December 14, 2004

LIFE Mid-year Portfolio Review (January 3, 2005)

Staff from the Office of Environmental Education will work with teachers and LIFE site coordinators to conduct an initial review of student portfolios. The purpose of the mid-year review is twofold: 1) to work with teachers to make portfolios an effective assessment tool, and 2) to provide feedback to students on how they can document and reflect on their learning (see LIFE Professional Development Calendar for details).

LIFE Field Experience Checklist

In order to make sure all necessary preparations for the field days are completed, we have prepared a short checklist [pdf] for the lead teacher at each participating school.

Workshop for Potential LIFE Program Leaders (January 25 and 26, 2005)

The Office of Environmental Education will conduct a two-day workshop on how to develop a LIFE Program for potential LIFE Program Leaders. The workshop will be held at the Guana ? Tolomato - Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve Marineland Office and will include a field lab demonstration, action planning and presentations from the ongoing program in Franklin County.

Dive into Education with National Marine Sanctuaries

The LIFE Program will provide four professional development scholarships to participating LIFE teachers to attend the Dive into Education with National Marine Sanctuaries Workshop at the Gray?s Reef National Marine Sanctuary on May 13-14, 2005 in Savannah, Georgia. Interested teachers should review the workshop description, complete the application and submit the application to the Office of Environmental Education (see address below).

LIFE Events

• 3 January 2005 (9 - 11:30 AM): LIFE-ANERR Program Mid-year Portfolio Review for Carrabelle teachers (@ Carabelle HS)
• 3 January 2005 (2 ? 4:30 PM to be confirmed): LIFE-ANERR Program Mid-year Portfolio Review for Apalachicola teachers (@ Apalachicola HS):
• 19, 20, 21 January 2005: LIFE-ANERR Program Field Experience #3 (@ St. Joseph Bay Buffer Preserve)
• 25 and 26 January 2005 Workshop for Potential LIFE Program Leaders (@ Guana-Tolomato-Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve, Marineland Office)