Registration deadline is two weeks prior to the workshop. You are not registered in a workshop until the Garden receives your form with payment or copy of purchase order. The Garden reserves the right to cancel a workshop due to low enrollment. If a workshop is cancelled you will receive a full refund.

For cancellations five or more business days prior to the class, a full refund (minus a $5 processing fee) will be issued. Refunds cannot be issued for cancellations less than five business days or missed classes.

For questions, please call (314)577-9506.

SCHOLARSHIPS ARE AVAILABLE; download a scholarship application form.
Deadline extended—scholarship applications due May 1, 2009.

Flannel Board
Make & Take
Bring your favorite children's book and your imagination and create a flannel board for your classroom like the ones pictured here. Lead by Sandy Fultz of the Watershed Nature Center. All materials provided.

Teachers: grades PK–12
Date: June 9, 2009 CANCELLED
Time: 9:00 a.m. to noon
Location: Missouri Botanical Garden
Fee: $40, all materials provided

What Is Inquiry and How Do I Do It in My Classroom?
In this week long institute, increase your understanding and use of inquiry-based learning. Compare different approaches to hands-on science and determine the best times to use each in your classroom. While learning the phases of inquiry, participants will learn how to modify their own curriculum materials. Download registration form.

Teachers: grades K–12
Date: June 8–12, 2009
Time: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Location: Commerce Bank Education Center at Missouri Botanical Garden
Cost: $200
Credit: 2 graduate credit hours available

GEMS Leadership Workshop
Discover Great Explorations in Math and Science (GEMS), guided discovery math and science curriculum units. Learn to involve students in hands-on experiments by using kits that available to borrow from the Garden. By attending this workshop, the fee for the kits will be waived for one year! Assessment strategies and literacy connections will be covered along with 8–10 GEMS units. Download registration form.

Teachers: grades K–8
Date: July 21–23, 2009 CANCELLED
Time: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Location: Missouri Botanical Garden
Fee: $180 (includes your choice of 3 GEMS guides and lunch each day)
Credit: 1 graduate credit hour is available for an additional fee

No Teacher Left Inside
Join MBG staff for an experiential excursion into the wilds of Missouri—exploring the Shaw Nature Reserve from an overnight base at the Dana Brown Overnight Education Center before embarking on a two-day float trip on the Meramec River. We’ll live and learn in nature’s classroom for three days packed with activities, including bird identification, nature journaling, and water quality monitoring, easily transferable to your favorite outdoor teaching setting. Or, perhaps you’ll be inspired to lead a similar journey after experiencing the wonders of Missouri’s ecosystems for yourself. No outdoor experience required—just a sense of adventure. Canoeing, camping, and caving gear provided. For additional information contact teachertraining@mobot.org.

Teachers: grades 5–12
Dates: July 29–31, 2009 FULL
Location: Shaw Nature Reserve/Dana Brown Overnight Center and Meramec River
Fee: $180 (Includes six meals, overnight accommodations, and all canoeing, camping, and caving gear)
Credit: 2 graduate credit hours available

Join Shaw Nature Reserve and Missouri Department of Conservation staff for the following series of workshops. Contact Lydia Toth at lydia.toth@mobot.org or Jennifer Dierking at jennifer.dierking@mdc.mo.gov if you have questions.

Download SNR PD registration form.

Living History: People and the Land
Join us for a dynamic opportunity to learn how the early pioneers of westward expansion utilized the natural resources around them for their survival which eventually led to thriving settlements across North America. Topics include: medicinal plants, natural dyes, chores using period tools and candle making.

Teachers: Grades 4–8
Dates/Times: Thursday, August 6 (9 a.m.) through Friday, August 7 (11:30 a.m.)
Location: Shaw Nature Reserve Dana Brown Overnight Center
Fee: $50 (includes 3 meals and overnight dormitory accommodations in our beautifully-restored historic log lodges)
Credit: Not available

The Wonders of Wetlands
Join us at Shaw Nature Reserve as we explore the wetland ecosystem. Learn about the plants and animals that live there and the special adaptations they have for surviving in this sometimes wet and sometimes dry environment. Other topics will include: birds of the wetlands, the functions of wetlands and the importance of the wetlands. Also visit a submerged flow septic system that utilizes the wetlands to purify water.

