Calling all educators. Legacy Workshops still available.
Mouth of the South: The Mobile-Tensaw Delta
June 3-7 - Dauphin
Island Sea Lab, Dauphin Island
Immerse
yourself in the Mobile-Tensaw Delta as you explore the bays, coastal forests,
estuaries, watersheds, wetlands, and diverse wildlife that that make up this
unique environment. Activities
will include visits to the 5 Rivers Delta Resource Center, Meaher State Park, STARLAB planetarium, the
Estuarium, and the Environmental Studies Center, where participants can see a
Legacy grant in use. Educators
will participate in boat tours of the delta, learn about coastal plants,
experiment with GPS tracking and navigation, and will learn about the history
and fragile ecosystems on Alabama’s barrier island.
From the Mountains
to the Gulf
June 18-25 – A
Journey Across the Great State of Alabama
Three leading scientific
experts, Dr. Jim Lacefield (Lost Worlds in Alabama Rocks), Dr. Bill Deutsch (Alabama Water Watch and AU)
and Dr. George Cline (JSU), will guide twenty teachers throughout the State of
Alabama, sharing their collective knowledge of the waters, geology, flora and
fauna to help teachers make connections for their students back at home. The
journey will begin in northwest Alabama at Camp McDowell Environmental Center,
then zigzag through the state on an educational adventure of a lifetime,
visiting Little River Canyon, Mt. Cheaha State Park, Alabama’s 4H Center as
well as a chance to paddle the Cahaba. The final destination will be Dauphin
Island Sea Lab, where participants will visit the Gulf of Mexico shoreline and
waters.
(This
workshop requires a $50.00 nonrefundable application fee for Legacy Partners or
a $65.00 deposit for Non-Partners.)
Exploring Alabama’s
Grand Canyon
July 10-13 – Desoto
State Park, Fort Payne
Explore the natural wonder
of Alabama’s Little River Canyon by navigating unfamiliar wilderness, paddling
Terrapin Creek, hiking and other canyon-specific activities. During a visit to JSU's Little River Canyon Center participants will
take part in a variety of hands-on activities such as learning about the
wildlife, ecology, geology, botany, water quality and cultural heritage of this
southern leg of the Appalachian Mountains.
Fascinating Flora
& Fauna
July 18-20 – Camp
McDowell Environmental Center, Nauvoo
Explore the beauty of
Alabama’s flora and fauna and learn about native and invasive plants, tree
identification, organic gardening and composting, sustainable agriculture,
native wildlife and outdoor classrooms.
This three-day workshop will include canoeing, water quality testing,
hiking, and a birds of prey presentation by Big Dave Hollaway along with many
other activities.
Down Under in North
Alabama
September 21-24 – Estill
Fork
Join
spelunking experts on an exciting adventure exploring caves and learn about the
biodiversity of North Alabama's karst topography from one of Alabama’s leading
geologists, Dr. Jim Lacefield. Find out how caves are formed and what creates
the beautiful cave formations. During the cave explorations participants will
see endangered aquatic cave life and bats. One exciting part of the workshop
will be a visit to an Alabama State Park, Cathedral Caverns, where we will see
the world's largest cave opening, the world's largest stalagmite and the
world's largest frozen waterfall. We will also investigate a few of the wild
caves in northeast Alabama. Through classroom and field studies, we will
explore content knowledge, teaching techniques, and classroom activities to help
students learn about the wonders of caves.
All Legacy
workshops require a $40.00 non-refundable
application fee for Non-Partners ($15.00 of this deposit will give the
applicant a one year membership in Legacy’s Partnership Program) or a $25.00
non-refundable application fee for all
Legacy Partners.
The one exception is the “From
the Mountains to the Gulf” workshop, which
requires a $50.00 fee for Partners or a $65 fee for Non-Partners.
The Partnership Program allows
environmentally aware individuals to assist us in providing balanced,
fact-based environmental education programs and materials to citizens
throughout our state. Remember your contribution to Legacy is tax
deductible. As a Legacy Partner you will receive discounts on our annual
partnership conference and the remaining Legacy workshops for that year.
- Lodging, meals, and materials
for the workshops are provided. Legacy is not able to cover
substitute teachers and travel expenses to and from the workshop location.
- Any K-12 educator currently
teaching within the State of Alabama, any person about to or who has
already graduated with an Education Degree, graduate students with an
Education Degree or other environmental educators may apply to
attend.
- Applications
can be downloaded from the Legacy Website at www.legacyenved.org.
- Contact Toni
Bruner at 1-800-240-5115 or toni@legacyenved.org
for more information.
Legacy Workshops are made possible through
funds generated by the sale of the “Protect our Environment” license tag. For more information about purchasing
the tag go to www.getthetag.com.
