Pollinator LIVE Programs Available as Streaming Video
FEC viewers, if you watched the live webcast of "PollinatorLIVE: An Insect Zoo in Your Schoolyard" on Wednesday, May 12, be sure to complete the evaluation at http://pollinatorlive.pwnet.org/evaluation.php. Everyone that fills out an evaluation will get a pollinator poster and one milkweed plant will be planted at a schoolyard garden or SUDA People's Garden. In addition, 10 evaluations will be selected at random and recipients will receive a box full of pollinator and Woodsy Owl and Smokey Bear materials. If you filled out an evaluation, your poster will be sent to you by mid-June. The 10 winners will be selected by the end of June.
If you weren’t able to watch the webcasts live, you are still eligible to enter the drawing after viewing the program via streaming at http://pollinatorlive.pwnet.org/webcasts/webstream.php and complete the evaluation at http://pollinatorlive.pwnet.org/evaluation.php.
Teachers and other educators are encouraged to show these webcasts to students as an end-of-the-year activity, so that students can look for and learn about pollinators during the summer.
GARDEN GRANTS
This is a great time to start planning a garden for next school year. As part of PollinatorLIVE, garden grants of up to $500 are being offered through Project Learning Tree® (PLT), an award-winning national environmental education program. For more information and the requirements, go to
http://pollinatorlive.pwnet.org/gardening/grants.php. The deadline to apply is Dec. 3.
STAYED TUNED FOR THE 2010-11 SCHOOL YEAR
PollinatorLIVE will continue the distance learning adventure next school year. Activities are as follows:
September 29, 2010
Live Webcast for Students
"Honey Bees, Native Bees, and More"
October 2010
Web Seminar for Administrators and Teachers
"Student Achievement and Outdoor Education"
February 2010
Web Seminar for Teachers
"Schoolyard Gardens and Good Nutrition"
April 13, 2011
Live Webcast and Broadcast for Students from the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin, Texas
"Pollinators, Plants, and People"
MORE INFORMATION AND LESSON PLANS
For more information, lesson plans, resources that meet National Science Education Standards, go to the PollinatorLIVE web site at http://pollinatorlive.pwnet.org to learn more. PollinatorLIVE is geared toward students in grades 4 – 8, but there are lesson plans and activities of interest to teachers and students in all grades.
Questions? Contact Kristy Liercke at lierckkx@pwcs.edu or at (800) 609-2680. Follow us on Twitter @ PWNetwork. PollinatorLIVE is brought to you by the USDA Forest Service and many other sponsors and partners.
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