Chicago Botanic Garden Summer 2019

76 To register, visit chicagobotanic.org/education or call (847) 835-6801. Online Courses Citizen Science Data in the Classroom New to integrating data collection, ma- nipulation, and display as part your citizen science-related instructional activities? This online course provides a good starting place. The course assumes a basic familiarity with the concept of citizen science and direct experience with, or participation in, at least one citizen science project. Projects high- lighted in this course include Budburst, eBird, FrogWatch, Picture Post, and CoCoRaHS. This course is listed as CT-1620 by the Colorado School of Mines. CPDUs: 30, Graduate credit: 2 (optional; additional fee) Grade level: 6 – 12 $56/$70 | Online Online: Friday, June 28 – Monday, July 30, 2019 Budburst Nativars for Educators Your students can help answer a critical question in pollinator conservation by hands-on data collection and analysis. This two-week online course covers basic plant phenology, pollinator biology, how to find or plant a nativars research garden, and the protocols for making and reporting weekly pollinator observations. CPDUs: 15, Graduate credit (additional fee): 1. Grade level: 4 – 12 $48/$60 | Online Friday, June 28 – Sunday, July 14 Coming This Fall ENTICE: Engineering and Life Science Saturday, September 28, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Nature Detectives: Reading the Environment Saturday, October 19, 9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Stone Soup Science Saturday, November 16, 9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. STEM: Science & Engineering with Hydroponics Saturday, December 14, 9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Custom Teacher Workshops Garden educators can customize workshops for your needs. Workshops are perfect for teacher institute days, curriculum meetings, or other professional events. Activities are aligned with Next Generation Science Stan- dards (NGSS) and your curriculum, and will increase understanding of plants and nature, build a repertoire of teaching techniques, and enliven the classroom. Workshops may be held at your school or at the Garden. Choose from the following topics or suggest one of your own. Exploring Nature with Young Children Classroom Gardening Plant Basics Schoolyard Ecology Science and Literature Midwest Ecosystems Growing Plants in Martian Soil Custom workshops are a minimum of two hours long and cost $200/hour for each group of up to 20 teachers. Please call Teacher Programs at (847) 835-8253 for more information. The Garden is a CPS Preferred Provider of teacher professional development. Student Field Trips Guided Field Trips Guided field trips at the Chicago Botanic Garden teach students in grades preK – 12 about plants, nature, and life science core ideas. Field trips are STEM-focused and aligned with NGSS. Payment is required at the time of registra- tion. Groups have the option to pay in full or pay a $50 deposit per program. The balance is due two weeks before the field trip. $140 per program in fall, early winter, and spring; $100 per program January 7 – March 8, 2019 Seasonal, Monday through Friday 10 or 11:30 a.m. 60 minutes (Pondering the Prairie field trips are 120 minutes) New! Pondering the Prairie Grades 3 – 12 Pondering the Prairie field trips will only be offered on limited dates this fall. A Garden staff member will join your bus for this field trip, and will ride with you to the prairie, where you will stay for 90 minutes of out- door, hands-on investigations. You will walk back to an indoor classroom for lunch, and meet your bus afterwards. Check website for available dates 10 a.m. – noon