Stalking Science Education in The Adirondacks
marks its 22nd year with program in July

• 2008 Course Schedule
• Images from past sessions

NEWCOMB, N.Y. ­— A renowned field-based summer program for science teachers is accepting registrants for its summer 2008 session.

“Stalking Science Education in the Adirondacks” will mark its 22nd year this July continuing it’s tradition of using natural history to help students discover conservation. This one-week intensive field course is taught at Huntington Wildlife Forest, a campus of the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) in Newcomb, N.Y.

Participating educators will learn firsthand a process for taking their students from primary field observations to student-designed, field-based inquiry suitable for the schoolyard or nearby natural areas. The process will encompass guided nature observation, exploration and research design and will culminate in the creation of student interpretive learning outcomes that go beyond traditional classroom products.

The year’s conservation topic will be “The Science of Journaling.” This unique edition of the Stalking program will feature renowned naturalist and artist Robert McNamara as an artist in residence for the entire program. McNamara owns Art of Wilderness studio, has participated in many artist residencies and is the editor/illustrator of Tug Hill - A Four Season Guide to the Natural Side.

“Stalking Science Education in the Adirondacks” helps teachers rekindle their passion for teaching by supplying creative strategies to lead students from initial field observations to inquiry-based research. Activities and modules stress the process of science while developing relevant conservation education themes. “Stalking Science” combines field experiences, modern technologies and creative minds to enrich conservation and science education throughout New York State.

The program is open to any current science educator. The five and a half-day program will run from Sunday evening July 13th, through Friday, July 18th. The cost is $475 for the week, including meals and lodging. Three hours of university credit are available for an additional $945.80.

For additional information, please contact Paul B. Hai at 518-528-4551 xtn 104 or visit the program’s website at www.esf.edu/resorg/rooseveltwildlife

The Stalking Science Education program is an extension of the Roosevelt Wild Life Station established by the Roosevelt family and the New York State Legislature in 1919 at SUNY-ESF. Theodore Roosevelt once declared, “The essence of your task is to make the nation’s future as great as its present. That is what conservation means.” Today’s program reflects Roosevelt’s strength and ideas by melding public and private efforts to achieve sensible environmental decision-making.

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The Stalking Science program could not have been produced without the generous support of

Camp Fire Conservation Fund, Inc.