[Pollinator] Call for Interest: Pollinator Curriculum Pilot Testing

[Ruth Allard]

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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 three through six.  Developed by Richard Ponzio, PhD, 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 21 December 2005.

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!


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