What happens at a workshop?
Workshops vary according to participant needs. Typically, workshops are at least 7 hours long (including lunch and break time) in an educational facility.
To receive the Project WET activity guides, educators must attend a workshop.
At workshops, educators get:
- Project WET activity guide or guides appropriate for grade level and/or topic.
- A certificate for continuing education units (CEUs).
- DNR and other agency support materials.
- Specialized instruction from a trained Project WET volunteer facilitator and, sometimes, a natural resource specialist.
- Some workshops provide optional graduate credit. Graduate credit requires 12 hours of workshop time and additional homework.
All workshops provide hands-on instruction, often both indoors and outside.
Participants should:
- Bring reusable a coffee mug and a water bottle to reduce waste.
- Bring a large, empty book bag to collect workshop items.
- Dress for the weather.
- Winter: Dress in layers—long-sleeved top, fleece, overcoat. Wear a knit HAT, mittens or heavy gloves, pants that repel wind and or water, and warm boots.
- Summer: Wear whatever is comfortable. Bring bug spray, wear sunscreen, and, if it's raining, wear a rain poncho (umbrellas are too cumbersome in an outdoor classroom situation).
Sample Project WET workshop agenda.
9:00
- Welcome
- Icebreaker
- Introductions
- Discuss goals
- Hand out activity guides
- Participate in hands-on activities (inside or outside)and discuss how to integrate in your curriculum
- Explore activity layout, correlations to Minnesota academic standards
- More hands-on activities
12:00
- Lunch
12:30
- More hands-on activities
- Time to explore books, integrate activities into curriculum
- Resources, evaluations, certificates, prizes, graduate credit forms
(optional)3:30
End. Go forth and teach!
Find out when your next opportunity to sign up for a Project WET workshop.
