Educators were invited to the CEU Environmental Workshop by the Lafayette County Soil and Water Conservation District.
There will be a teacher’s workshop in Lafayette County this summer for teachers to learn about “The ABCs of Environmental Education.”
The workshop is looking for K-12 teachers who would like to learn more about natural resources for the classroom and earn continuing education units.
Workshop activities include a classroom curriculum and hands-on activities that include a variety of natural resource issues: anti-litter, adopt-a-stream, beekeeping, bird conservation, conservation lessons, anti-littering methods. fire, fish hatchery, project learning tree, private investigator project, recycling, wildlife management, water quality and non-profit source pollution.
The workshop will be held June 13-16, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., Monday through Thursday, at the University of Mississippi Biological Field Station 15 located at County Road 202, Abbeville, Mississippi. The deadline for registration is June 6.
A reservation fee of $15 is required to reserve your place at the workshop. For more information, contact Carol Watts at (662) 234-8701 ext. 3, Lafayette County Soil and Water Conservation District.
Workshop sponsors are Itawamba Community College, Lafayette County Soil & Water Conservation District, Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, Environmental Protection Agency, Mississippi Soil & Water Conservation Commission, North Central Mississippi RC&D Council, University of Mississippi Biological Field Station.