Exploring Turpin Ridge
As we skirted around Lobo Hill, headed east from the Kelly Campus, the moon was rising to our right. The morning was much warmer than the day before. Luckily, a firm crust was still in place across Upper Meadow as we headed towards Turpin Ridge. …
Sign Up for Summer Stream Team Workshop
The Teacher Learning Center is excited to be offering the Wyoming Stream Team Workshop for yet another summer! During the week of June 26-July 1, 2011 educators from across Wyoming and other neighboring watersheds will have the opportunity to join in this unique classroom and field-based course focused on providing a base of training in water quality monitoring as a compliment to middle and high school science curricula. …
The World of Testing
I recently taught a seminar on assessment for the Graduate Program of Teton Science Schools. To engage the students, I began with a series of slides with comical solutions to standardized exam questions. For example, …
Conservation: What’s it to you?
My favorite definition of conservation is “the careful utilization of a natural resource in order to prevent depletion” (www.dictionary.com). This definition is critical to our Contract Stewardship program, which offers professionally-trained and experienced staff to assist landowners with a conservation ethic in improving the wildlife value and ecological health of their property. …
Safer Wildlife Crossings
On the afternoon of April 5th, Wildlife Expeditions provided transportation for a field trip along Hwy 89 between the town of Jackson and Hoback Junction for representatives of the Jackson Community concerned with safer highways for wildlife. …
\’Tis the Season to Celebrate Journeys School\’s 10th Year
Did you know Journeys School students have created a song to commemorate the ten years of Journeys School? Please visit www.journeysschool.org to hear the musical version of this fun and creative song!
In honor of the 10th anniversary of Journeys School every family is asked to make a contribution which is meaningful to them with the goal of 100% family participation in the Journeys School Annual Fund. …
Spring Break at Teton Science Schools
A group of Kelly Walsh High School students, parents, and teachers from Casper, Wyoming enjoyed an active Spring Break at Teton Science Schools this month. They arrived eager but uncertain of what the week would hold for them individually and as a group, …
Engaging Visions of Education Across Programs
On the final day of the Graduate Program Teaching Practicum experience at Journeys School, I took a walk through the various levels to take a final look at the products of graduate student presence and effort to guide meaningful learning experiences. …
Spring Outreach Programs About to Kick Off
The yearlong professional development program includes 2-4 daylong workshops in Jackson Hole, and an outreach program in the school.The outreach programs range in length from 2-5 days and with the following goals:
- To model strategies for implementing place-based science using the resources available in teachers’ own classrooms,
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Rangeland Monitoring in Nevada
The Contract Stewardship Program is beginning to plan for the summer field season and it looks like it will be another busy summer. Recently, the Conservation Research Center of Teton Science Schools began working with a new client in Nevada to begin the process of renewing their grazing permits on federal lands. …