Local Hazardous Waste Management Program in King County - Applying Science to Our Everyday Lives, FREE Workshops for 4-12 Grade Teachers
8/14/2012 to 8/16/2012
Hazards on the Homefront
Local Hazardous Waste Management Program in King County
Applying Science to Our Everyday Lives
FREE Workshops for 4-12 Grade Teachers
Brightwater Education Center
Students can learn to identify household hazardous products by reading labels, conduct a survey at home of common hazardous products, and explore complex scientific questions through Hazards on the Homefront lessons you use in your classroom.
Learn how easy it is to incorporate these lessons and activities into your classroom. Come to a free teacher workshop this summer.
- Apply effective STEM strategies with ready-to-use lessons tied to existing GLEs.
- Earn clock hours or college credit for a fee.
- Receive a $50 teaching stipend upon completion of workshop objectives.
- Be eligible to receive a $500 grant for conducting projects.
- Sign up for free follow-up classroom workshops.
- Receive lunch and sample green cleaning products.
- Tour the new Brightwater Treatment Plant and campus.
Tuesday August 14: Grades 4-6 Teachers, 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Wednesday August 15: Grades 6-12 Teachers, 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Thursday August 16: Follow-Up Tour of Wastewater Treatment Plant, 9:00 a.m. - Noon
The tour is available to all workshop teachers and is required for college credit.
For more information or to register, contact Jessica Graham at workshops@triangleassociates.com or 206-583-0655 or visit http://your.kingcounty.gov/solidwaste/education/hazwaste.asp.
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