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Learning Landscape |
| Vanessa Venturini, Coordinator |
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LEADERS' PAGE |
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Are you a URI Master Gardener or a URI student with a passion for the environment? Would you enjoy educating enthusiastic children in a beautiful garden setting?
Join us as a Learning Landscape field trip leader! Our environmental education program is a fun and rewarding way to build your resume or fulfill community service hours. We hold trainings throughout the year and you may be eligible to join on a rolling basis.
Check out the PROJO NEWS BLOG of our Roger Willams Park Botanical Center program!
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UPCOMING TRAINING:
October 14th and 15th,2009, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Contact Vanessa Venturini to sign up (401) 874-7142
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URI STUDENTS:
Gain experience in environmental education right on campus! The URI Learning Landscape is a two-hour environmental field trip program led by URI students and Master Gardeners around the URI Botanical Gardens. As an “Eco-Exploration” field trip leader, you will guide a group of elementary school children (grades K-5) through a series of hands-on learning stations. Topics include native mammals, insects and birds, seeds and plants,ecosystems, tropical plants, composting and recycling and water quality.
Fall 2009 Application form due October 1, 2009.
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- Fall Learning Landsape Program Field Trip Dates: October - November 2009 Location: Roger Williams Park Botanical Center, Providence
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- Winter Learning Landscape
Field Trip Dates: January – March 2010
Location: Roger Williams Park Botanical Center, Providence
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Here’s what some of our leaders have to say about their experience:
“Learning Landscape is very emotionally rewarding. The children absorb what you teach them - they’re listening”. – Carol Seaman, Master Gardener Class of 2004
“The children’s enthusiasm is obvious...What I enjoy the most is having fun with the children while they are experiencing new ideas and information. Those happy, smiling faces make the time and effort worthwhile.. .”- Frank Vincent, MG Class of 2008 |
Additional Reading Materials for Leaders:
NY Times Article: San Francisco makes composting mandatory
RI DEM: Fishers in Rhode Island
Nat. Wildlife Federation: Top 5 Ways to Help Pollinators
NY Times Article: Echinda: A fascinating egg-laying mammal
Nat. Geographic Article: "New Mammal Fossil Sheds Light on Teeth Evolution"
U Michigan Museum of Zoology: Ruby-Throated Hummingbird (Check out the communication and perception section) |
