|
Federal Junior Duck Stamp Program Workshop
Non-formal & formal educators welcomed!
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge
Bloomington, Minnesota
Want hands-on, interactive activities focused on wetlands and waterfowl that can be incorporated into your
classroom teaching? Use the outdoors to teach your students art, reading, science, and other subjects. Learn how to use field
equipment, improve your identification skills, and discover the WOW facts that will impress your students. Free CD of
curriculum guides, art supplies, and resource materials for your classroom are all included.
COST: FREE
Federal Junior Duck Stamp Program
Created two decades ago as an innovative way to teach children about wetlands and waterfowl, the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation
and Design Program has updated its hallmark arts and science curriculum to make it fresh, modern and even more relevant and
engaging for today’s teachers and students. The new Junior Duck Stamp Program Educators Guide and Youth Guide provide 10 lesson
plans, with exercises and activities focusing on conservation science, our changing natural world, and fun. The Program gives
students the opportunity to learn scientific principles, connect with their natural world, and artistically express their knowledge
of the beauty, diversity and interdependence of wildlife.
To Register Visit: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/juniorduckworkshop
Questions? Contact Mara Koenig @ 952-858-0710, mara_koenig@fws.gov.
View the flyer for more information.
|
Kids Grab Your Paint Brushes and Take Wing!
The Junior Duck Stamp Design and Conservation Program for the state of Minnesota takes off in September! This dynamic educational program uses
both conservation and design principles to teach wetland habitat and waterfowl biology to children, kindergarten through twelve grade. The
program provides an opportunity for students to artistically express their knowledge of the diversity, interdependence, and beauty of wildlife.
Entries for the Minnesota contest must be post marked every year by midnight of March 15. For entry forms, educational activities or more
information visit the Federal Junior Duck Stamp website at http://www.fws.gov/juniorduck.
Junior Duck Stamp Education Trunk
The Junior Duck Stamp Education Trunk is designed to assist educators in preparing children to draw or paint a North American waterfowl for the Minnesota
Junior Duck Stamp Contest. Activities in the trunk explore waterfowl and wetland habitats. It contains the Federal Junior Duck Stamp curriculum,
spotting scope, drawing supplies, videos, field guides, and literature. The trunk is available for loan throughout Minnesota. Shipping is included. For
more information, please contact the Minnesota State Coordinator.
"Surrounded by nature, surrounded by opportunity."
- Hannah Angell, age 12 from Andover, Conservation Message Winner
As part of its 20th Anniversary, the Federal Junior Duck Stamp Program has updated its hallmark arts and science curriculum to make it
fresh, modern and even more relevant and engaging for today’s teachers and students. The new curriculum provides 10 lesson plans, with
exercises and activities focusing on conservation science, our changing natural world, and fun. To downlaod your copy visit,
http://www.fws.gov/juniorduck/curriculum.html.
More than 1,170 entries were received for the 2012 Minnesota Junior Duck Stamp Contest. The Best of Show artwork, a pencil drawing of a
Bufflehead, was drawn by Keaton Van't Hull, age 17 of St. Michael. Special Student honors goes to Yasemin Yucesan, age 8 of Woodbury. Her
artwork will be the visual image for promoting the program for 2012. This year's recipient of the Minnesota Teacher Recognition is Michael
Hartung of Park Rapids High School, Park Rapids. Contest judges included Jason Evans, Minnesota State Greenwing Chair, Ducks
Unlimited; Dale Eggert, Chapter Development, Minnesota Waterfowl Association; Jim Leach, Regional Refuge Operations Supervisor,
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Judy Lieber, Artist; and Laura Shimek, Retired Art Teacher. To view the top 36 art, visit Minnesota
Valley's National Wildlife Refuge's Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/MNvalleyNWR?v=wall).
|
