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Biodiversity Days 2005 |
>>EDUCATORS
... Not a school leader? Contact Cindy Cormier (cindy.cormier@maccweb.org)
to sign up for Biodiversity Days 2006.
Educator Guidelines
- Contact
your local Conservation Commission or Biodiversity Days City/Town Organizer
to inform them of your plans to involve your school in Biodiversity
Days.
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Determine date, time, location, subject matter, special requirements,
etc. using Field Trip
Information Form (PDF) for guidance. See Science
and Technology/Engineering Curriculum Framework
for ways to incorporate Biodiversity Days activities with existing frameworks.
- Register
your field trips.
If you have taken part in past Biodiversity Days, you may already have
a User ID and Password. Otherwise, click on “register” to
fill out a form and get an ID and password. Once logged in, you will
be directed to the welcome page. From here you can register your trip.
School trips are not visible in the public database, but registering
allows you to enter species observation data.
-
Record (or designate a participant to record) name and location of species
found using the Biodiversity Data
Report Form. (PDF)
Inform
the Massachusetts Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program
of any rare species observed using the Rare Species Data Report Form(s):
Rare
species can be reported on your trip form, but we ask that you do
not give the specific location of the observation.
- Enter
species observations into the MassGIS Biodiversity Database as soon
as possible following the field trips: http://maps.massgis.state.ma.us/Biodiversity/Login.htm
(The “Report Sightings” option will become available to
you after the date of the trip has passed.)
Suggestions
for Trips and Finding Trip Leaders
Members
of local organizations such as the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, 4H, environmental
clubs, photography clubs, game and fish groups, bird clubs, etc. may be
interested in leading a student field trip
To integrate Biodiversity Days into normal school activites, encourage
other teachers and administrators to join or lead your walks. Suggestions:
have older kids mentor younger kids, work with teachers from all disciplines,
and use hands-on interactive curricula that already exist in the school.
Wild
Things Contest
A new addition for this year is the 2006 Wild Things Contest. The contest
is open to all school groups, classrooms, and youth organizations. MACC
is specifically looking for projects that help students educate their
classroom/youth organization, school, or the wider community about local
biodiversity. Please see guidelines for more info:
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