THE GEORGE LUCAS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION | WHAT WORKS IN PUBLIC EDUCATION | EDUTOPIA.ORG 1 THE GEORGE LUCAS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION | WHAT WORKS IN PUBLIC EDUCATION | EDUTOPIA.ORG A New Day for Learning: How to Cultivate Full-Time Learners Webinar ID: 293-685-843 / Dial-in: 773-945-1011/ Code: 416-992-838
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February 12, 2009 Edutopia webinar: "A New Day for Learning: How to Cultivate Full-Time Learners"
Host: Milton Chen, executive director, The George Lucas Educational Foundation
Presenters: Hillary Salmons, executive director, Providence After School Alliance (PASA), and Karen Dvornich, continuing education coordinator, NatureMapping
Discussion and exploration of A New Day for Learning, which showcases model programs that engage students in the array of learning opportunities inside, and outside of, the classroom. You'll walk away from the webinar with lesson plans, best practices, and tips you can implement in your school, your school district, or your community.
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Dr. Milton ChenExecutive Director, Edutopia The George Lucas Educational
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of Milton
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Karen DvornichCofounder and National
Director NatureMapping
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NatureMappingchanges the way we look at the world
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Margaret Tudor Washington Departmentof Fish and Wildlife &
Pacific Education Institute
Karen DvornichWashington Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, University of Washington
NatureMapping Cofounders
1. Map and measure biodiversity with the help of schools and general public. Tell us, “What do you see, and where do you see it?”
2. Provide the skills necessary to collect and apply communities’ research data for local conservation efforts.
3. Integrate NatureMapping into schools so they become long-term wildlife monitors.4. Help communities develop their biodiversity “report cards.”
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1991 Biodiversity data (1800s–1996):• Collected over 360,000 records • Used 62% of expert data• Mammals (126 species): 50% species < 100 records• Amphibians (27 species): 50% species < 100 records• Reptiles (25 species): 50% species < 100 records• Birds (403 species): 72 species with 0 records
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Environmental Education• Tools for field investigation, not field trips
• Descriptive, comparative, correlative; rarely control variables
• Science hasn’t been taught in that context
• State testing did not include the “ologies,” including technology
• But NatureMapping is more than science
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NatureMapping links diverse groups together through active participation in
science and the use of emerging technologies
…retired natural-resource professionals
…business
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Technological Tools:NatureTracker
GIS
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Lesson library…
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Biomimicry
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Lesson 5: Mapping the Schoolyard
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Lesson 5: Mapping the Schoolyard
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Three rows of bleachers are taller than the school
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Lesson 5: Mapping the Schoolyard
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Students use 20-second grid lines for locating the exact
latitude and longitude of their schoolyard “object”
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In Case You Don’t Have Electricity
NatureMapping Lessons~20 lessons with photos and graphics available as a book for grades K-6, available September 2009
NatureMapping Teacher and Student ActivitiesA kit with materials, available March 2009
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How can NatureMapping expand to schools throughout the country
AND provide support to teachers and communities in local field-
research projects?
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• Facilitators at NatureMapping Learning Centers– conduct workshops in their regions.– act as a resource to local schools.– facilitate local research projects.
(Nature centers; zoos, aquariums, and museums; national, state, and city parks, Audubon centers, conservation districts, etc.)
NatureMapping Certified Learning Centers
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Hillary SalmonsExecutive Director
Providence After School Alliance (PASA)
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Q&APlease use the Questions pane on the right to submit any questions you may have.
We will choose the most common questions to address.
For all unanswered questions, we encourage you to continue the discussion online at edutopia.org/webinar-discussion-feb12.
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