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Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Workshops provide educators with the skills, knowledge, and experiences necessary to enhance curriculum through nature-based learning. While participating in activities throughout the Garden, educators learn effective teaching techniques for inquiry-based learning and gain new ideas for hands-on connections to standards-of-learning.

Participants receive valuable classroom resources and a certificate for continuing education units (CEUs).

Educators in the Garden

Outdoors in All Seasons: Summer (Pre-K - 2nd)

Thursday, August 1, 9am – 2pm

Explore the plants and animals of the summer garden to discover how you can use your outdoor surroundings for authentic learning experiences. Investigate life cycles, adaptations, and habitats through inquiry-based activities, hands-on art projects, and literature connections.

$40 fee. Click here for on-line registration

Inquiry-based Investigations in the Schoolyard (6th - 12th)

Monday, August 19, 9am – 2pm

Learn how to design guided and open-ended inquiry science investigations focusing on soil, compost, watersheds, and invertebrates that can be completed in your schoolyard.

$40 fee.  Click here for on-line registration

Other Professional Development Opportunities

Agriculture in the Classroom: Jump Start Your School Garden (K–5th)

Monday, July 15, 8:30am - 12:30pm

School gardens are an excellent way to take learning outside of the classroom and have students interact with the natural world. In addition to increasing student engagement, school gardens have been shown to positively impact academic achievement. Jump Start Your School Garden is intended to help educators integrate the use of the garden - whether it is an outdoor garden or an indoor container garden - into their science and mathematics curriculum. Additionally, tips and suggestions have been included for schools who hope to begin a garden or to enhance an existing one.

Free; Registration required. Click here for on-line registration

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