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• Learning and the Brain in the “New Normal” Classroom

  • Start
    27 Mar 2021
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    27 Apr 2021
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  • Schedule
    3 sessions
  • Location
    online

  Learning and the Brain in the “New Normal” Classroom
  

  Date: 3 -part series on March 27; April 6; April 27
  Host: Wade Institute for Science Education
  Intended Audience: Grades K-12 Educators
  Cost: $80/participant

  Starting with a brief overview of brain function, we’ll explore topics including working memory and retention, the importance of movement, and other strategies that help to support learning.  From there, we’ll take into account how remote learning and the pandemic have affected our students and ourselves from both cognitive and social/emotional perspectives and what that means as we enter a “new normal” in the classroom.

  Learn more and register here. https://www.wadeinstitutema.org/focus-workshops/

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• Teaching Climate Change in a Community That Does Not Want to Hear it

  • When
    21 Apr 2021
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    6:30 PM (EDT)
  • Location
    online

  Teaching Climate Change in a Community That Does Not Want to Hear it

  Date: April 21 at 6:30 PM EST
  Host: Climate Literacy & Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN)
  Intended Audience: Anyone interested in the topic
  Cost: Free

  This webinar focuses on challenges and strategies around teaching climate change in a community that doesn’t want to listen and the lessons one teacher has learned over the past decade that have helped him “move the needle”. Presented by Jeffrey Yuhas, a middle and high school teacher who has taught in multiple schools, including one that is home to many environmentalist families and one that is home of many climate change denier families. He will describe how he has structured his curriculum to engage students on the topic of climate change, including advice for facilitating student discussions and connecting climate change to students’ lives.

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• Pollinator Plants by Plant Community

  • When
    21 Apr 2021
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    6:30 PM - 7:30 PM (EDT)
  • Location
    online

  Pollinator Plants by Plant Community

  Date: April 21 at 6:30 PM
  Host: Farm Craft Vermont
  Intended Audience: Adults interested in the topic
  Cost: $15

  You're committed to starting a Pollinator Garden - now what? Get detailed Native Plant lists, planting plans, maintenance tips and more!

  Habitat Restoration is Effective When Targeted. Good Design and Management responds to What, Where and When ​to fill the needs of both the Protected Species and Humans​. Native pollinators have specialist relationships with plant communities at certain times of the year. This webinar presents our Top 50 perennials ​(+ 5 grasses and ephemerals)​, Top 15 Shrubs/understory trees​, and Top 5 Trees​ with Latin name, common name, height, bloom period, flower shape, and which pollinators use each plant​. Lists are Separated by plant community​; Woodland​, Margin, Upland Meadow​, Wetland Edge​, and Garden/Farm​. It's technical info for those ready to dive in and plant this spring.

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• Dams, Recreation, and Citizen Science

  • When
    22 Apr 2021
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    4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (EDT)
  • Location
    online

  Dams, Recreation, and Citizen Science

  Date: Thusday, April 22 4-5PM
  Host: Lake Champlain Maritime Museum
  Intended Audience: Anyone interested in the topic
  Cost: Free

  Jacob Fetterman, project coordinator with Battenkill Home Rivers Initiative, will join us to explore recreational connection to dams and river obstruction and to talk about Trout Unlimited’s digital mapping citizen science effort and why it’s important. This webinar is part of a larger speaker series, Dams in the Champlain Valley. Read more about the series here. 
  
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• Female Birds & the Founding Mothers of Ornithology

  • When
    23 Apr 2021
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    7:00 PM - 8:30 PM (EDT)
  • Location
    online

  Female Birds & the Founding Mothers of Ornithology

  Date: April 23 at 7:00 PM
  Host: The Nature Museum
  Intended Audience: Anyone interested in the topic
  Cost: sliding scale $5 +

  Think of this Zoom presentation as the her-story of birding and the celebration of noticing female birds. Let’s face it, there’s a bit of bias in the birding world when it comes to females. Bridget Butler, the Bird Diva, breaks down some of the most interesting new scientific studies on female birds and shares with you some of the stories of the Mothers of Ornithology.

  This is a sliding-scale online event that will be available as a recording to all who register. 

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• Vermont Afterschool Equity & Racism Series: Examining Three Levels of Inequity & Disruption: Personal, Cultural & Systemic

  • When
    28 Apr 2021
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    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (EDT)

   Examining Three Levels of Inequity & Disruption: Personal, Cultural & Systemic

  April 28, 2021 10am-noon

  Goals of this workshop include deepening participants’ analysis of different levels of inequity, from personal to systemic; challenging deficit ideology and the myth of meritocracy; and identifying high-leverage action steps. 
  

  Location: Online

  Cost: $25/session or $100/entire series regular rate; $15/session or $60/entire series for Vermont Afterschool members

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• Power2Summit

  • When
    5 May 2021
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    9:00 AM - 12:30 PM (EDT)
  • Location
    online

  Power2Summit 

  Date: May 5, 2021 9:00AM-12:30
  Host: Up for Learning
  Intended Audience: youth and educators
  Cost: Free
  
  Youth and Adult Reimagining and Transforming Education Together. A virtual gathering to connect, inspire and co-create action to transform learning. Our convening will celebrate the power of youth voice and youth-adult partnership as we share our experience, ideas and strategies for transforming learning. This is our opportunity for youth and adult partnership teams to share their past and current work, their stories and their ideas for the future. Registration information coming soon! 

