Professional Development for Educators and Youth Leaders
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We have a variety of offerings that will help upgrade your conservation and science knowledge and skills as well as ideas on how to integrate the environment as a context for learning in all subjects and how to provide authentic outdoor learning experience for your students. To see if there is a workshop scheduled near you or if you want to schedule a workshop, go to the professional development activity you are interested in.
Early Childhood
Growing Up WILD
Full of great ideas for introducing young learners, ages 3-7, to nature and the outdoors.
Kindergarten through High School
Project WILD and WILD Aquatic - Educators, K-12, get the attention of your students by integrating wildlife into your lessons and programs.
Field Investigations - Learn how to engage your students in exploring, observing and investigating the natural world.
Summer Teacher Workshops - Immerse yourself in learning by attending a week long summer session focusing on a variety of topics including, watersheds, field investigations, building science literacy and exploring schoolyards.
- Watershed Ecology Institute (WEI) - July 19 and July 22-26, 2013 - Hopkinton Middle/High School. Click here for flyer.
Below Zero - Instead of feeling the winter blahs, introduce your K-12 students to the basics of winter ecology with the help of a variety of fun activities
Middle and High School
Watershed Education Program (WEP) - A free Middle and High School program which provides students the opportunity to pursue Citizen Scientist studies of the aquatic ecosystems in their own watershed.
Furbearer Fundamentals - Use this unique curriculum to integrate middle school science and social studies.
Conferences and Exhibits
Teachers - visit us at your professional conference! Conferences will be listed here as they become available.
Other Places to Get Conservation Education Training in New Hampshire
- NH Education and Environment Team (NHEET) – page under construction
- Project WET (Department of Environmental Services)
- NH Project Learning Tree
- New England Environmental Education Alliance
- UNH Cooperative Extension
- Amoskeag Fishways
- NH Environmental Educators (NHEE)
- Great Bay Discovery Center
