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School Conservation Education Programs
We offer various hands-on learning programs which fit into the Kansas College and Career Ready Standards (KCCRS) and Common Core for cross curricular lessons. Our current District Manager has been with the Franklin County Conservation District since April of 2001 and in that time has become a certified facilitator for Project Learning Tree, Projects WET, WILD and related curriculum. She served on the development committee for the Kansas Environmental Literacy Plan in 2009 and continues to work closely with Kansas environmental education professionals through the Kansas Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom, Kansas Green Schools Program and the Kansas Association for Conservation and Environmental Education (KACEE). Franklin County received honors for our education programs when our District Manager received the Kansas Association for Conservation and Environmental Education 2012 Award for Excellence in Conservation and Environmental Education related to Agriculture.
Our environmental education programs provide interactive learning experiences for students and adults to engage in non-biased, science based, hands-on learning that encourages the building of critical thinking skills and good decision making processes. We are supporters of the Kansas Environmental Literacy Plan and strive to create environmentally literate Kansan's for the future through our programs.
We are here to assist educators in any way possible; this includes giving classroom presentations, providing educational brochures or other resources, and also providing opportunities for teachers to earn graduate credits through hosted and sponsored professional development workshops!
Research shows that students are more likely to remember and be able to apply skills and knowledge that are experienced. 85-90% will remember what they see, hear and do; while only 10-15% remember things they have read or heard. We want to provide opportunities for students to experience environmental education!
Below is a brief overview of the conservation and environmental education programs we offer. We cover soil, water, air, plants and animals to this is only a sampling of the interactive lessons we can provide. Please contact our office for more information on any of the programs.
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The Soil Tunnel Trailer
is a mobile, museum quality education exhibit focusing on soil. (FEE APPLIES) |
The Earth Balloon
is an 18 foot tall inflatable scale replica of Earth. |
Stream Trailer is a portable recreation of a stream to teach about watersheds and water quality.
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Enviroscape
is an interactive model focusing on non point source pollution within a watershed. |
Groundwater Flow Model creates a visual lesson about groundwater contamination.
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Energy Audit Kits
are available to allow students to conduct energy audits in the classroom. |
Interactive Lesson Kits covering a variety of topics available for teachers to borrow or for our staff to come and present. (see pdf file below)
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Earth Festival
is held each April for County Middle School students. |
Day on the Farm
is hosted by Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce; we are a presenter each year. |
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Professional Development Opportunities for Teachers
(see pdf file below) and follow us on Facebook for the most up to date info! |
Poster Contest
held each fall for 3rd Graders; entries are due by Oct 8. (see pdf file below) |
Limerick Contest held each fall for 5th-8th graders; entries are due by Oct 8.
(see pdf file below) |
Essay Contest
held each fall for 5th-8th graders; entries are due by Oct 8. (see pdf file below) |
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Our partners at KACD now have two state of the art Augmented Reality Sandboxes available for local districts to use for various programs. This will be a great tool for teaching watersheds.
Do you have WILD Kansas Kids at your school? WILD is an outdoor experience club, much like FFA but instead of agriculture focus the focus is getting outdoors and being WILD kids! Clubs are forming across the state! Learn more at the WILD Facebook page and through this you tube video: https://youtu.be/puIpw3iPfZI
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