The WBSD is fortunate to have an outdoor classroom which is a 36-acre registered school forest. It is located near the corner of E. Decorah Road and N. River Road, just east of the high schools. To support access to learning at the outdoor classroom and to enhance your opportunities to lead students in natural study in the school yard, LEAF and KEEP will be providing a workshop at our outdoor classroom. West Bend teachers who attend will not only receive free resources, they will attend free of charge. (Special thanks to Rachel Feerick, scientist in residence, for arranging this wonderful opportunity.)More details including registration are below.
Forest Health and the Energy Connection: Leveraging Your School Site to Save Energy
Join LEAF and KEEP to explore the intersection between energy conservation and forest health. Your urban forest is a powerful tool improving your community’s air and water quality, reducing heating and cooling needs, and curbing greenhouse gas emissions. We’ll demonstrate how to conduct tree inventories on your school grounds then apply the ecosystem benefits derived to evaluate your school building’s energy management opportunities. You’ll become connected to two online civic science tools for the classroom, the Wisconsin Community Tree Map from the WDNR, and PLT’s Teaching with i-Tree, as well as receive training using professional forestry and energy tools available for loan to your school. The workshop will include time for school site assessment and lesson planning, and a variety of ready-to-use activities and tools will be supplied so educators can integrate relevant lessons right away. Recommended for educators of grades 5-12. (Source DPI)
The workshop will be held on Saturday, February 1, 2020 From 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. in West Bend, WI, West Bend School District Outdoor Classroom Instructor: Kate Flick
Fee for NON-WBSD Educator: $35.00
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WBSD teachers will register for this workshop at no cost. Simply select “pay later” when prompted while registering.
