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Teacher Resources & Training

PPA offers a variety of resources to teachers, including training programs, curricula, and customized field experiences.

Teachers on a hike listen to a speaker during the Teachers Institute. © PPA

Pinelands Summer Teacher Institutes

PPA provides placed-based educational experiences to educators. Formal multi-day programs include the Pinelands Summer Teacher Insitute and the Life Science Field Training Institute. In addition, we organize custom Pinelands field trips for individual school groups. The Pine Barrens: Up Close & Natural Inquiry Based Curriculum provides a comprehensive set of lesson plans and resources for those interested in teaching about the Pinelands.

Pinelands Summer Teacher Institute (July 12-16, 2010: Evesham/Medford) This program emphaiszes place-based environmental education and stewardship. PPA is currently working with the Evesham and Medford school districts to coordinate between teachers, students, residents and local government to foster the long-term stewardship of the Black Run property, several hundred acres of preserved open space adjacent to schools and housing developments.

This program is currently open to teachers in the Evesham, Medford, Cherokee and Lenape School Districts in Burlington County.

For more information or to register, please contact Mike at 609 859-8860 x24 or mikeh@pinelandsalliance.org

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Life Science Field Training Institute (June 21-25, 2010) This program is a multi-day field science experience for educators and is designed to strengthen field-based investigations in their teaching and improve student performance. Program highlights include:

• Canoe trip and investigation of aquatic habitats of the NJ Pinelands

• Transects and vegetation analysis

• Biodiversity and community ecology

• Species area curves and population dynamics

• Tour of the Rutgers University Pinelands Field Station

• Merging field exercises with service projects

Professional development credits available. Three (3) graduate credits through Rutgers University are also available.

Philadelphia Inquirer article about the program

Click here for more information and a registration form.

Click here to register online.

PPA is pleased to have the support of the Bonazzi Foundation for the Promotion of Science Education for our education program.

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For more information on these programs contact Mike at 609 859-8860 x24 or mikeh@pinelandsalliance.org

The Pine Barrens: Up Close and Natural Curriculum

PPA is pleased to offer this book of lesson plans and resources to educators interested in teaching about the New Jersey Pinelands, and in using the Pinelands as a vehicle to teach broader themes of ecology, biology, geology, history and social science. A sample chapter on water is available below:

Up Close And Natural Curriculum - Water Chapter - 2.1MB The sample chapter on Water, from the Up Close and Natural Curriculum

To request a copy of the curriculum contact Mike at (609) 859-8860 x24.

NJ Pinelands Commission's On-Line Curriculum (Grades 4 - 8)

The information in these guides, created by the NJ Pinelands Commission, has been designed to help students develop an appreciation of the diversity and complexity of the Pinelands, and an understanding of the need to preserve and protect this unique resource. Learn more