We are proud to announce EPA funding for the Science Strikes Back community science fair and thank the EPA for its grant funding of this project. Science Strikes Back: Empowering Students and Educators to Impact Urban Watersheds (SSB) will connect educators and students in the Milwaukee metropolitan area with the training and tools necessary to engage in hands-on environmental education and water quality monitoring. By […]
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Upham Woods 75th Anniversary is quickly approaching, and we are hosting another contest! Participants are asked to draw a map of Upham Woods, based on their experience here. Mike, our Americorps VISTA, has an example below. As you can see, he highlighted areas he really enjoys. While his map shows all of Upham Woods, your […]
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Upham Woods will host a Project Learning Tree Facilitator Workshop on Saturday, March 14th, from 9 am – 3 pm. This workshop will train educators in PLT’s renowned PreK-8 curriculum, which contains 96 hands-on interdisciplinary activities and provides unique ways to bring STEM concepts and critical thinking to your classroom or youth group. PLT activities are correlated […]
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Come explore the use of mobile technologies in youth programming using Digital Observation Technology Skills (D.O.T.S.) kits outdoors on Wednesday, March 11, from 9 am—3:30 pm at Upham Woods! This program will demonstrate the use of technology tools to explore hidden environments and enable deep observation, making the ‘invisible’ both visible and accessible to exploration […]
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Are you tired of Wisconsin winters forcing you and the youth in your life indoors for months on end? Come join us on Friday, Dec. 5th from 12:30-4:30pm at Upham Woods for an afternoon packed with tips and tricks to keep active outdoors this winter. Learn the logistics and safety of snow sports like broomball, […]
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Upham Woods will be hosting a two-day Wisconsin K-12 Energy Education Program (KEEP) workshop on Saturday-Sunday, Nov. 8-9, from 8 am ‐ 4 pm, titled “Energy Education in the Classroom.” Learn how to integrate energy concepts into your school curriculum and enhance your students’ energy literacy with the Energy Education Activity Guide & Facing the […]
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Thank you to the 34 educators, administrators and UW-Extension professionals who attended Tuesday’s “Technology Field Day for Professionals!” Participants used mobile technology tools to explore hidden environments on Blackhawk Island including nocturnal wildlife movements, microscopic soil features, and the thermodynamics of living organisms. Participants met after the field experience to discuss how the mobile technologies […]
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Upham Woods is pleased to welcome representatives of HughesNet to observe our mobile technologies project, in cooperation with youth and adults from Operation Military Kids camp! Youth will experience the mobile technology project on Blackhawk Island and the mainland, exploring natural environments using digital microscopes, remote sensors, infrared cameras and trail cameras. We’re excited to […]
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Come see Upham Woods at the Wisconsin Association for Environmental Education (WAEE) Annual Conference & Green & Healthy Schools Institute on August 13-15 at UWSP in Stevens Point, WI! We will be presenting several technology sessions, including “Strategies and Methods for Applying Field Friendly Technology in Environmental Education,” and “Education at Speed of Research: Strengthening […]
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4-H Day at the State Fair was a tremendous success! We were pleased to share some of Upham’s live animals with State Fair visitors and spread the word about 4-H and environmental education at Upham Woods. If you missed us this year, come see us next summer at the Wisconsin State Fair grounds! To see […]
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