Teacher Training & Resources

Professional Development Opportunities

Training in the following curriculum can be scheduled upon special request for groups of 10 or more. Great for professional development days.

Choose from the following: 

Flying WILD: An Educator's Guide to Celebrating Birds

This curriculum from the Council for Environmental Education introduces students to bird conservation through standards-based, interdisciplinary classroom activities and environmental stewardship projects.The guide can also help students, teachers, and community volunteers implement a bird festival at their school. 

Facilitator training is also available for this curriculum.
 

BirdSleuth

Students engage in authentic inquiry, use technology and real data and benefit from the added restorative and cognitive benefits of time spent outdoors in nature! Students carefully observe birds, ask and answer their own questions based on observations and data, and publish their original research.
 

Lower Shore Traditions: Curriculum and Activity Guide

This program will link the resources of the Maryland Heritage Authority, the Lower Eastern Shore Heritage Area (LESHA), Maryland Traditions, the Ward Museum, public and private schools, and other cultural agencies to enrich student learning experiences with traditional arts and cultural heritage themes into K-12 classrooms. The Lower Shore Traditions Curriculum and Activity Guide will give schools and teachers the tools to initiate quality cultural heritage programming in their classrooms.

Other Training Opportunities:
Project Learning Tree: Pre K-8 Environmental Education Activity Guide
Project WET: Curriculum & Activity Guide (K-12)
Project WILD: K-12 Curriculum & Activity Guide