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Professional Development Workshops
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Boulder offers a variety of professional development workshops for K-12 formal and informal educators as well as Natural Resource professionals. Partnerships with a variety of organizations such as Jay Cooke State Park, Great Lakes Aquarium, and Great Lakes Worm Watch allow Boulder to offer high quality workshops with cutting edge information delivered by professionals in the field. |
Examples of Workshops at Boulder
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Woodland Advisor Workshops
Boulder Lake Environmental Learning Center offers a variety of Woodland Advisor courses throughout the year. Completing the Woodland Advisor program involves participating in a training consisting of 15 workshops that will prepare you to improve the health, productivity and beauty of your forest. Whether your property is five or 500 acres, you can benefit from this program. More... |
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Mississippi Headwaters Watershed Workshop
This workshop explored the Mississippi River Headwaters Watershed through time in a two-day, free workshop. Topics included prehistoric landscapes and cultures, turn of the century logging, natural resource management, hydroelectricity, glacial geology, and more. More...
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St. Louis River Watershed Workshop
This workshop explored the St. Louis River through time in a two-day, free workshop. Topics included prehistoric landscapes and cultures, natural resource management, hydroelectricity, glacial geology, Great Lakes shipping and lake ecology. More...
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People & Forests Workshop
Introduces K-12 teachers to the People and Forests Curriculum which was developed by the St. Louis Land Department with the following objectives for students.
Change is natures only constant: healthy forests are complex living systems subject to and dependent on periodic change through a process that may seems like destruction. This “destruction” is actually a renewal and change; and people are connected to this unique system. More...
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Great Lakes Worm Watch Workshop– exotic earthworms & hardwood forest ecosystems
Hands-on introductions to the newly developed educator tools and resources of Great Lakes Worm Watch online program, including a array of powerful classroom and outdoor educational activities for students to learn about forest ecosystems and the impacts of exotic earthworms. More... |
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