WORKSHOP
AGENDA
SAMPLE
TRAINING SCHEDULE
Day One (9:00
a.m.-5:00 p.m.)
Elements of a Successful Wildlife Habitat Project
- Arrival and sign-in
- Welcome and Introductions
- 4-H Wildlife Stewards
Program Introduction
- Get Acquainted Activity
- BREAK
- The Science Inquiry Model
- LUNCH
- School District Guidelines
- The Habitat Education
Site as an Outdoor Learning Lab
- BREAK
- Creating Your Habitat
Team
- Program Overview and Expectations
- Keys to Success
- Wrap Up and Closure
Day Two
(9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.)
Creating Your Habitat
- Arrival and sign-in
- Principles of Wildlife
Management
- BREAK
- Wildlife for Your School
Habitat (rotate through four 30 -minute sessions)
- Small mammals
- Bugs
- Birds
- Amphibians/Reptiles
- LUNCH
- Lesson for Your Habitat
(habitat curriculum)
- Native Plants for Your
Habitat
- Lesson for Your Habitat
(soils curriculum)
- BREAK
- Inventorying and Mapping
Your Site
- Promoting Your Program
- Wrap Up
Day Three
(9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.)
Creating an Environment
for Science Learning
- Arrival and sign-in
- Lessons for Your Habitat
(Plants curriculum and Predator/Prey curriculum)
- TWO CONCURRENT SESSIONS:
Science Investigations
in the Habitat (teachers)
Working with Youth:
Rights and Responsibilities (adult volunteers): Stages of Child
Development and Child Protection and Liability Issues
- 4-H Wildlife Stewards
School Advancement Certification Program
- LUNCH
- Sustaining Your Habitat
(Developing Your Project Notebook, Developing a Site Maintenance Program,
Grant Writing to
Support Your Project)
- BREAK
- Sustaining Your Habitat
Project (School Bulletin Boards, Student Portfolios, Signage, After-school
clubs, Resource Libraries, Vandlism Prevention and Photo Monitoring)
- Science Inquiry Group
Presentations
- Program and Course Evaluation
- Graduation Ceremony
- Wrap Up and Next Steps
- Depart for Home
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