FLP Institute 2013
EDUC 600
2 CREDITS
$140
FAR
Instructor: Virginia Deitz & Gail Benson
Grading: Letter
Wednesday, June 12, 2013 - Thursday, June 13, 2013
Meet Wednesday & Thursday [8 a.m. - 5 p.m] + remainder of class online with course completion of 6/26/2013
Instruction Mode: Combination
Location: Loftsgard Hall, Rm 114
Academic Level: K-12 Professional Development
NDSU Credit Fee: $100 + Partner Course Fee: $40
Course Description:
This course is designed to provide educators with resource information and education materials that supplement across the curriculum in PreK-12. The textbook for the course will be “Resources for Learning” but will include additional materials provided during the workshop. The course will provide an overview of strategies, materials, curriculum development, and research related to assisting the Pre-K- 12th grade educators to better understand the interdependence of agriculture, the environment, and human needs through lessons in multiple curriculum areas: science, health, consumer education, mathematics, social studies, geography, and more. The Project FLP Institute "Feeding a Hungry World" will focus on the impacts of agriculture on society with geography, social studies and science emphasis.
OBJECTIVES:
- Provide educators with an opportunity to understand larger concepts such as ecosystem balance, diversity, sustainability, watersheds and community.
- Use lessons available in FLP, guide group activities (large, small, and cooperative), provide for individual differences and learning styles, and evaluates students’ learning.
- Develop understanding, thinking skills, creativity, and improve communication skills in the learning environment with students.
- To use FLP lessons and see how they integrate curriculum and are aligned to the North Dakota standards. See ND FLP Alignment at www.ndaginclassroom.org Heading FLP Curriculum Standards, or ND Standards www.state.nd.us/espb
- Identify and use appropriate learning activities to integrate social concerns and social perspectives regarding food, land, and people issues.
- To use instructional media FLP CD.
**Registration Instructions:
This event requires pre-registrations. A limited number of stipends will be awarded for early registration. Please register online at: http://www.ndfb.org/?id=121. If you have registration questions please contact Gail Bakko at gails@ndfb.org.
Graduate credit will be available first day of class.
Event Registration Fee: $40