Nature Connection

An Exciting New Learning Opportunity for Teachers, Students, 

and Parents Too!

The Scientist in Residence (SIR) Program is a dynamic experience for teachers and students that utilizes multiple intelligences teaching skills and interdisciplinary curricula as vehicles for science learning. Teachers attend a workshop covering methods and techniques, observe and participate with their students doing various hands on activities, and have an opportunity for one-on-one peer coaching on how to extend these models into individual classroom instructional programs. Using these same techniques, we can also help your school set up a Parents Leading Science Activities Program that will not only increase your parent participation, but will also energize your science program.

At Nature Connection, we know everything in nature is unique, including you and your students. That is why we work with you to develop the plan that is right for your school's individual needs.

	ANIMALS A hands-on learning session with live animals to study classification, adaptations, or ecosystems
	WE CAN DIG IT! Become an archaeologist and excavate a "site" to practice the principles of archaeology and how to interpret the past
	GEOLOGY OF SOUTH CAROLINA Learn about SC landforms and how our state was formed. Experiments to show how rocks are formed (rock cycle) and a rock and mineral dig
	PREHISTORIC PAST A fossil dig to uncover the remains of some of the creatures that once inhabited our state

	MAPPING MY WAY Using different kinds of maps and making our own to discover more than just where we are
	GARBOLOGY  Solid waste is one of our biggest problems. Generate solutions for a 21st century nightmare by examining what we throw away

 

	WE ARE ALL CONNECTED Forging group bonds, cooperation and interaction while learning some of the fundamentals of the natural world
	MICRO ECOSYSTEMS - SMALL WORLDS Investigate your school yard habitats and develop an All Systems Biotic Index (ASBI)
	TRACKING, TRAILING, COMMUNICATING Learn to read the "daily newspaper" of the wild. Communicate in the secret language of animals and develop your own "first language" (nonverbal communication skills).
	AQUATIC ECOLOGY A look at the animals and plants that live in an around water
	SECRETS OF THE PLANTS Become one of the first people and discover how to use plants for food, medicine, and survival
	SOUND SCIENCE Tune into the surprises of sonic science
	CREATING NEW LIFE FORMS How living things change over time
	SPINELESS WONDERS Fly, crawl or inch into the fascinating world of animals without backbones
	WEATHER  Where does weather come from? Learn how to predict short-term weather more accurately than your local TV weather person.
	SCHOOL THEMES

Use concepts such as Water or Our Neighborhood at every grade level to develop questions and ways of seeking answers concerning our own environments

Grant Tips

Several districts in South Carolina have allowed the use of Eisenhower funds for schools to pay for the SIR program. We have put together a brief guide to help you put together a grant request. Click on the link above to view the document.

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Last modified: January 9, 2002