[Pollinator] Opportunity to pilot test NAPPC Pollinator Curriculum

[Kimberly Winter]

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Interested in piloting an exciting pollinator curriculum?  Let us know!

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"Nature's Partners: Pollinators, Plants, and You" A Pollinator Protection 
Education Project
is designed for kids in grades 3-6.

Developed by Richard Ponzio, Ph.D., Cooperative Extension Youth Development 
Specialist; and Ella Madsen, M.S., Cooperative Education Researcher, both 
from U.C. Davis.  This informal science
curriculum includes six sessions, each with multiple activities that can be 
adapted to a variety of teaching environments.

The North American Pollinator Protection Campaign (NAPPC) Youth Education 
Task Force has agreed to coordinate pilot testing and assessment of this 
curriculum.  The Task Force is currently reviewing the assessment 
instruments and anticipates releasing the curriculum to pilot testers early 
in 2006.  We hope to unveil a final version of the curriculum at the next 
NAPPC meeting in Fall 2006 and would love your help getting it ready.

Would you or someone else from your organization be interested in signing on 
as a pilot user?

Pilot sites will receive the curriculum by the end of January.  We cannot 
guarantee that all interested parties will be included in the pilot, 
particularly if we are pleasantly surprised by a high volume of responses.  
Because the curriculum contains many more activities than any one site is 
likely to use, each site may choose the activities they wish to pilot and 
will be responsible for assembling the resource materials required for the 
chosen activities.

Pilot sites will be asked to complete activity evaluation forms and submit 
them to the task
force by August 1, 2006.

Please return the following information to Craig Tufts (tufts at nwf.org) by 
the 6th of January 2006.

Name of Pilot Tester/Contact:
Organization:
E-mail:
Telephone:
Teaching environment(s) in which curriculum would be tested:

Thank you for your interest in this project and for your commitment to 
helping protect pollinators!