Field course equips teachers to share coastal science in classrooms
Virginia teachers dipped their toes in coastal science during a field course offered on the Eastern Shore in June.
Virginia teachers dipped their toes in coastal science during a field course offered on the Eastern Shore in June.
The Virginia Teachers Innovating and Designing Experiential Science (VATIDES) program shows teachers-in-training how to lead environmental science investigations.
Students aren’t the only ones tired of being stuck in the classroom doing traditional school work. This April, 19 enthusiastic teachers from around Virginia attended a two-day workshop designed to show teachers how they could conduct meaningful watershed educational experiences (MWEEs) outside. The workshop was sponsored by Virginia Sea Grant and the Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Virginia (CBNERR-VA).