom labs and field trips. Participants will gain valuable knowledge and first-hand experience with the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem, as well as learn strategies to integrate the Chesapeake Bay and environmental education into their curriculum. Participants will also learn how to use the AquaPartners program to provide students with a more enriching study of the Chesapeake Bay. All participants will receive materials that can be used in their classrooms.
Date: Monday, August 12 to Friday, August 16, 2013
Time: 9:30 am to 4 pm
Maximum Participants: 24
Registration Deadline August 1, 2013 (Priority is given to current AquaPartners schools. Includes Aquarium admission and refreshments. Lunch is not included.)
Cost: FREE
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