Creek Camp: Environmental Science Camp @ Allegheny College
Session I : 13 - 18 July 2008 | Session II : 20 - 25 July 2008
Allegheny College Creek Connections offers two, one-week environmental science camp opportunities during the summer! Creek Camp is available to a limited number of interested 9th and 10th grade students from the Pittsburgh area.
Campers will get college experience... living in a residence hall, using scientific equipment, interacting with college student counselors, environmental professionals and college professors... as well as hands-on environmental science/ecology activities throughout the richly bio-diverse French Creek watershed.
You are required to submit an application and a recommendation from a science teacher to be considered for Creek Camp. If accepted, your cost is $150 for the week.
The fee includes your stay in the residence hall, all meals, linens (just bring your own pillow), camp t-shirt, and take-home equipment. The Bayer Foundation is helping to fund this opportunity for Pittsburgh-area high school students.
Pittsburgh Association for the Education of Young Children (PAEYC)
The PAEYC invites you to submit a proposal for a presentation at its annual conference on Saturday, October 25, 2008 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in downtown Pittsburgh. Our last conference featured 60 exhibitors, 75 workshops, and over 1,200 attendees. This year's conference is certain to be equally exciting!
The theme for this year's conference is Children, Nature and Wellness: Open the Door to Learning. Our Keynote speaker is Cheryl Charles, Ph.D., President of the Children and Nature Network. Known for her work with Richard Louv on children's nature deficit, Dr. Charles' presentation will focus on the positive impact of the children-nature connection. We welcome presentations that support high-quality early education practices on this topic and those which align with Pennsylvania's Early Learning Standards or address a topic within one of the eight Core Body of Knowledge Areas. Workshop submission deadline is March 31, 2008. Workshop proposals are invited on these topics:
Health and Wellness Childhood Obesity Mental Health Nature and Outdoors Play Planning/Creating Green Spaces Child Growth/ Development Communication Environment, Curriculum & Content Professionalism & Leadership Health, Safety & Nutrition Families in Society Child Assessment Infants and Toddlers Program Organization & Administration Special Needs School-Age K -4 Community Development The Conference format has changed this year. Participants will not pre-select workshops to attend. The format will offer fewer workshops per series and therefore, each session will be larger. Additionally, rooms will be set up in schoolroom and/or theater style based on final attendance and room size.
All sessions will be 1½ hours in length and should be based on the principles of developmentally appropriate practice. In the past, workshops blending theory and practice, with an opportunity for interaction with participants, have been most successful. Varied formats, including panel presentations, participatory sessions and informal discussions on a particular topic, are encouraged. Multiple session presentations to provide an in-depth investigation will be considered.
One presenter per presentation will receive complimentary conference registration. Additional presenters are entitled to the PAEYC member registration rate. In preparing your proposal, use the guidelines noted on the following page. Keep in mind that while audiovisual equipment can be valuable in effective workshops, the use of electronic equipment by presenters often has prohibited the free exchange of ideas. Thus, we are limiting presenters to one piece (complete set-up) of audio visual equipment per workshop, whether single or multiple-session.(Power point LCD is not included) PAEYC will provide support for copying session materials that are submitted in electronic form and received by PAEYC no later than September 30, 2008.
You can find further information and proposal forms at www.pghaeyc.org
For questions or additional information please contact:
Cyndi Syskowski at csyskowski@ccac.edu or (412) 422-8597 or call the PAEYC office at (412) 421-3889
Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve Presents
Saturdays at the Barn
June 7
Nature Photographs
Slide Show @ 12 noon
Robert Earl Lynch
August 2
9:00am – 10:00am
Family Yoga Outdoors
September 6
11:00am – 1:00pm
Make Thyme for Herbs
Gretchen Schmitt, R.D.
October 4
Noon – 2:00pm
The White Buffalo Message
Michael Muchnock
November 1
Four Seasons of WPNR
Art Exhibit
Latrobe Art Center
December 6
Noon – 2:00pm
Native America Myths and Legends
Michael Muchnock
For more information contact:
Angela Belli
Environmental Education Center Director
Saint Vincent College
c/o Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve
744 Walzer Way
Latrobe, PA 15650
Phone: 724-537-5284
Fax: 724-537-5286
E-Mail:angela.belli@email.stvincent.edu
Website: http://facweb.stvincent.edu/eec/
Amateur Astronomers Association of Pittsburgh (AAAP)
The (AAAP) has set the dates for their "Star Parties" for 2008.
There are two separate, 2008 Public Star Party Schedules for the Wagman (north of Pittsburgh) and Mingo Creek Park Observatories. Sometimes these star parties coincide. Typically between one and two hundred guests attend, depending upon sky conditions.
2008 Wagman Observatory Public Star Party Schedule