Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Coming this Spring: Life Lab Hosts School Garden Workshops

Announcing Life Lab's School Garden Workshops: Spring-Summer 2013 In Life Lab's amazing Garden Classroom on the UC Santa Cruz campus!
 Professional trainers will bring inspiration and information to educators interested in bringing learning to life in the garden.

 Attend a workshop and:
- be inspired by Life Lab's model educational garden site
- take a walking tour of the 25-acre UCSC Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems organic farm
- meet and learn from other garden-based educators
- enjoy a farm fresh meal
- take home loads of helpful resources
- earn 1 unit of semester credit per day

2013 Spring-Summer Life Lab Educator Workshops include:

- Thursday, March 7 - Santa Cruz School Food and Garden Tour

- Friday, March 8 - Plant It, Grow It, Eat It! Garden-Enhanced Nutrition Education (Grades K-8)

- Saturday, March 16 - Sowing the Seeds of Wonder: Discovering the Garden in Early Childhood Education

- Thursday-Friday, March 21-22 - The Growing Classroom: An Introduction to Garden-Based Learning (Grades 2-6)


- Monday-Tuesday, April 8-9 - Growing Healthy, Strong, Inspired Teens (Grades 9-12)

- Saturday, April 27 - Common Core Literacy in Science (Grades 6-12)


- Saturday-Sunday, August 17-18 - The Growing Classroom: An Introduction to Garden-Based Learning (Grades 2-6)




For more details and registration information, visit: http://www.lifelab.org/gcworkshops/


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