Teachers: Grades 4–8
Dates: Saturday, September 19, 2009
Time: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Location: Shaw Nature Reserve
Fee: $30 (includes lunch)
Credit: Not available

Journey Through the Seasons (can be taken individually or as a series)

Spring Has Sprung — Studies to include: migrating birds, wildflowers and new season growth (April 18, 2009)
Summer is Here — Studies to include: butterflies, insects, weather (July 11, 2009)
Fantastic Fall — Studies to include: fall leaves, prairie plants and animal habitats (October 10, 2009)
Winter Ecology — Studies to include: hibernation, migration, dormancy or thriving in cold temperatures (January 9, 2010)

Teachers: Grades pre-K–2
Dates: See above
Time: 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Location: Shaw Nature Reserve
Fee: $15 each workshop; $50 for 4-part series
Credit: Graduate credit available for the 4-part series.

Mapping Your Community
Meet your curriculum goals while engaging your students in studies of their local community. Participants will develop a curriculum module to take back to school that uses a place-based approach to education and integrates use of geographic information system (GIS) software and other resources to support student inquiry. A school site license for the GIS software is provided to all participants.

Download a Mapping Your Community registration form. Contact Dr. Bob Coulter at bob@litzsinger.org for further information.

Teachers: Grades 4–12
Dates: June 15–19, 2009
Time: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Location: Litzsinger Road Ecology Center
Fee: none
Credit: 2 graduate credits available for additional fee

Sustainable Schoolyards
Turn a portion of your schoolyard into an outdoor classroom by engaging your students in the planning, development and management of a native plant habitat. This workshop is based on the Earth Partnership for Schools program developed at the University of Wisconsin, Madison Arboretum, where a number of teachers have successfully restored native plant habitats on their school grounds. The workshop is open to teams of at least two teachers from a school.

Workshop participation is by application only. Download Sustainable Schoolyards application. Contact Eddie Jones at eddie@litzsinger.org for further information.

Teachers: Grades K–12
Dates: June 22–26, 2009
Time: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Location: Litzsinger Road Ecology Center
Fee: none
Credit: 2 graduate credits available for additional fee

Introduction to St. Louis Ecology
Learn more about the ecology of the St. Louis region by investigating the prairie, woodland and stream habitats at Litzsinger Road Ecology Center, located right in the middle of St. Louis. Participants will increase their understanding of local ecosystems, relate them to basic ecological concepts and gain experience in outdoor environmental investigation.

Workshop participation is by application only. Download Introduction to St. Louis Ecology application. Contact Eddie Jones at eddie@litzsinger.org for further information. THIS WORKSHOP IS NOW FULL.

Teachers: Grades K–12
Dates: July 13–17, 2009
Time: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Location: Litzsinger Road Ecology Center
Fee: none
Credit: 2 graduate credits available for additional fee

Energy Conservation: The Power of Energy
What is clean? What is green? Do you know? Do your students know? Empower your students to make wise energy choices in our ever-changing world. Through exclusive behind-the-scenes tours of power generation facilities such Ameren’s distribution center, Calloway Nuclear Power Plant (nuclear), Bagnell Dam (water), Illinois Rural Cooperative (wind), Kirkwood Green Generation Facility (biomass), Laclede Gas (gas), Pearl Station (coal), and Fred Weber’s Landfill (methane), you will learn about energy production and use in the Midwest region, and gain first-hand experience so you better understand how to teach about energy forms, sources and transformations.

Teachers: grades K–12
Dates/Times: begins June 15, 2009 at 1 p.m., June 16 & 17 are full-day field trips, and we’ll wrap up June 18 at 3 p.m. full
Fee: $600 for non credit students which includes lunch, dinner and bus transportation;
Three graduate credits through Webster University, course number SCIC 5080, are available for $900, plus a $450 course fee which includes lunch, dinner and bus transportation. Credit can be applied towards the graduate program Education for Global Sustainability.

Hotel accommodations are available at a reduced rate.

Download registration form.

For more information contact Tracie Cain at tracie.cain@mobot.org or (314) 577-5147.

SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS
EarthWays Center offers a variety of professional development opportunities for educators and school administrators. Help jump start a green school initiative or learn about ways that your building can become more energy and resource efficient. Learn about a variety of ways that you can access and utilize resources, education materials, and the expertise of the EarthWays Center and its staff.

For more information: Contact EarthWays Center at (314) 577-0220 or earthways.center@mobot.org.