  Contact Harry Frank with questions! Harry@upforlearning.org

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• Free Range Rivers for Aquatic Wildlife

  • When
    6 May 2021
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    4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (EDT)
  • Location
    online

  Free Range Rivers for Aquatic Wildlife

  Date: Thursday, May 6 4-5PM
  Host: Lake Champlain Maritime Museum
  Intended Audience: Anyone interested in the topic
  Cost: Free

  Julie Butler, fish biologist with the Fisheries and Aquatic Conservation branch of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, will explore why aquatic organisms (fish, plankton, otters, and more) need the full range of river habitats and how we enable them to have full access to those habitats. This webinar is part of the Dams in the Champlain Valley speaker series. Read more about the series here. 

  Register here. 

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• Vermont Afterschool Equity & Racism Series: Organizational Climate and the ‘Hidden Curriculum’

  • When
    9 Jun 2021
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    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (EDT)

   Organizational Climate and the ‘Hidden Curriculum’ 

  June 9, 2021 10am-noon

  This workshop will invite individuals to examine their own organizational climate, policy, language, visuals, accessibility, representation, inclusion, patterns of interaction, and unspoken values through an equity lens. 
  

  Location: Online

  Cost: $25/session or $100/entire series regular rate; $15/session or $60/entire series for Vermont Afterschool members

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• Seasons and Cycles: How Weather Affects Us and How We Affect the Weather

  • Start
    21 Jun 2021
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  • End
    25 Jun 2021
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  • Location
    online

  Seasons and Cycles: How Weather Affects Us and How We Affect the Weather

  Date: June 21-25
  Host: Wade Institute
  Intended Audience: Grades 3-8 educators
  Cost: 
  
  Explore the dynamics of weather systems and seasonal cycles, including how the earth’s rotation influences these cycles, how nature reacts, and the impacts of weather on humans and the environment. Examine weather data over time and explore how we can use graphs and other models of this data to reveal how our climate is changing. Learn from scientists about the causes and effects of the increased unusual weather events in New England.

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• How Does Your Dinner Grow? Exploring Connections Between Food Production and Sustainability

  • Start
    7 Jul 2021
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  • End
    16 Jul 2021
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  • Schedule
    5 sessions
  • Location
    online

  How Does Your Dinner Grow? Exploring Connections Between Food Production and Sustainability

  Date(s): July 7,9,12,14,16
  Host: Wade Institute
  Intended Audience: Grades 6-12 Educators
  Cost: $475/participant

  Broaden student conceptions of who is involved in STEM careers with a behind-the-scenes look at the science, technology, and engineering involved in agriculture and other aspects of food production. Gather information about our ecosystem as it relates to food and evaluate interdependent relationships humans have with that system. Explore common and innovative practices for sustainable food production and follow the path of food from farm to table to waste stream.

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• Landscapes on the Move: Investigating Geologic Formations and Processes

  • Start
    7 Jul 2021
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  • End
    15 Jul 2021
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  • Schedule
    5 sessions
  • Location
    online

  Landscapes on the Move: Investigating Geologic Formations and Processes 
  

  Date: July 7,8,13,14,15
  Host: Wade Institute
  Intended Audience: Grades 3-8 Educators
  Cost: $400/participant
  

  Dig into the geology of New England and learn how our landscape is continually being formed and eroded. Discover the role of glaciers in shaping our area, including kettle ponds and glacial potholes on the Cape and drumlins around the bay. Investigate and analyze other changes in our area, from landslides to shifting shorelines. Throughout the course, apply scientific and engineering principles to monitor these changes to the landscape. 

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• My Soda Bottle Ended Up Where? Exploring Plastic Problems and Solutions

  • Start
    19 Jul 2021
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  • End
    23 Jul 2021
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  • Location
    online

  My Soda Bottle Ended Up Where? Exploring Plastic Problems and Solutions
  

  Date: July 19-23
  Host:  Wade Institute
  Intended Audience: Grades 6-12 educators
  Cost: starts at $475/participant but price drops by adding teachers to your registration

  Follow the journey of plastics in our environment through themes of chemistry, sustainability, and engineering. Learn why ocean plastics have become a human and environmental health concern in both coastal and inland areas. Investigate how new technologies are working to reduce plastic waste, and explore how advances in chemistry and engineering can turn plastic waste into useful products and provide more sustainable options for alternative materials.

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• Summer Institute for Climate Change Education

  • Start
    28 Jul 2021
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  • End
    30 Jul 2021
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  • Location
    Online

  Summer Institute for Climate Change Education

  Date: July 28-30, 2021
  Hosted by: Climate Generation
  Intended Audience: Educators
  Cost: $250 Scholarships available. Apply now.

  Climate Generation and the Teach Climate Network are coming to your home this summer! Join a network of teachers from across the country for this three-day virtual conference to learn new tools, skills, and resources to teach climate change in any subject area! 

  Climate Generation’s 16th annual Summer Institute for Climate Change Education will be hosted in partnership  with The Wild Center’s Youth Climate Program and NOAA’s Climate Office.

  Register Here. 

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