Please note:
- You must pre-register for all workshops.
- Check this page to ensure that all of the workshops you wish to sign up for are still available. Workshops for which the maximum number of registrants have signed up will be marked FULL. From time to time, previously scheduled workshops must be cancelled, and those will be marked as such – CANCELLED.
- Registration is on a first-come, first-serve basis. Sorry, but you’ll be unable to change workshops once you register.
- You can register for only one workshop per session.
- If you register for a half-day or full-day workshop, we ask that you stay in that workshop for the entire workshop, out of respect for the workshop presenter and the organizers.
- Workshops marked OUTDOOR WORKSHOPS will be entirely outdoors and will run rain or shine. Please bring a warm jacket and/or rain gear, sweater, boots, hat, sunscreen, water and a snack to outdoor workshops.
Thursday, April 23rd Evening (6:00 - 9:00 pm)
Registration and Wine & Cheese at the Palisades Centre
Friday, April 24th workshops |
Saturday, April 25th workshops
Friday, April 24, 2009
All Day Sessions (9:00 am - 4:15 pm)
FF-1 Marmot Learning Centre VC session & tour (indoors & outdoors)
Fee: $ 25, payable in cash at registration on Thursday night
Location: Outside, Marmot Basin Ski Hill
Participants will car-pool to the Sawridge Inn and will then take the Marmot bus up to the Marmot Learning Centre at Marmot Basin Ski area. There, they will learn about the programs that Marmot Basin and the Palisades Centre have teamed up to deliver to visiting schools and other groups. If there is still snow, participants will have the afternoon to ski and explore the hill. Bring your own gear if you have it, or else rentals will be provided. Make sure you fill in the rental form before arriving at the hill (pick it up at the registration desk on Thursday evening.) This session will be of particular interest to those teachers planning on bringing their kids to Marmot, or who are learning about avalanche safety and winter backcountry travel.
Friday Half-Day Morning Sessions (9:45 am - 12:30 pm)
FHA-1 Sandra Walker
The Best of Brightwater: Plants, Culture and Ecology
CANCELLED
Friday Morning Sessions (9:45 am - 11:00 am)
FM1-1 Sue Cesco, Friends of Jasper National Park
Lost in the Woods (outside) grades K-5
It only takes one hour to teach kids what to do if they get lost in the woods. Learn how to prevent children from getting lost in the woods, and help them to survive if they do get lost. Lost in the Woods is a program designed for children aged 6 - 10. It's a great program to teach right before families head to the campgrounds for the long weekend.
FM1-2 Kathy Worobec, Green Learning Canada / Pembina Institute
Students Sharing their Opinions
Discover an online tool that helps students explore and understand our energy options and allows them to share their knowledge and express their opinions with others outside the classroom. Learning that supports curriculum (grades 6 and up) is relevant and meaningful and helps students understand the complexity of energy sources and the impacts on the environment. Students research, write, design and send an e-card with teacher approval for each step of the process. Learn how to use this easy-to-use resource in your classroom and allow your students to have a voice regarding their future.
FM1-3 Cliona Curran, Inside Education
Bring Alberta's Natural Resources and Environment into YOUR Classroom
Would you like your students to better understand the relationship between Alberta's environment and our natural resources? Join Inside Education for a fun and interactive look at how you can bring topics related to water, forests, petroleum, climate change, or waste into your classroom. Learn more about these topics and how Inside Education can help through our no-cost teacher PD, free classroom presentations, and no to low-cost learning resources and field trips. This workshop is going to be fun and interactive with sessions indoors and outdoors, and the best part is that you will leave with a ton of free resources related to Science, Social Studies, and Outdoor Education.
Friday Morning Sessions (11:15 am - 12:30 pm)
FM2-1 Dr. Brad Young, Foothills Research Institute
The Land as a Textbook: Indigenous Education and the Natural Environment
Indigenous peoples have lived for time immemorial on their traditional territories. While different modes of teaching existed for passing on knowledge about their culture, existence, and survival therein, the land was prominent in all aspects of their lives. This close relationship resulted in a land-based education system. This workshop will provide participants with historical, ongoing and suggested examples of land-based learning, based on personal and professional experiences. Also a cultural demonstration will be featured in which workshop attendees may voluntarily participate.
