Learning with Birds:

A Workshop for New OrleansAreaPublic School Teachers

September 21 and 22, 2002

Sorry the workshop is full

 

General Information	Activities
Sponsors and Organizers	***NEW Location and Schedule
	Complimentary materials
Interactive Forum	Contact Organizers

**If you’re already registered for the workshop, please notice the changes in time for Saturday and Sunday, and the change in meeting arrangements for Sunday.Also, bring a pair of binoculars and a field guide if you have them. 

General Information
Have you ever wondered about the tremendous variety of birds that you see in Louisiana or have you ever wanted to teach your students about the incredible seasonal migrations of birds through Louisiana?  Here is your chance to make birds a part of the life of you and your students. 

This will not be an ordinary workshop.  Although you will be busy and active during the entire workshop, you will also be well fed and having fun. This workshop will introduce you to a variety of bird-themed classroom and schoolyard activities. All of the activities will be based on current content-standards, and many will incorporate emerging computer and internet technologies.  These activities will be demonstrated by professional development trainers coming from the top science education institutions in the country.  Your participation in this workshop will be rewarded with continuing support and interaction with local professional bird scientists (ornithologists) and other area teachers via a web-based interactive forum. 

ActivitiesDeveloped by 
 

Citizen Science in the Schoolyard Classroom Feeder Watch eBird Pigeon Watch
Louisiana is for the Birds
Birds of Prey demonstration
International Migratory Bird Day
Bird Beak Buffet

 

Sponsors and Organizers

 
 
 

North American Ornithological Conference

 
 
 
 
 

Location and Schedule

NOTICE CHANGE OF TIMES

 

Day 1     Sat., Sept. 21      TulaneUniversity's Uptown Campus Gibson Hall and Richardson Hall  8:30am - 3:30pm     Saturday Directions: Saturday morning we will meet on Tulane’s uptown campus, Gibson Hall (the prominent St. Charles facing building) Room 126 (walk behind the building and enter at ground level, not upstairs). Parking: Parking on campus is restricted to permit holders, so try to park along St. Charles or a nearby side street.The two-hour parking limits in residential areas around Tulane are not enforced on the weekend.

Day 2   Sun., Sept. 22 AudubonLouisianaNatureCenter 8:00 - 3:30pm Sunday change of plan: We won’t be providing shuttle service to the NatureCenter. Instead all participants should meet in the NatureCenter parking lot before 9:00 (It takes almost 20min. from downtown). Public access to the NatureCenter is restricted on Sunday mornings; we’ll be let in at 9:00, so be on time.If you need a ride to the NatureCenter, meet in front of Gibson Hall at Tulane by 8:15. Directions: Go East from downtown on Interstate 10, exit at Read Boulevard (Exit 244 in east New Orleans) turning south (right) on to Read Boulevard. Pass the Lake ForestPlaza shopping center on the right. Turn left onto Nature Center Drive and drive through JoeW.BrownMemorial Park.Park at the end of the road near the NatureCenter gate.

We will provide complimentary coffee, snack breaks, and lunch to all participants.Although we encourage all participants to attend both days, we realize that teachers are busy and the weekend is a much needed break.

 
 

Complimentary Teaching Materials

 

Video: Wings over Wetlands     Poster: Bird Migration in Louisiana     Teachers guide:Louisiana is for the Birds     Teachers guide and video: International Migratory Bird Day     Brochures: Birds and Shade-Coffee Teachers guide: Citizen Science in the Schoolyard- Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Registration
Sorry, the workshop is full.

All registrants will be asked to complete a survey after the workshop.The survey will be used to assess the effectiveness of the workshop.

Stipends
A limited number of stipends are available for teachers from the New Orleans area.All registrants are automatically considered for a stipend.Stipends will be mailed soon after the workshop. 

 

Interactive Forum Recent email exchanges

David Brown
Chair, Teacher Workshop, 3rd NAOC
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA 70118
985-419-2818, fax 504-862-8706

gesualdi@i-55.com

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