Environmental education brings an appreciation and understanding of the outdoors through hands-on, inquiry based learning experiences!  Providing tools to educators to enhance environmental education topics helps to expand that knowledge to a greater number of students.  These tools allow educators to increase student literacy with scientific methods, team building skills, and critical thinking.

Warren County SWCD offers workshops designed for educators of all grade levels.  Workshops can be tailored to your class or group’s specific needs. A minimum of twelve participants is required. Program costs vary depending on materials required.  Credits are offered for some workshops.

Each year, SWCD Educators attend trainings around the state to stay ahead of changes in the standards and methods of teaching and conservation practices.

To discuss the possibility of a workshop, please contact Melissa Proffitt or Marta Farrell, or visit our calendar to see if there is anything scheduled. Call (513) 695-3086 for Melissa or call (513) 695-2556 for Marta.
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Early Childhood

Growing Up Wild
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​Worm Bin Composting

Environmental Experiences for Early Childhood​

Middle Childhood

Project WET (Water Education for Teachers)
Project Learning Tree
Project WILD
Project Underground (Geology)
Soils
Worm Bin Composting

High School

Envirothon
Environmental Careers
​Project WET (Water Education for Teachers)
Project Learning Tree
Project WILD
​Healthy Water, Healthy People
Rain Barrels
​Vermicomposting with Earthworms
Project WET Educator Workshop 
Saturday, February 23, 2019
9 am - 3:30 pm​
​Fernald Preserve
Please register here:   https://www.hcswcd.org/wet

Environmental Education Events Calendar
​http://epa.ohio.gov/calendar/oee.aspx

STONE LABORATORY Workshops, Courses, Field trips and Events
stonelab.osu.edu/
The Ohio State University’s island campus on Lake Erie hosts 25+ college-credit courses and resume-building workshops each and every summer on their six-acre island in Put-in-Bay Harbor.
​If you’re looking for additional learning outside the box — outside the classroom — visit Stone Laboratory.
Trout Unlimited's "Trout in the Classroom" Program
Contact Person:  Kevin Kayle
​Fish Hatchery Program Administrator
Ph: 614-265-6347
ODNR, Division of Wildlife
2045 Morse Rd. Bldg G-3; Columbus, OH 43229
 In this program, schools set up aquaria or living streams and are provided 100 rainbow trout or brown trout eggs. The students and teacher raise these juvenile fish from December thru April or May and release them at an approved location. Trout Unlimited and the Division of Wildlife/ODNR provide guidance in raising these fish.  Chief’s letters to approve the stocking are supplied.  Requests are needed by the end of each October; schools typically receive eggs in late November.  33 schools (classes) participated in 2016-17.  The biggest year ever!  If you know of any schools that might be interested, contact Kevin Kayle (contact info. above).
TIC Participating Schools in 2016-17
Orrville High School
West Holmes Middle School
Dalton Elementary School
Mt Vernon High School
Glen Oak School
Malvern High School
Hiland High School
Pleasant Hill Welcome Center
Westlake High School
Archbishop Lyke Middle School
St Ignatius High School
Communion of Saints School
Avon Lake High School
Baldwin Wallace University
​Benjamin Logan Middle School
Benjamin Logan Elem School
West Liberty Salem High School
Graham Elementary School, St Paris (3)
Urbana University
Bellefontaine Middle School (2)
​Northwestern Middle School
Southdale Elementary School
Fairfield High School
Fairbanks High School
Ella Canavan Elementary School
Old Trail School
Coventry Middle School
Perry (Lake Co.) Middle School
Donnell Middle School (Findlay)