For a few immersive days on Dragon Run, teachers stepped into the shoes of students. The last week of July marked the second year Friends of Dragon Run (FODR) hosted Middle Peninsula educators as part of the Dragon Run Environmental Academy Mentorship (DREAM) program.
For three days, DREAM takes educators into the field and onto the waters of Dragon Run to teach them about the watershed and help them develop lessons to take back to students, reported Anne Adkins. All of this is thanks to the FODR DREAM Team, composed of retired teachers and master naturalists Molly Broderson, Carol Kauffman, Dave Norman, Terry Skinner, Bambi Thompson and Susan Walton.
This year, participants came from Middlesex, Gloucester, and King and Queen counties. The first two days involved familiarizing educators with the Dragon Run through kayak paddle trips, hikes and lessons on watersheds, local species, water quality, citizen science and biodiversity, said Adkins.
On the last day, with their new knowledge and experiences, each educator chose an aspect of Dragon Run to talk about in a mini documentary to share with students, parents and colleagues…
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