Innovations in Marine Education A Residential Workshop (part of the Field Studies Council 70th anniversary celebrations) 15th 17th

h March 2013 Field Studies Council Dale Fort Field Centre, Pembrokeshire In conjunction with the British Ecological Society and the London Science Learning Centre As a maritime nation, the United Kingdom has a strong tradition of marine biological research and many of our top marine scientists will have first been inspired by their school field trips to the seashore. Field Centres run by the Field Studies Council and other environmental education providers have been delivering seashore-based fieldwork for decades benefitting many thousands of students. School teachers have also independently run field trips to the coast for many years. Pupils from KS1 to A level have been learning about their marine environment and coastal heritage through experiential rock pool safaris to detailed scientific studies on a range of organisms from seaweeds to crabs and limpets. At the same time, Higher Education Institutions have also been using Field Centres as bases to run their own undergraduate and postgraduate field excursions. Dale Fort Field Centre, is one of 17 Field Centres run by the Field Studies Council. It first opened its doors in 1949 becoming the UKs, and probably the worlds, first Marine-based Field Centre. As part of the FSCs 70th anniversary celebrations, Dale Fort are keen to take the opportunity to review where marine environmental education has reached and to explore some of the innovations in teaching on the seashore that have been developed in recent years. This weekend residential workshop aims to give the opportunity for schools teachers, lecturers and environmental education providers to share current teaching approaches and methodology and explore innovative new ways to interpret the marine environment in the 21st Century. The weekend will consist of presentations and posters, field trips to local shores and facilitated workshops, to share and disseminate good practice and look at ways to develop exciting new teaching resources for KS2 through to HE. Cost: Non-residential fee = Free (Lunch 3, Dinner 5) A limited number of Bursaries are also from the BES to cover fees and travel for University staff, undergraduates and postgraduates and for workshop deliverers. If you are interested in attending the course please complete the attached Booking form and return to: mark.df@field-studies-council.org or Mark Ward Dale Fort Field Centre Dale Haverfordwest Pembrokeshire SA62 3RD

PROGRAMME (DRAFT): Friday: (low tide: 14.30 0.90m) 12.00- 13.00: Arrival time: Room Allocation. 13.00- 14.00: Buffet Lunch 14.00 14.30: Introduction. Objectives of the Workshop (Dr Mark Ward) 14.30 16.00: SESSION ONE Field Trip to Jetty Beach (FSC Staff) 16.00- 16.30: Tea and Cake 16.30- 18.30: SESSION TWO Presentations from environmental education providers 18.30- 19.30: Dinner 19.30- 20.30: Guest Speaker (TBC) (70 years of Marine Ecology in the FSC) 21.00: Bar Opens Saturday: (low tide: 15.00 1.25m) 08.00- 09.00: Breakfast and pack lunch making 09.00- 11.00: SESSION THREE Presentations from environmental providers 11.00 11.30: Coffee Break (Poster Presentations) 11.30- 18.30: SESSION FOUR - practical field/classroom workshops exploring innovative marine environmental education. 18.30- 19.30: Dinner 19.30- 21.30: Guest Speaker: Human impacts on marine ecology John Archer-Thompson 21.00- Bar Opens Sunday: (low tide: 15.30 1.65m) 08.00- 09.00- Breakfast 09.00- 12.00: SESSION FIVE practical field/classroom workshops 12.00- 13.00: Review and what next?. Summary/feedback from workshops. 13.00- 14.00: Buffet Lunch 14.00: Depart (14.00- 17.00: optional extra field trip to local shore Black Rock, the Gann Salt Marsh) Presentations and workshops include: Marine Ecology at A-level- Field Studies Council The Seashore Schools Project- Richard Irvine (self-employed marine educator) Environmental Art- Pete Ward (self-employed environmental Artist) Undersea explorers- Cheshire Wildlife Trust GIS and IT in Marine education- Field Studies Council Plankton Sampling- Field Studies Council Your Shore Project- Cornwall Wildlife Trust Shore Thing Project Marine Biological Association Local Marine education projects- Pembrokeshire Coastal Forum, Darwin Centre and Field Studies Council.

15th -17th March 2013: Innovations in Marine Education Invitation for local participants- Reply Slip My organisation is interested in attending YES/NO Name of organisation: .. Contact name, address, email:

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