Instructor Review - Introduction to the Natural World - O.O. Denny Park

Sign up for this only if you are an INW grad and have committed to instruct for the Class field trips. Contact the Leader if you have questions. A zoom session on March 30 will offer additional teaching tips for group instruction. 

This is an instructor review for those who have committed to leading or instructing at Introduction to the Natural World Field Trip 1.   We'll talk about expectations for the field trip participants, ways to observe, and and encourage students to use the Washington Wildflower Search app and other tools as well as all their senses for plant and tree identification.  We'll discuss the ecology, the geology and history of OO Denny Park, then walk through several trails to point out some of  our favorite teaching spots, practice identifying various trees and plants, sharing observations as we go.

At the end of the session, we'll review the list of plants and trees to focus on and we'll debrief; identifying what went well and what could be improved on in a future instructor review session.

Recommendation: Be sure to listen to the Lectures in the first two Classes on Ecology, Plants, Trees and Ferns in this year's INW. They change every year and will influence the expectations students may have

Bring binoculars for those tall trees!

Meeting time: 5:00pm

Meeting Place: OO Denny Park. Parking lot on the lake (west) side of Holmes Point Drive NE, by the restrooms.