MinnAqua Workshop / Lakes Area Clean Waters Council

FISHING: GET IN THE HABITAT!

Check your calendars, register now, and get in the habitat with MinnAqua!

10/11/2008 - Lebanon Hills Visitor Center, Eagan, MN - Time: 9 AM to 3 PM Cost $30.00 - *** Note: Bring a bag lunch - morning refreshments included

10/13/2008 - Minnesota Zoo, Apple Valley, MN - Time: 4:30 PM to 8 PM Cost: $40 - ***Note: Dinner and snacks included

10/16/2008 - Prairie Woods Environmental Learning Center, Spicer, MN - Time: 9 AM to 3 PM Cost: $30 - ***Note: Bring a bag lunch - morning refreshments included

10/17/2008 - Great Lakes Aquarium, Duluth, MN - Time: 9 AM to 3 PM Cost: $30 - ***Note: Bring a bag lunch - morning refreshments included

10/25/2008 - Deep Portage Conservation Reserve, Hackensack, MN - Time: 9 AM to 3 PM Cost: $40 - ***Note: Lunch and morning refreshments included

Workshop details
You're invited! These workshops are designed for K-8 formal (school) and non-formal educators (boy scout and girl scout leaders, 4-H, park and rec. staff, nature center staff, YMCA youth programs, Boys and Girls Club, etc.) - anyone who wants to engage youth in their local environment through environmental education, aquatic education and fishing activities.

MinnAqua lessons:

Get kids outside and connected to their local aquatic habitat
Introduce kids to the life-long activity of fishing
Engage students with learning that is student-centered, place-based, interdisciplinary, and relevant
Are specific to Minnesota fish species, aquatic habitats and ecosystems
Align with Minnesota Academic Standards for grades 3-5
Most lessons have K-2 options
Most lessons are very appropriate for Middle School level (grades 6-8), and High School teachers are effectively using this resource, too
Align with the Environmental Literacy Scope and Sequence
Align with Boy Scout badge requirements, Jr. Girl Scout badge requirements and 4-H fishing program requirements
Are teacher tested and are being enthusiastically used throughout the state
Are included in the St. Paul Public School District's Science and Academic Framework
Cover aquatic habitats, Minnesota fish, water stewardship, fish management, fishing equipment, skills and safety

All participants receive:

MinnAqua Fishing: Get in the Habitat! Leader's Guide CD – with all 39 lessons, and 22 helpful appendices
MinnAqua Fishing: Get in the Habitat! Leader's Guide 3 ring binder with printed lessons
All original illustrations electronically accessible on CD
Certificate for 6 continuing education credits (CEUs)
Posters and other material

Registration:
Download the workshop registration flyers and directions from MinnAqua's events calendar at http://www.mndnr.gov/minnaqua

More information:
To learn more and view sample lessons visit the DNR MinnAqua Program website at http://www.mndnr.gov/minnaqua

Host a Fishing: Get in the Habitat! workshop for your group:
Can’t make a workshop? Host your own workshop for your group of educators or youth program leaders contact -
Michelle Kelly Michelle.Kelly@dnr.state.mn.us, Roland Sigurdson Roland.Sigurdson@dnr.state.mn.us, or Nadine Meyer Nadine.Meyer@dnr.state.mn.us

Workshops

for Educators Open in October