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Project Learning Tree🌲+ PA Biodiversity🦌Educator Workshop
Friday, October 10, 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
In-Person at Little Buffalo State Park, Pavilion 3, 91 Boat Launch Rd, Newport, PA 17074
Act 48: 5.5 hrs.
Fee: $40.00; pre-registration required
Calling all classroom teachers, scout leaders, nature centers, & other educators! Join us for an interactive, hands-on workshop highlighting the use of two nature-based curricula through the lens of the NEW PA STEELS Standards. Each participant will receive a copy of PLT's Explore Your Environment: K-8 Activity Guide and the PA Biodiversity Activity Guide. Register NOW! by 9/26/25. Questions? Contact Mindy Wilt, EES at mewilt@pa.gov or 717-567-9255.
ELS Standards and Project WET💦Educator Workshop
Monday, October 13, 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM
In-Person at Raccoon Creek State Park Wildflower Reserve, 3000 State Rt. 18, Hookstown, PA 15050
Act 48: 6.0 hrs.
Fee: $15.00; pre-registration required
Discover engaging ways to incorporate the new STEELS Environmental Literacy & Sustainability (ELS) standards into your curriculum using the new Foundations of Water Education educator guide from Project WET. Project WET is a national curriculum that strives to educate, empower, & activate students in grades K-12. This workshop will include hands-on activities, networking, and planning time. All participants will receive the Foundations of Water Education guide & access to Project WET's online resources. Open to any teacher working in PA Intermediate Unit 1. To register or learn more, contact Alyssa Moore, Curriculum Specialist IU1, 724-938-3241 X 239 or alyssa.moore@iu1.org.
Aquatic💦WILD Educator Workshop
Monday, October 13, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
In-Person at Greenwood Furnace State Park, 15795 Greenwood Rd, Huntingdon, PA 16652
Act 48: 5.5 hrs.
Fee: $20.00 payable in advance; pre-registration required
Are you an educator looking for a fun, hands-on professional development opportunity? Join us to explore all things aquatic through a variety of lessons & field experiences. The afternoon will be spent in the stream collecting macroinvertebrates for ID. Participants will receive the award-winning Aquatic WILD K-12 Curriculum & Activity Guide, a Wonder of Water 💦 Fundana, & a Pond Life Pocket Naturalist Guide. Open to all K-12 classroom teachers, scout leaders, homeschoolers, & other non-formal educators. For more info. or to register contact Jen Moore, EES, at jennmoore@pa.gov or 814-667-1800.
Aquatic💦WILD Educator Workshop
Monday, October 13, 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM
In-Person at Pymatuning State Park, 2660 Williamsfield Rd., Jamestown, PA 16134
Act 48: 6 hrs.
Fee: $10.00 payable in advance; pre-registration required
Join Environmental Education Staff from Presque Isle, Pymatuning, & M.K. Goddard State Parks to dive into the Aquatic WILD Curriculum. We will be showcasing lessons for various grade levels in the guide with STEELS adaptations & offering hands-on field experiences. Activities include electroshocking fish with Mark Kirk from Allegheny College & a stream study with macroinvertebrate collection & ID in Sugar Run + fish 🐠 seining in the lake. Participants will receive Aquatic WILD Curriculum & Activity Guide + multiple fish & plant ID guides. All equipment provided. To register, contact Jared McGary at jamcgary@pa.gov or 724-932-3142 x109.
WILD About Raptors🦅Educator Workshop
Monday October 13, 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
In-Person at Carbon County EE Center, 151 E. White Bear Dr., Summit Hill, PA 18250
Act 48: 5.5 hrs.
Fee: $20.00; pre-registration required
Join CCEEC & PA State Parks Educators to discover Project WILD's Flying WILD: An Educator's Guide to Celebrating Birds🐦 curriculum. This workshop will cover activities on adaptation, natural history, & raptor conservation status. It will provide educators with a greater understanding of PA’s raptors, & the challenges they face. We'll utilize Birds of Prey (Raptors) as a lens to integrate your curriculum & connect them to the new PA STEELS standards. This training is open to formal & non-formal educators. All attendees will receive their own copy of the Flying WILD: An Educator's Guide to Celebrating Birds🐦 curriculum & other resources. The workshop includes a tour of CCEEC's grounds (you'll see many species of live raptors as well as a live raptor presentation). Contact CCEEC at 570-645-8597 or carbnat@ptd.net for more info. or to register.
