Associated People Paige Rutherford
In July, fifteen middle and high school teachers from seven different states participated in the Teachers on the Estuary (TOTE) four-day field-based workshop at the Reserve. Since then, they have been teaching their students about estuaries and watersheds, while also implementing student-driven stewardship projects. On Saturday, the more local contingency of this TOTE group (and one teacher skyping from Kentucky!) met at the Reserve for a follow-up session. The teachers shared information about their stewardship projects, which are very impressive!
Teacher Edward Tivnan chose trout rearing as his Teachers on the Estuary (TOTE) classroom project. Eggs were delivered to Notre Dame High School (Lawrence, Massachusetts) in November and his students got a lot of hands-on learning over subsequent months. The fish were later released into a local trout stream.
Associated People Suzanne Kahn Eder Paige Rutherford
The thirteen educators who are participating in the Teachers on the Estuary program arrived this afternoon. In between introductions and their first workshops, they came to the farmhouse porch for a brief social.
Associated People Suzanne Kahn Eder Paige Rutherford
Project Summary
Teachers on the Estuary (TOTE) II is designed for middle and high school science teachers who have already attended a TOTE workshop at one of the New England National Estuarine Research Reserves in the summers of 2009, 2010, or 2011. This course aims to improve teacher and student understanding of the environment using local examples and to provide resources and experience to support the incorporation of estuary and watershed topics into classroom teaching. The course is also designed to promote stewardship of watersheds and estuaries.
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- Application deadline for summer 2012 is March 5.
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