Teacher Training & Resources 
Training in the following curriculums can be scheduled upon special request for groups of 10 or more. Available through a partnership between Assateague State Park, Maryland Coastal Bays Programand the Ward Museum. Great for professional development days!
View the Spring 2012 Professional Development schedule by clicking here.
Choose from the following:
This exciting program from the Council for Environmental Education introduces students to bird conservation through classroom activities and school bird festivals. It also supports educators by providing interdisciplinary, standard-based opportunities to engage students in real-world learning that helps them understand the importance of migratory birds and their conservation.
Facilitator training is also available for this curriculum.
Growing Up WILD promotes and supports developmentally appropriate practice in a number of ways. Each activity presents a wide range of options so that children can work and learn at developmental levels that are individually appropriate. All the activities interweave content areas-literacy, math, science, and the arts-and involve social, emotional, physical, language, and cognitive domains, helping to foster development and learning in all areas.
Facilitator training is also available for this curriculum.
BirdSleuth from Cornell's Lab of Ornithology: Grades 6-8
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 research, and even publish their findings – just as real scientists do.
This curriculum designed by the Ward Museum provides background information, interdisciplinary activities and lesson plans about the rich and culturally unique landscapes of the Lower Eastern Shore. Pass It On assists educators in incorporating regional heritage themes into their classrooms and prepares students to become citizens who understand the importance of this region and its people as part of Maryland and well as part of the country as a whole.
Project Learning Tree: Pre K-8 Environmental Education Activity Guide
Through hands-on, interdisciplinary activities, Project Learning Tree (PLT) helps young people learn how to think, not what to think, about complex environmental issues. Developed to meet state and national standards, PLT provides the tools educators need to bring the environment into their classrooms and their students into the environment.
Project WET: K-12 Curriculum & Activity Guide
The goal of Project WET is to facilitate and promote awareness, appreciation, knowledge and stewardship of water resources through the development and dissemination of classroom-ready teaching aids and through the establishment of state and internationally sponsored Project WET programs. The Project WET Curriculum and Activity Guide is a collection of innovative, water-related activities that are hands-on, easy to use, and fun!
Project WILD: K-12 Curriculum & Activity Guide
Project WILD was designed to be an instructional resource for educators who want to introduce students to hands-on activities that encourage problem-solving and decision-making skills about the environment they share with wildlife. Project WILD is concerned with providing information, as well as helping students to evaluate choices and to make responsible decisions about the environment and wildlife.
Project WILD Aquatic: K-12 Curriculum and Activity Guide
Project WILD Aquatic is an interdisciplinary conservation and environmental education program emphasizing wildlife. The goal of Project WILD Aquatic is to assist learners of any age in developing awareness, knowledge, skills, and commitment resulting in informed decisions, responsible behavior, and constructive actions concerning wildlife and the environment.
Issues Investigation: Grades 6-8 and Gifted & Talented Programs
Using Issues Investigation in your classroom is an effective way to involve students in issues that are current and locally relevant. Issues Investigation facilitates creative thinking and problem-solving. Teachers and students have the opportunity to investigate real-world issues affecting their communities while meeting MD State Curriculum standards & guidelines.