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Education and Outreach Newsletter
Professional Learning
November/December 2021

CT Department of Energy & Environmental Protection
State Parks & Public Outreach
Workshops and Webinars
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Food, Water, Climate
December 13, 2021
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Auer Farm, Bloomfield, CT
Join us at Auer Farm to investigate the connection between food, water, and sustainability. Resources of Project WET and Project Food, Land,& People will be provided and highlighted in this topical, in-person workshop. Focus grade level will be 4-8 but with extensions and adaptations for higher and lower grades, as they apply to NGSS.
Kellogg Environmental Center, Derby, CT
January 18, 2022
9:30 am - 2:00 pm

Full day of Connecticut specific lessons that provide background and exploration of climate change science and impacts . Learn how to use the Climate Change Action Simulator to help students see results from action plans.

Registration required. This workshop is free due to grant funding. Suitable for grades 5-16. Includes hands on modeling of lessons.
Kellogg Environmental Center
Derby, CT
January 20, 2022
9:30 am - 2:00 pm

In-person, live workshop to provide educators with the background on water science and how it relates to NGSS and Common Core Standards. Participate in a hands on lesson demonstrating chemical structure of water, characteristics and interactions in the environment.

Registration is required. All participants will receive the Project WET Resource Guide.
Environmental Education Notes
You never know what you will find once you start to look.
This Pink Katydid was found by a family living in CT, in their backyard. The family had visited the Meigs Point Nature Center at Hammonasset State Park for several programs and returned to Ranger Russ for some information and to share their find.

Check the resources and programs offered by the DEEP to help expand the learning year round.
Environmental Programs for Classrooms
Looking for in-person or virtual fieldtrips, guest speakers, or special programs?

Contact our outreach centers to arrange for an educational experience that suits your needs. We offer a variety of topics in live and virtual settings for all grade levels.

Rocky Hill, CT
🍁 (860) 529-5816
🍁 deep.dinosaur@ct.gov

Madison, CT
🍁(203)-245-8743
🍁 rangermpnc@gmail.com
James L. Goodwin State Forest
Hampton, CT
🍁 (860)-455-9534
🍁 bernard@ctwoodlands.org

Derby, CT
(203) 734-2513
🍁 susan.quincy@ct.gov
🍁 susan.d.robinson@ct.gov
Quick Links

The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer that is committed to complying with the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you are seeking a communication aid or service, have limited proficiency in English, wish to file an ADA or Title VI discrimination complaint, or require some other accommodation, including equipment to facilitate virtual participation, please contact the DEEP Office of Diversity and Equity at 860-418-5910 or by email at deep.accommodations@ct.gov. Any person needing an accommodation for hearing impairment may call the State of Connecticut relay number - 711. In order to facilitate efforts to provide an accommodation, please request all accommodations as soon as possible following notice of any agency hearing, meeting, program or event.