Teacher Professional Development Session
When: Tuesday 9 March, 2010, 9.00am - 12.00noon (morning tea provided)
Where: Manningham Reserve Sports Rooms, Parkville (Melways 29 C12) Behind Trin Warren Tamboore Wetland.
Cost: Free
 We will be demonstrating resources and activities to teach biodiversity and waterway health, with a focus on Moonee Ponds Creek.
This is a great opportunity to network with other teachers as well as Environmental Education Officers. You will also have the opportunity to develop a teaching plan with Waterwatch Staff.
Suitable for teachers from early childhood to Year 10.
Bookings essential: Contact Jane Bevelander 9380 8199 or jane@mcmc.org.au
Waterwatch in Schools: Options for Teacher Training
Option 1
A twenty minute presentation, followed by a short hands-on Waterwatch activity to explain what Waterwatch does and how schools can be involved.
Option 2
Waterwatch can attend school's curriculum planning meetings and provide ideas to teachers about how they can include Waterwatch in their current units of work or design a Waterwatch unit.
Option 3
For schools undertaking regular Waterwatch monitoring, Waterwatch Melbourne can train teachers to use Waterwatch monitoring equipment, make a monitoring site selection, interpret the monitoring data and provide hints for classroom control techniques for working with students in the field undertaking Waterwatch activities.
Option 4
Schools can organise a training event on a specific topic such as Environmental Flows and the 'Run of the River’ board game. For more topics, see the list of lesson plans.
Option 5
Teachers can learn and improve water quality monitoring skills and how to identify macroinvertebrates by attending a ‘Waterwatch Advanced Training Event’. For more information, see calendar of events.
Please note: When a training session is requested by a school they are required to organise a minimum of 5 teachers to attend the session.
For more information on teacher training or to arrange a training session, contact your local Waterwatch Melbourne Coordinator.
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