BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//www.nemasternaturalist.org//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.3 0.10// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH UID:788a8672-4a9f-4c67-9e75-97482a63f16d X-WR-CALDESC:Are you interested in learning ways to make your environmental education programming more engaging\, more inspiring\, more impactful? If so\, we have a special opportunity for you:\n\nPottawattamie Conservation is bringing nationally recognized instructor and naturalist\, Dave “Muskr at” Muska\, to Hitchcock Nature Center for a spring environmental educator training.\n\nEngaging Our Natural Awareness: A Model for Education\n\nApr il 24th\, 25th\, & 26th\nat Hitchcock Nature Center\n\nIn this 3-day exper iential training\, you will learn skills and techniques to further your ab ility to inspire and engage participants of all ages with the natural worl d. Dave will share tools and techniques that he has personally gathered ov er the course of his career as a naturalist\, educator\, and program direc tor. Many of these tools are driven by research in human psychology\, biol ogy\, elementary education\, and anthropology.\n\nTopics covered include t he following:\n\n• Teaching Methods\n• The Art of Mindfulness\n• The Art of S torytelling\n• The Art of Observation\n• Lesson Planning\n• Fire: A Tool for Teaching\n• Carving: Long Running Projects and Focus\n• Mycology for All Age s\n• And so much more!\n\nDave studied Environmental Biology at the College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse\, NY. Dave is a Wildern ess Skills Instructor\, Naturalist\, and Licensed Outdoor Guide and founde r of Ondatra Adventures\, an endeavor devoted to providing people with a d eeper connection to the natural world through educational programs\, guide d hikes\, and excursions. Dave works with children and adults to develop m eaningful and personal relationships with the natural world and its fellow organisms and is a Teacher-Naturalist at the North Branch Nature Center. He has over twenty years of experience teaching ancestral skills to studen ts of all ages.\n\nRegistration for all three days is $150. Early registra tion and scholarships are available for IAN members.\n\nThis event will ta ke place at Hitchcock Nature Center 27792 Ski Hill Loop Honey Creek IA. Fr ee tent camping is available for registrants on site. Several primitive ca bins are also available to rent and additional lodging options are availab le in nearby Council Bluffs\, IA and Missouri Valley\, IA. \n\nFor questio ns not answered here or online\, email environmental.education@pottcounty- ia.gov. or call 712-242-1189.\n X-WR-RELCALID:018b834aef3de0833ccf18516322edff X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20221106T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RDATE:20231105T020000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20230312T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20240310T020000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:a2b086b2-82f0-4a54-85de-091f29c0c82a DTSTAMP:20260501T053946Z DESCRIPTION:Are you interested in learning ways to make your environmental education programming more engaging\, more inspiring\, more impactful? If so\, we have a special opportunity for you:\n\nPottawattamie Conservation is bringing nationally recognized instructor and naturalist\, Dave “Muskra t” Muska\, to Hitchcock Nature Center for a spring environmental educator training.\n\nEngaging Our Natural Awareness: A Model for Education\n\nApri l 24th\, 25th\, & 26th\nat Hitchcock Nature Center\n\nIn this 3-day experi ential training\, you will learn skills and techniques to further your abi lity to inspire and engage participants of all ages with the natural world . Dave will share tools and techniques that he has personally gathered ove r the course of his career as a naturalist\, educator\, and program direct or. Many of these tools are driven by research in human psychology\, biolo gy\, elementary education\, and anthropology.\n\nTopics covered include th e following:\n\n• Teaching Methods\n• The Art of Mindfulness\n• The Art of St orytelling\n• The Art of Observation\n• Lesson Planning\n• Fire: A Tool for T eaching\n• Carving: Long Running Projects and Focus\n• Mycology for All Ages \nn And so much more!\n\nDave studied Environmental Biology at the College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse\, NY. Dave is a Wilderne ss Skills Instructor\, Naturalist\, and Licensed Outdoor Guide and founder of Ondatra Adventures\, an endeavor devoted to providing people with a de eper connection to the natural world through educational programs\, guided hikes\, and excursions. Dave works with children and adults to develop me aningful and personal relationships with the natural world and its fellow organisms and is a Teacher-Naturalist at the North Branch Nature Center. H e has over twenty years of experience teaching ancestral skills to student s of all ages.\n\nRegistration for all three days is $150. Early registrat ion and scholarships are available for IAN members.\n\nThis event will tak e place at Hitchcock Nature Center 27792 Ski Hill Loop Honey Creek IA. Fre e tent camping is available for registrants on site. Several primitive cab ins are also available to rent and additional lodging options are availabl e in nearby Council Bluffs\, IA and Missouri Valley\, IA. \n\nFor question s not answered here or online\, email environmental.education@pottcounty-i a.gov. or call 712-242-1189.\n DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230424T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230426T235900 LOCATION:Hitchcock Nature Center 27792 Ski Hill Loop Honey Creek\, IA. 5154 2 SUMMARY:CE: Engaging Our Natural Awareness: A Model for Education END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR