Pfeiffer Nature Center
We’ve created this page to help spread the word about all the good stuff the Pfeiffer Nature Center has to offer. Please take a look at their upcoming events below.
Pfeiffer Center info:
Susan Avery, Naturalist ~ Pfeiffer Nature Center
PO Box 802 Portville, NY 14770
WK 716-933-0187
CE 716-801-2816 (after hours and emergencies only)
Office Hours: generally Tue & Wed 8 AM – 3 PM
Website: www.pfeiffernaturecenter.org
Events at the Nature Center:
Project WILD
Date/Time: Tuesday, March 9, 2010 12:00 – 3:30 PM
Location: 19 North Main Street, Portville, NY
Presenter: Laura Carey, Environmental Educator, NYS DEC
Fee: Free
Description: Project WILD is an national accredited environmental educational curriculum. The goal of Project WILD is to assist learners of any age in developing awareness, knowledge, skills and commitment to result in informed decisions, responsible behavior and constructive actions concerning wildlife and the environment upon which all life depends.
Project WILD meets the accepted criteria for environmental education and provides educators with materials that support national, state, and district standards in science, mathematics, language arts, social studies, and expressive arts. Activities for the Project WILD Activity Guides (K-12 Guide and Aquatic Education Guide) were written by teachers; school administrators; university faculty members; wildlife professionals; and representatives of private environmental, youth, community, and conservation groups in a series of regional writing conferences.
Add Ons: Participants who have completed the Project WILD curriculum orientation are eligible to take additional training for Project WILD Aquatic, Growing Up WILD: Exploring Nature with Young Children Ages 3-7, Flying WILD: An Educator’s Guide to Celebrating Birds, and WILD School Sites.
Website: http://www.projectwild.org/
Project WET (Water Education for Teachers)
Date/Time: Tuesday, April 6, 2010 12:00 – 3:30 PM
Location: 19 North Main Street, Portville, NY
Presenter: Amy Kochem, Environmental Educator, NYS DEC
Fee: Free
Description: Project WET (Water Education for Teachers) is an interdisciplinary environmental education program which utilizes water as its theme. The program focuses on providing formal and non-formal K-12 educators and youth leaders with water education training and materials which can be used to promote awareness, appreciation, knowledge, and stewardship of water resources with youth.
Project WET was modeled after its sibling programs, Project WILD and Project Learning Tree (PLT), but is unique in its focus on water and people’s relationship to it. Like WILD and PLT, Project WET teaches students how to think, not what to think about the environment. By giving students the skills they need to analyze environmental issues, Project WET is helping our youth become responsible citizens capable of tackling the water issues we will face in the future.
Expectations: Project WET is a three-hour workshop for educators. Workshop attendees participate in hands-on, minds-on activities both indoors and out. The activities are conducted rain, snow, or shine and participants should dress appropriately for the weather. As a workshop participant you will receive:
- three hours of instruction
- Project WET Curriculum and Activity Guide
- supplemental water education materials
- a certificate for professional development clock hours
WET workshops are conducted by trained NYS DEC facilitators.
Website: http://www.projectwet.org/
