Integrating Field Research Activities into Your Classroom Curricula

Description

Integrate field research activities into your classroom curricula with the Schoodic Education Adventure program. Join us for two- and three-day workshops as we investigate opportunities to collect field data, apply it to classroom lessons across the curricula, and connect it to real-world applications in America’s national parks. Workshop activities highlight studies of forest community structure, marine biodiversity, geology, soil development, and New England history.

Contact name
Kate Petrie
Sponsoring Organization
Acadia National Park
Target Audience
4-8
Start Date
Cost
$225
Course Credit
CEUs arranged through the University of Maine
Duration
Two days
End Date

Integrating Field Research Activities into Your Classroom Curricula

Description

Integrate field research activities into your classroom curricula with the Schoodic Education Adventure program. Join us for two- and three-day workshops as we investigate opportunities to collect field data, apply it to classroom lessons across the curricula, and connect it to real-world applications in America’s national parks. Workshop activities highlight studies of forest community structure, marine biodiversity, geology, soil development, and New England history.

Contact name
Kate Petrie
Sponsoring Organization
Acadia National Park
Target Audience
4-8
Start Date
Cost
$225
Course Credit
CEUs arranged through the University of Maine
Duration
Two days
End Date

Social Studies, Science, and Careers In Conservation - Teaching with the Resources Behind the Scenery of America's National Park

Description

Explore the wide range of National Park Service resources available to teachers across the U.S. Visit an offshore island and learn how early artists, Native Americans, and coastal environments can intersect in your classroom. Develop activities in multiple subjects to take back to your classroom and interact with scientists studying Maine’s unique environment.

Contact name
Kate Petrie
Sponsoring Organization
Acadia National Park
Target Audience
K-9
Start Date
Cost
$450
Course Credit
CEUs arranged through the University of Maine
Duration
Three days
End Date

Maine Council for the Social Studies Conference

Description

This conference will focus on the them "No Citizen Left Behind: Teaching Resources for Maine Teachers." "Workshops at this conference will consist of a few that were presented at the November 'No Citizen Left Behind' conferences, such as Project Citizen, Service-Learning, and the Choices program. There will also be a number of new workshops including 'Using Literature Activities to Teach Social Studies'; 'We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution'; 'Wabanaki Connections: LD 291 and You,' 'Using Local History to Bring National Themes and Events to Life: Eight Citizens of Maine Introduce America, ca 1850-1880,' and 'Teaching about Maine Indians: A 17th Century Cultural Comparison and Case Study.'"

Sponsoring Organization
Maine Council for the Social Studies
Contact email
Location
Augusta, ME
Contact name
Polk, Crystal
Start Date
Registration Deadline
notes

Registration after Mar 2, 2008 must be on site

Bible Point State Historic Site [ME]

Description

This 27-acre property was made famous by Teddy Roosevelt, who visited the area beginning in 1878. As a young man under the guidance of his lifelong friend and guide Bill Sewall, Roosevelt camped at the southern end of Mattawamkeag Lake and hunted and fished throughout the area. It was reported that, each day, Roosevelt would take his bible and hike to a beautiful point of land at the confluence of the West Branch of the Mattawamkeag River and First Brook where he would read the bible. A plaque at the site commemorates Roosevelt's love for the area.

The site is open to the public.

Website does not specify any interpretive services available at the site.

Fort Baldwin State Historic Site [ME]

Description

Built between 1905 and 1912 and named for Jeduthan Baldwin, an engineer for the Colonial army during the Revolutionary War, Fort Baldwin originally consisted of three batteries (Cogan, Hardman, and Hawley). Battery Cogan had two three-inch guns, Battery Hardman had one six-inch disappearing gun, and Battery Hawley had two six-inch pedestal guns. All of these guns were removed in July 1924. During the First World War, Forts Baldwin and Popham held a garrison of two hundred soldiers including the 13th and 29th Coast Artillery. During the Second World War, D Battery, 8th Coast Artillery manned the fort from 1941 to 1943.

The site is open to the public.

Website does not specify any interpretive services available at the site.

Fort O'Brien State Historic Site [ME]

Description

Fort O'Brien (Fort Machias) was built in 1775 and destroyed by the British in the same year. This state historic site is one of few Maine forts active during three wars—the American Revolution, the War of 1812 and the Civil War. Fort O'Brien's layout was altered several times over the 90 years it was active on this site; but the fort's important role in protecting the Machias River and its towns remained unchanged. It was refortified in 1777 and destroyed once again by the British in 1814. Well-preserved earthworks which overlook Machias Bay were erected for a battery of guns in 1863. The first naval engagement of the Revolution was fought offshore in 1775, five days before the Battle at Bunker Hill.

The site is open to the public.

Website does not specify any interpretive services available at the site.

Fort Halifax State Historic Site [ME]

Description

The oldest blockhouse in the United States is all that remains of Fort Halifax at the confluence of the Kennebec and Sebasticook Rivers. English settlers built the fort in 1754 to protect colonial settlements along the Kennebec and it served as a garrison for troops from 1754–1766.

Website does not specify any interpretive services available at the site.

Fort O'Brien State Historic Site

Description

Fort O'Brien (Fort Machias) was built in 1775 and destroyed by the British in the same year. This state historic site is one of the few Maine forts active during three wars: the American Revolution, the War of 1812, and the Civil War. Fort O'Brien's layout was altered several times over the 90 years it was active on this site. But the fort's important role in protecting the Machias River and its towns remained unchanged. It was refortified in 1777 and destroyed once again by the British in 1814. Well-preserved earthworks which overlook Machias Bay were erected for a battery of guns in 1863. The first naval engagement of the Revolution was fought offshore in 1775, five days before the Battle at Bunker Hill. In 1923, the United States Government deeded the site of Fort O'Brien to the State of Maine. First administered as a State Historic Site in 1966, it is now maintained by the Bureau of Parks and Lands.

Website offers no specifics on services offered at the site.

Social Studies, Science, and Careers in Conservation

Description

Participants in this institute will interact with scientists studying Maine's unique environment; explore the wide range of National Park Service resources available to teachers; visit an offshore island and learn how early artists, Native Americans, and coastal environments can intersect in your classroom; and develop multidisciplinary activities to take back to their classrooms.

Sponsoring Organization
Acadia National Park
Phone number
207-288-8808
Target Audience
K-9
Start Date
Cost
$450. Stipend and scholarships are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Course Credit
Credit for two CEUs is possible through the University of Maine.
Contact Title
SEA Director
Duration
Three days
End Date