STEM Ed Announcement: Focus on Forests

["Mort Sternheim" <mort@k12s.phast.umass.edu>]

This is not a UMass Amherst program
 Contact Information is below.
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 Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation 
 and Harvard Forest present
 
 Project Learning Tree 
 
 F O C U S   o n  F O R E S T S 
 Friday, June 1, 2012,    8:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
 Harvard Forest, Petersham, MA
 
 Workshop for Educators Interested in
 Field Work, Issue Analysis, and Critical Thinking Skills.
 
 Participate in hands-on forest exploration and model forest management
 decision making activities.   Receive PLT's Secondary Module, Focus on
 Forests.  In-depth content, activities, and supplementary materials are
 presented in a flexible, user-friendly format.  Written for middle and high
 school level, the module can be adapted to younger ages and informal
 situations.
 
 Spend the day in a collegial setting at Harvard Forest, a world-class
 long-term ecological research site.  Harvard Forest is conveniently located
 just three miles south of Route 2 Exit 17, at 324 North Main Street (Route
 32), Petersham.   Meet inside the Fisher Museum. 
 
 Snacks and beverages provided.   Please dress for time spent outdoors in
 field study.
 Bring a lunch and explore the museum or the grounds after the program. 
 
 $10 per person.  For questions or to pre-register (by  April 30),  please
 call 413/584-6788  or email DCR Regional Educator Gini.Traub@state.ma.us
 Reasonable accommodations with advance notice.
 
 Project Learning Tree is a program of the American Forest Foundation and is
 sponsored in Massachusetts by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation
 and Recreation

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