Getting Little Feet WET💦Educator Workshop
Thursday, October 16, 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
In-Person at Tyler State Park, 101 Swamp Rd., Newtown, PA 18940
Act 48: 6.5 hrs.
Fee: $25.00; pre-registration is required.
With a focus on all-things water, this award-winning, nationally recognized curriculum gives you hands-on, STEM-focused activities to use with your Pre-K - 2nd grade students. This workshop is open to all formal & non-formal preschool and early elementary educators including pre-service teachers + Head Start staff. All participants will receive the Getting Little Feet Wet Activity Guide. Questions? Contact Bonnie Tobin, EES, at btobin@pa.gov or 215-968-2021.
Aquatic💦WILD Educator Workshop
Saturday, October 18, 9:30 AM - 2:30 PM
In-Person at Lackawanna State Park, Park Office Classroom, 1839 Abington Rd, N. Abington Twp, PA 18414
Act 48: 4.5 hrs.
Fee: $15.00; pre-registration is required.
Aquatic WILD utilizes the successful K-12 format of the Project WILD Guide with 55 lessons emphasizing aquatic wildlife & aquatic ecology. This Professional Development Workshop will include first-hand experiences with a variety of lessons included in the guide to help you address the new PA STEELS standards. Open to classroom teachers & non-formal educators (including, but not limited to, pre-service teachers, homeschool parents, naturalists, & scout leaders), all participants will receive the Aquatic WILD K-12 Curriculum & Activity Guide. Register NOW! Questions? Contact Tony DeSantis, EES at antdesanti@pa.gov or 570-945-7110.
Project Learning Tree: Thinking Outside the Box Educator Workshop 📦🌲
Wednesday, October 22, 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
In-Person at Caledonia State Park, 101 Pine Grove Rd, Fayetteville, PA 17222
Act 48: 3.5 hrs.
Fee: FREE!; pre-registration required
Join Bureau of State Parks Educators at Caledonia State Park as we explore PLT's NEW Thinking Outside the Box K-12 Activity Collection. Participants will experience a morning of hands-on activities & STEM-focused investigations around the corrugated packaging industry. Our group will then travel to International Paper (IP) located in Biglerville, PA for a tour of the corrugated box facility. Staff from IP will guide participants in small groups through their PA flagship box plant & showcase the vast career opportunities in corrugated packaging—shipping logistics, graphic design, electrical engineering, etc. Each participant will receive a PLT Green Careers Resource Kit upon completion on of this workshop. The resource kit will include a copy of PLT's award-winning Green Jobs: Exploring Forest Careers; PLT's Black Faces in Green Spaces: The Journeys of Black Professionals in Green Careers, detailing the career pathways of 22 Black Americans in sustainability-focused forest careers; & PLT's newest activity collection created in partnership with ICPF, Thinking Outside the Box: Exploring Careers in Corrugated Packaging. Register NOW! by 10/10/25. Questions? Contact Christine Ticehurst at cticehurst@pa.gov.
Project WET💦Educator Workshop
Wednesday, October 22, 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
In-Person at Jacobsburg EE Center, 400 Belfast Road, Nazareth, PA 18064
Act 48: 4.5 hrs.
Fee: $25.00; pre-registration required
Project WET is a national curriculum that strives to educate, empower, & activate students in grades K-12. This professional development workshop, designed for classroom teachers & non-formal educators alike, will help you teach about water resources through hands-on, investigative, & easy-to-use activities. All participants will receive the Foundations of Water Education Educator’s Guide & access to Project WET's online resources. Register Register NOW! by 10/01/25. Questions? Contact Andy Fedor, EES, at anfedor@pa.gov or 610-746-2801.
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