The PA Green and Healthy Schools Partnership will host a May 19 webinar by Audubon Pennsylvania on Schoolyard Habitats.
Join presenter Amy Weidensaul, Director of Community Conservation and Education for Audubon Pennsylvania, as she shares some of the work the agency is doing to create habitat, especially for birds, with students on school grounds and in nearby parks.
Weidensaul will discuss the design and planning considerations for installing a habitat at school and how to use it as an outdoor classroom, the importance of school grounds for wildlife and for people, and will share some tips for finding funding for these projects.
She will share also lessons on the school grounds and ways to incorporate citizen science into classroom teaching.
During this webinar, you will:
— Learn about Audubon’s habitat program that helps students and teachers create wildlife habitat at their schools and in nearby parks
— Get ideas on how to use your school grounds as an outdoor classroom
— See examples of schoolyard habitat projects that have been installed in schools in Pennsylvania and learn some easy ways to work with students to create habitat
— Get ideas on where to find some funding and other resources for these projects
— Get ideas on how to incorporate citizen science and the scientific method into outdoor schoolyard programs
Ms. Weidensaul holds a BS in Biology with a concentration in Ecology from the University of New Hampshire and a M.Ed. from Lehigh University in educational leadership focusing on non-profit administration. She is currently working on a doctorate in environmental studies at Antioch University.
The webinar will be held from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. and qualifies for Act 48 credit.
Click Here for more information and to register through the Green Schools - Blue Waters website or contact Estelle Ruppert, Coordinator, Green Schools-Blue Waters Center for Schools and Communities, 717-576-9366 or send email to: eruppert@comcast.net.
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