FM2-2 Simon Ham
Walking in the Footsteps of Wolves and Cougars
Walking in the footsteps of wolves and cougars, researchers in Banff have been tracking these wary carnivores through the winter snows for over a decade. Presenting results from the Banff Wildlife Corridor Study, you will learn how wildlife travel in a fragmented and human impacted landscape.
FM2-3 Jennifer Janzen
Alberta Tomorrow: Teaching Sustainable Development in Bio 20, Sc 7and 20, Social 9 and 10 and Outdoor Education
Need a relevant way to teach sustainable development to your students? Alberta Tomorrow is an interactive web-based computer simulation that uses cutting edge technology and information to teach the long term effects of natural resource management on ecological and economic values right here in Alberta. The computer game allows students to design their own strategy for resource development and ecological protection, run it through the simulator, and see the consequences. Ready for implementation into the new curriculum being implemented in the sciences and social studies, the simulation includes lesson plans and student activities ready to use in your classroom.
Friday Half-Day Afternoon Sessions (1:30 - 4:15 pm)
FHP-1 Joseph Naytowhow
Kwayisk Pimothtewin ~ Walking Straight and True: A Cree Trickster Tale About Walking on the Land (outdoors)
CANCELLED
FHP-2 Marcia Klein
Face to Face with Wetland Realities (outdoors)
CANCELLED
Friday Afternoon Sessions (1:30 - 2:45 pm)
FP1-1 Joan Simonton & Melissa Pattison, Foothills Research Institute
Traditional Cultural Studies Using GPS (outdoors)
This session links to Keynote Speaker Mr. Brad Young's presentation on his Aboriginal Involvement Program at the Foothills Research Institute. This workshop will provide participants an opportunity to learn how the traditional knowledge and cultural study is being done by Aboriginal communities in an effort to inventory important areas using GPS and to document the significance of these sites. This is a hands-on, outdoor activity that will emulate how GPS (and GIS) technology is being used by First Nations communities to preserve their culture.
FP1-2 Tanya Stogre
Living Humanities Through Outdoor Excursions
This workshop incorporates curricular connections to language arts, social studies and art. It is geared to, but not limited to, Grade 5 Humanities. This 'how to' presentation will provide you with the necessary tools and understanding to provide your students with a meaningful outdoor and educational experience. The presenter will help to show you how to develop an inquiry project about multiple perspectives through the outdoors. This workshop will give the participants practical information and resources to implement this type of field trip - including pre-trip activities, what to do on the field trip and post-trip classroom extensions.
FP1-3 Sandy Cox and Adam Robb
Taking Action
Empowering youth to make a difference is the focus of the Action Club at the Jasper Jr. Sr. High School. This session will be co-presented by teachers Sandy Cox and Adam Robb and students from the Action Club. We will share some of the projects we have on the go: recycling programs, community presentations on sustainability, social justice initiatives, and organizing a youth conference on sustainability.
FP1-4 Dr. Gordon Court
Get to Know Owls: Owls, Owlers, and Owling in Canada
A wonderful description of Alberta's owl species and owling, plus a chance to learn about the benefits experienced by youth who regularly spend time outdoors and how Robert Bateman's classroom program can inspire students to experience nature firsthand. Dr. Gordon Court is a Provincial Wildlife Status biologist with Sustainable Resource Development in Alberta and is recognized as one of the world's leading experts on peregrine falcons and other raptors. He is also a speaker for the Get to Know Speakers Bureau, which is made up of outstanding biologists, naturalists and educators from across Canada who are eager to share their enthusiasm for "getting to know." The Robert Bateman Get to Know Program is all about on inspiring youth to go outdoors and 'get to know' their wild neighbours, based on Robert Bateman's philosophy that "caring for the planet begins with getting to know our neighbours of other species." Registration in this daytime session includes a night-walk Friday evening with Dr. Court, 9:00 pm at the Palisades.
FP1-5 James Bartram Parks Canada
Educational Programming (English session)
Beginning with an introduction to Canada's National Parks and Sites, we will explore the variety of bilingual resources and programs available to teachers and students. This myriad of curriculum-linked resources includes: 100's of web-based lesson plans and worksheets; in-class programs and on-site field trips; and 2-8 day residential programs. During this session you will have the opportunity to view some of the lessons and resources, and you will leave with a bag full of tools. Best suited to grades 3-12 teachers.
FP1-6 Cathy Gill Parc Canada
Sessions pédagogiques de Parc Canada (French session)
La même session que celle en Anglais (voir la description ci-dessus) mais présentée en Français et avec l'emphase sur les programmes offerts par Parc Canada pour les jeunes qui sont en Français.
FP1-7 Brad Tucker and Chris Dodds
Alberta Parks Videoconference: The Next Best Thing to Being There!
Advances in videoconferencing technology now make it possible to bring the significance and beauty of Alberta's Provincial Parks directly into the classroom. Whether it is for students who are too distant to visit, or those planning a trip next week, these live, interactive, multimedia presentations will soon become part of every teacher unit plan. Join Brad Tucker (Dinosaur Provincial Park) and Chris Dodds (via videoconference from Lesser Slave Lake Provincial Park) as they showcase some of the innovative videoconferencing opportunities from around the province. Topics discussed will include the ins and outs of the technology, the innovative teaching techniques used, and the curriculum outcomes these programs are designed to deliver.
Friday Afternoon Sessions (3:00 - 4:15 pm)
FP2-1 Sue Wolff, Friends of Jasper
Interpretive Walk (outdoors)
For teachers planning to bring classes to Jasper National Park, this workshop will provide you with a selection of easy-to-access sites paired with curricula-linked topics that will enrich the field trip experience. Join Sue Wolff, formerly Parks Canada's Alberta Education Specialist, for a hands-on orientation to stories of geology, glaciation, wildlife, early people, pine beetles and more.
FP2-2 Albie Sole, Outdoor Council of Canada
Videoconference Session
The Outdoor Council of Canada is a national initiative with the mission of promoting and enabling safe and accessible education and recreation in the outdoor environment. The Council will develop a national system of outdoor training and certification for those leading group activities in outdoor environments; provide risk management support for organizations that sponsor outdoor education or recreation; and promote research into any aspect of outdoor education or recreation that enriches our understanding and management of the benefits, costs and risks associated with such activities. The Council believes that these initiatives will lower the barriers to off-site education in natural environments.
FP2-3 Jill Metcalfe
Educating for Global Citizenship: Who Me? Yes, You!
This session will explore the contested but urgent role of teachers in educating students for and about their role as citizens of the world. Harvesting a classroom of global citizens requires a passion for both living and teaching the principles of citizenship in a globalizing and globalized world. This session will provide opportunity to engage and dialogue about this contested field through the introduction to teacher and student resources and activities.
FP2-4 Erin Couillard and Lisa Szott
Exploring Phases of the Moon
In this workshop, the presenters will share how they created and implemented an inquiry project designed to teach their grade 6 students the phases of the moon through their own discovery. Participants will learn how to set up a similar project in their classroom and be given a step-by-step rundown of the project, including examples of student work, assessment strategies and extensions.
FP2-5 Anne-Marie Syslak and Kim Jaxa-Debicki, CPAWS
SOS: Save Our Species
Did you know that there are over 500 species at risk listed in Canada alone? SOS: Save Our Species is an exciting interactive workshop that showcases the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society's (CPAWS) endangered species program. Together we'll explore the lives and habitats of Albertan species at risk such as Grizzly Bears, Burring Owls and the Banff Springs Snail! Find out what you and your students can do to help save our species and protect our ecosystems! The SOS Program is linked to the science, language arts, and the new social studies curriculum.
FP2-6 Karin Davidson-Taylor, Royal Botanical Gardens
Videoconference Session
Welcome to Royal Botanical Gardens in Hamilton, Ontario. Join Karin as she introduces you to some of the unique interactive, curriculum-linked, plant-based programs that RBG offers via videoconference. These programs promote an awareness of the relationship between the plant world, humanity and the rest of nature while encouraging environmental stewardship.
Friday Evening Sessions
No need to register in these ones - everyone's invited unless otherwise indicated.
5:30 - 7:30 pm
Supper and Keynote address by Janice Eisenhauer (outdoors)
7:30 pm
Water … on the Rocks!
Presented after supper by Parks Canada's Mountain World Heritage Interpretive Theatre group. This is a crowd-pleasing favourite from Mountain WIT. This hilarious journey of the imagination reveals how our most precious resource - water - influences and shapes the Mountain National Parks. From hot springs to glaciers to wetlands, you've never seen an interpretive show that's this much fun! Includes a question and answer period with the cast of Parks Canada actor/interpreters.
8:30 pm onwards
Campfire Jam Session
Bring your guitars and singin' voices
9:00 pm
Owl walk with Dr. Gord Court
(Pre-registered people from Get to Know Owls session only, please.)
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